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As seen in: KQED-TV (San Francisco,CA), Issuu, The Guardian, Flipboard, KQED Arts and Culture, LAist, California Love, Palo Alto Weekly, The Hoya, Cottage Life, The San Francisco Standard and
Covers:  Outdoors, climate, housing, transportation, government
Outdoors Engagement Reporter @KQED -- formerly @FulbrightPrgrm 🇦🇷, @paloaltoweekly @sfstandard, @hmbreview, @thehoya, words in @guardian and @npr
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'They told us the fire would never come': Argentinians battle blazes in gap left by government

'They told us the fire would never come': Argentinians battle blazes in gap left by government

Volunteer brigadistas in Córdoba province work with donated equipment to defend the forest in drought-plagued…

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Muni is Getting in the Housing Game. Will the Politics of Affordability Kill Its Plans?

Muni is Getting in the Housing Game. Will the Politics of Affordability Kill Its Plans?

San Francisco's transit agency is facing an existential budget crisis, with ridership at little over half of …

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SF's Power Position in the Water Wars Means Few Local Drought Restrictions. But Can It Last?

SF's Power Position in the Water Wars Means Few Local Drought Restrictions. But Can It Last?

As a severe three-year drought strains water supplies across California, Bay Area water agencies are increasi…

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Big Basin Silenced

Big Basin Silenced

Take a walk through a charred, changing landscape.

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How San Francisco Makes It Insanely Hard to Build Housing

How San Francisco Makes It Insanely Hard to Build Housing

Bob Tillman owned a laundromat in San Francisco's Mission District and wanted to replace it with apartments. …

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SF's Sweet Mystery: Why is Baklava Sold at So Many Corner Stores?

SF's Sweet Mystery: Why is Baklava Sold at So Many Corner Stores?

Every city has its convenience store charms. New York's bodegas serve below-par bagels. Chicago markets sell …

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San Francisco Students Discuss Pandemic Trauma

San Francisco Students Discuss Pandemic Trauma

The Standard talked to one class of students at James Denman Middle School as they came out of the Omicron wa…

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Get Lit: Neon Signs Get Special Treatment in the Tenderloin

Get Lit: Neon Signs Get Special Treatment in the Tenderloin

Making a neon sign is an art. Handmade, the signs can take weeks or even months to sketch out a design, bend …

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Lacking Time, Funds for Meals, Students Face Food Inaccessibility

Lacking Time, Funds for Meals, Students Face Food Inaccessibility

Two days since his last meal, Deshaun Rice (COL '19) cannot concentrate. Fatigue seeps in. Words blur togethe…

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Turning Downtown Offices Into Housing Isn't the Solution You Think It Is

Turning Downtown Offices Into Housing Isn't the Solution You Think It Is

Based on social media rumblings, it seems like there's a big appetite for converting now-empty San Francisco …

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While SF's Covid Recovery Falters, South San Francisco is Booming

While SF's Covid Recovery Falters, South San Francisco is Booming

Two-and-a-half years after the start of the Covid pandemic, San Francisco's downtown is still a shell of what…

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Housing Shell Game: Supes' Latest Actions Set to Slow New Housing as State Mandates Loom

Housing Shell Game: Supes' Latest Actions Set to Slow New Housing as State Mandates Loom

With the clock ticking on a state mandate to allow the creation of 82,000 more housing units over the next de…

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The Importance of Algebra: SF Public Schools' 'Math Pathway' Draws Fire as State Considers Simila...

The Importance of Algebra: SF Public Schools' 'Math Pathway' Draws Fire as State Considers Simila...

As the state of California considers a controversial revamp of how math is taught in public schools, a 2014 c…

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What's in a name? Coastside place names don't tell the whole story

What's in a name? Coastside place names don't tell the whole story

On The Coastside Magazine September 2020, republished in TheSixFifty

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Keeping it together: Women weave our social safety net on coast

Keeping it together: Women weave our social safety net on coast

COASTSIDE magazine May 2021

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Coastsiders find comfort in isolation

Coastsiders find comfort in isolation

Coastside Magazine April 2021

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Ring around the Bay: Bay Area Ridge Trail is a haven for local hikers

Ring around the Bay: Bay Area Ridge Trail is a haven for local hikers

Coastside Magazine December 2020

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A pandemic picnic? Grab a blanket, some takeout and sunglasses for a true Coastside meal

A pandemic picnic? Grab a blanket, some takeout and sunglasses for a true Coastside meal

COASTSIDE Magazine - March 2021

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Banana slugs have certain appeal: Forest creatures inspire wonder.

Banana slugs have certain appeal: Forest creatures inspire wonder.

Coastside Magazine November 2020

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Blame Game: When Club Members Misbehave, Who Is Responsible?

Blame Game: When Club Members Misbehave, Who Is Responsible?

A racist incident at nearby The George Washington University has spurred conversations on Georgetown Universi…

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24 Hours in Madrid

24 Hours in Madrid

Welcome to Madrid, where the past and present collide in a city that is driven by modernization but maintains…

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Applejack's Celebrates 100 Years — More or Less

Applejack's Celebrates 100 Years — More or Less

History of La Honda bar is as elusive as it is colorful.

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Photojournalist Examines Post-Ebola Life in Sierra Leone

Photojournalist Examines Post-Ebola Life in Sierra Leone

Photojournalism has the power to raise awareness for otherwise forgotten stories, according to photojournalis…

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Uptick in Burglaries, Fondling Incidents on Campus in 2016

Uptick in Burglaries, Fondling Incidents on Campus in 2016

Reported cases of fondling on Georgetown's main campus increased threefold from four in 2015 to 12 in 2016 an…

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