Here's our first episode about the refinery and its depredations.

There's never a dull moment living near the Martinez Refinery! After being assessed a $4.5 million penalty, you would think they would clean up their act, but you would be wrong. Heidi Taylor of Healthy Martinez brings us up to date - or almost up to date. After this episode was recorded, on the refinery's very first day of restarting operations, another fire broke out and a worker was injured.

Got a broken toaster? Leggings with a torn seam? A broken necklace? The Repair Cafe is here for you.

Marsh Creek runs from the flanks of Mt Diablo to the San Joaquin River, and it is full of surprising wildlife! For the MLK Day of Service, we are picking up trash and keeping our eyes peeled.

Continuing our exploration of area creeks, we are revisiting a 2023 episode about one of the biggest waterway projects in the area, one that is slated to become a public park: the Lower Walnut Creek Restoration Project.

Happy Thanksgiving!  Like everyone, we are busy busy with holiday cheer, so we are doing a minisode updating three prior episodes.

You may already be using iNaturalist as an app on your phone to identify plants and animals. If you aren't yet, you will want to get started by the end of this episode! And did you know that it got its start right here in the Bay Area? Now it's a worldwide phenomenon used by lay contributors and scientists alike. Join us as iNat board member Cat Chang explains how it works, how it got its start, and what it is used for.

So far in our creeks series, we have been looking at attempts to restore them to as close to natural as possible. But what if we look at urban creeks in a different way, as their own ecosystems, including the unhoused people who live along them? How will climate change affect these systems? In this episode, we go out in the field and talk to Dr. Costanza Rampini of San Jose State and Dr. Gregory Pasternack of UC Davis, researchers who are investigating exactly this issue in a Bay Area project called Resilient, Equitable Urban Stream Corridors.

The friends of San Ramon Creek are amazing! Tune in to hear about all they have accomplished. I guarantee you will want to join them.

After a short hiatus in August, we're back with a new series: Friends of the Creeks!  Every friends group is different.  Join us as we tour the Alhambra Native Plant Trail with the Friends of Alhambra Creek.