Britt Wray, a Stanford postdoc who lives in the Santa Cruz Mountains, talks about her book "Generation Dread: Finding Purpose in an Age of Climate Crisis," which discusses the mental health impacts of the climate crisis, especially on young people who are increasingly agitated that the planet is facing unprecedented threats due to the actions of previous and current generations.
Read MoreFour local environmental organizations are taking on a new threat: climate change, working to evolve along with the threats that could damage the environments they worked so hard to save.
Read MoreStill pinning down your New Year's weekend plans? The Six Fifty has you covered with our running list of performances, parties, multicourse meals and other ways to celebrate the end of 2022 and kick off 2023.
Read MoreThe holidays are often packed full of people and events, leaving limited time to unwind and spend quality time with a date. To help you make room for romance, we've consulted with local hoteliers and matchmakers and polled our readers to pull together a list of holiday-themed date ideas.
Read MorePerilous switchbacks and a little bit of mud and frost can’t keep families and groups of friends from venturing to the Santa Cruz Mountains and cutting down a Christmas tree this time of year.
Read MoreThe 115-foot tall Pigeon Point Lighthouse in Pescadero has overseen some of the biggest commercial shifts in American life over the past century and a half, and the dangerous waters it watches over have pulled no shortage of mariners to their deaths. Today, it's a historic site that attracts visitors from around the world who stay at the hostel on the property, but it’s also a landmark in need of ...
Read MoreVertical gardens, essentially landscapes installed on walls with watering systems built in, were once rarely found outside of larger corporate and public building spaces like Google, Symantec or Stanford's Graduate School of Business. Over the past few years, that's changed as more and more residents have started installing "living walls" in their homes.
Read MoreThe Silicon Valley Sculpture fine art fair returns to the campus of Menlo College for a third year, opening this Friday, Sept. 23, and continuing through the weekend. As in past years, outdoor sculptures (a total of 36 pieces by 21 national and international artists) will be installed around the campus, all exploring this year's theme, water.
Read MoreSummer might be coming to a close, but cities across the Peninsula are still finding ways to take advantage of the season’s last few weeks. From fairs to football, here are 10 ways to celebrate the holiday weekend locally.
Read MoreOrphaned baby songbirds and poisoned seagulls. Small squirrels snapped up by cats. Skunks caught in bear traps. Wild animals in trouble like these throughout the Peninsula may – if they’re lucky – eventually find their way to one of a handful of wildlife rescue centers around the region.
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