Bay Area

It's that time of the month again. Another rate hike!

If Recology services your area, you can drop off e-waste, batteries, light bulbs, etc for free. Just got rid of a bag of batteries, several busted PC’s, and old tv. Couldn’t have been any easier

One of the Bay Area’s most recognizable Chevys Fresh Mex restaurants will permanently close.

The Chevys Fresh Mex outpost at 1890 Powell St. in Emeryville, known for its spectacular waterfront views, is expected to shutter on April 16, as first reported by the San Francisco Business Times.

Two teenagers died after falling from trains in San Francisco in the past two weeks. Now, their grieving mothers are sounding the alarm about a dangerous trend of young people climbing onto the top of BART trains and “surfing” them, and posting stunt videos on social media.

With a new vote Tuesday, San Pedro Street will become San Jose’s first permanent pedestrian mall in 52 years

What are they used for?

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/9300055

Raging wildfires in 2020 transformed Big Basin Redwoods State Park in Santa Cruz County from a towering forested cathedral into a standing boneyard with some of the oldest trees on the planet seemingly burned beyond survival.

But soon after the flames were gone, California’s coast redwoods began calling upon a remarkable energy storage system helping these trees survive even after fires burned away every life-sustaining green needle.

Scientists now have an idea about just how far back these reserves go. Researchers studying a stand of severely burned old growth Big Basin redwoods found the trees fed ancient buds that had been hiding underneath thick bark for more than 1,000 years using carbon transformed into sugars with sunlight that shone more than a half-century ago.

A fire weather watch for the Bay Area was upgraded to a red flag warning on Friday as confidence in the forecast is high that dangerous conditions that allow wildfires to spread easily will develop over the weekend, the National Weather Service said.

Did you feel it? I felt it, and I typically fail to notice them.

Pretty wild to watch London Breed get so excited about APEC as if it's some boon to the local economy. Local businesses are screwed, there's no upside like a normal conference. Residents in and around the area are hugely negatively impacted by the security arrangements, and I'm sure the added policing will respect everyone's civil liberties...