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Author Archives: Kate Darby Rauch

Posted inHealth & Environment

Winter storms test East Bay’s progress in repairing leaky sewage lines

by Kate Darby Rauch May 4, 2023May 3, 2023

In response to a lawsuit, Berkeley, Oakland, EBMUD and others agreed to rehab wastewater systems so less sewage lands in the bay. Tested by heavy rains and pipe-clogging pandemic wipes, leaks continue but work is on track.

Posted inHealth & Environment

3 big studies on East Bay’s creatures, plants and wildfire risk

by Kate Darby Rauch September 13, 2022September 13, 2022

A first-of-its-kind analysis looked at the health of East Bay wildlife, from bats to bobcats and salamanders to steelhead. Two major mapping projects will dive deep into vegetation and wildfire hazard.

Posted inHealth & Environment

The shrubs across the street nearly cost him his home insurance

by Kate Darby Rauch September 20, 2021September 20, 2021

It’s not yet common, but in high-risk fire neighborhoods, Oakland hills residents may find that keeping their home insurance depends on how well their neighbors prune their property.

The 1991 Oakland-Berkeley firestorm wiped out swaths of the East Bay hills.
Posted inHealth & Environment

Know your zone: A new system for wildfire evacuation is coming to Oakland

by Kate Darby Rauch June 1, 2021June 1, 2021

A new evacuation software system called Zonehaven is scheduled to go live on June 15.

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