We are terribly disappointed that we missed the aromatic return of Trudy, at the University of California Botanical Garden. Trudy is, of course, the infamous “Corpse Flower” or Amorphophallus titanum. This stinky …
Read More >Beneath the ocean surface is a diverse cetacean world. Elin Kelsey, author of Watching Giants, is fascinated by the hidden world of whales and dolphins, and her June 27 interview on CBC …
Read More >While hiking on the North side of Mount Tamalpais, just off the Fairfax-Bolinas Road, we climbed to a spot called Serpentine Knoll. The plants on this section of the trail were dramatically …
Read More >Peter Asmus, President of Pathfinder Communications, is a journalist, consultant, and author of many of books, including Introduction to Energy in California, which was published by UC Press in June 2009. To …
Read More >Lighting firecrackers and grilling burgers has become the classic way to celebrate the Continental Congress’ adoption of the Declaration of Independence, just 233 short years ago. Free at last from the tyranny …
Read More >Ever since companies began extracting coal from the West Virginia hills, coal mining has been a way of life in many parts of the state. Generation after generation of miners descended into …
Read More >Paul D. Blanc is Professor of Medicine and holds the Endowed Chair in Occupational and Environmental Medicine at the University of California, San Francisco. Blanc is also the author of How Everyday …
Read More >Tony Crouch, UC Press Director of Design and Production, has won the 2009 Constituency Award from the American Association of University Presses (AAUP). The annual award recognizes university press employees who have …
Read More >While planning a trip to the Lost Coast, I’ve been depending heavily on the California Coastal Commission guides to the coast (more on that in a future post). Yesterday, the Los Angeles …
Read More >By Gary Braasch, © June 18, 2009. Global climate change impacts across the United States are spelled out with renewed authority in a report released June 16 by the federal government. It …
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