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Coastsiders make pitch for Big Wave development
Proponents of a mixed-use project that could transform the Midcoast worked hard to convince the county Planning Commission of its merits this week at a public hearing. 

 
 

Life in the wild

Follow the seasons at the SF wildlife refuge with photo slide shows and more on our ongoing interactive map.

Times Watchdog

BOATING A PERILOUS PASTIME

Narrow, curving rivers and sloughs, faster boats, reckless behavior and the lack of mandatory boater education combine to make California's inland waterways more dangerous than the Pacific Ocean.

Science News from AP

WASHINGTON—Since the 1997 international accord to fight global warming, climate change has worsened and accelerated—beyond some of the grimmest of warnings made back then.   Full Story