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How do heat pumps affect your utility bill?
A New Shade of Green

How do heat pumps affect your utility bill?

Heat pumps mean higher electricity bills and lower gas bills. How does that net out?

Avatar photo by Sherry Listgarten 12 hours agoApril 16, 2026 3:07 pm
Flavors of the Peninsula: A 10-Day Culinary Playground Not to Miss
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Flavors of the Peninsula: A 10-Day Culinary Playground Not to Miss

April 10, 2026 9:45 amApril 10, 2026 10:24 am
A better way to prevent bird collisions
A New Shade of Green

A better way to prevent bird collisions

Acopian BirdSavers are sparse curtains made of paracord that prevent bird collisions.

Avatar photo by Sherry Listgarten April 6, 2026 4:15 pmApril 12, 2026 7:03 pm
What Happens When Chefs and Doctors Collaborate?
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What Happens When Chefs and Doctors Collaborate?

Culinary Institute of America: Where Food Meets Medicine

Avatar photo by Laura Stec April 1, 2026 10:28 amApril 1, 2026 10:31 am
Blog: Development tradeoffs in Palo Alto
A New Shade of Green

Blog: Development tradeoffs in Palo Alto

Is the best approach for adding housing to Palo Alto to shoehorn much of it onto a one mile stretch by the freeway?

Avatar photo by Sherry Listgarten March 28, 2026 1:36 pmMarch 31, 2026 6:52 am
Guest Opinion: Middlefield housing proposal is a risk to public health
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Guest Opinion: Middlefield housing proposal is a risk to public health

The planned removal of trees to build more housing at 555 W. Middlefield Road is…

Avatar photo by Daniel Shane March 24, 2026 4:29 pmMarch 25, 2026 2:20 pm
Guest Opinion: Mountain View can’t afford to say no to 323 new homes
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Guest Opinion: Mountain View can’t afford to say no to 323 new homes

March 24, 2026 4:19 pmMarch 25, 2026 2:20 pm
Health Matters – May 16th – Stanford
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Health Matters – May 16th – Stanford

March 22, 2026 4:13 pmMarch 22, 2026 4:13 pm
Luck O’ the Avocado Dip
The Food Party!

Luck O’ the Avocado Dip

March 15, 2026 1:42 pmMarch 15, 2026 1:45 pm
From Life Sentence to Youth Advocate: Paul Bocanegra Fights Back
One Wild and Precious Life

From Life Sentence to Youth Advocate: Paul Bocanegra Fights Back

A conversation with Paul Bocanegra is awash in cognitive dissonance. How, I wonder, could the congenial middle-aged man sitting across from me at a coffee…

Avatar photo by Elizabeth Weal March 11, 2026 10:10 pmMarch 12, 2026 12:25 pm
Blog: It’s not easy to write policies to reduce building pollution
A New Shade of Green

Blog: It’s not easy to write policies to reduce building pollution

March 9, 2026 1:49 pmMarch 10, 2026 9:02 am
Travelin’  Solo – Calistoga
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Travelin’  Solo – Calistoga

March 8, 2026 3:06 pmMarch 9, 2026 10:12 am
Guest Opinion: You don’t have to have it all figured out to start volunteering
Community

Guest Opinion: You don’t have to have it all figured out to start volunteering

March 7, 2026 8:19 am
Guest Opinion: Mountain View’s Shoreline Park offers refuge for residents, animals alike
Community

Guest Opinion: Mountain View’s Shoreline Park offers refuge for residents, animals alike

Built atop a reclaimed landfill, Shoreline Park in Mountain View feels like a retreat from the inexorable pace of life outside its human-defined borders, Mountain…

Avatar photo by Sonali Bhalla March 3, 2026 8:30 amMarch 6, 2026 8:09 am
Your Soup Deserves Better: Finding the Best Boxed Stock
The Food Party!

Your Soup Deserves Better: Finding the Best Boxed Stock

March 1, 2026 3:28 pmMarch 1, 2026 9:25 pm
Secret Season – Fort Bragg/Healdsburg Road Trip
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Secret Season – Fort Bragg/Healdsburg Road Trip

February 22, 2026 11:41 amFebruary 24, 2026 8:01 am
Secret Season on the San Mateo Coast Awaits You
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Secret Season on the San Mateo Coast Awaits You

February 11, 2026 3:58 pmFebruary 11, 2026 6:50 pm
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