Climate
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Bike Commuting: Getting Started in Your City
Routes, gear and arriving not-too-sweaty.
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How to Change a Flat Tire (We Learned the Hard Way)
A step-by-step guide from two people who once didn’t know.
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Wildfire Season Is Starting Earlier. Here’s How the County Is Preparing
New evacuation zones, cameras on ridgelines and a text-alert system go live this month.
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A Neighborhood Solar Co-op Signs Up Its 500th Home
By buying panels together, homeowners are saving about 25 percent on installation.
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AutoBen Carter6 min read
Winter Driving Kit: What Lives in Our Trunk
Blankets, a shovel and snacks that don’t freeze.
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Flood Maps Are Being Redrawn. Thousands of Homes Could Need Insurance
Draft maps add about 4,800 properties to the high-risk zone. Owners have 90 days to appeal.
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AutoBen Carter6 min read
Spare Parts We Never Travel Without
Fuses, a tire plug kit and the world’s most useful tape.
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Inside Iceland’s New Age of Eruptions
Since 2021, the Reykjanes Peninsula has erupted again and again. Geologists explain why.
Ben Carter6 min read
AutoBen Carter3 min read
Review: The $41,900 Halvorsen Ridgeline EV Makes the Electric Pickup Feel Ordinary
Halvorsen Motors’ new entry-level electric truck gives up some range and towing muscle, but it may be the first battery pickup priced for working households.
Ben Carter3 min read