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Saratoga teams up with Audubon Society to give new homes to songbirds

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In an effort to replenish songbird populations, the City of Saratoga and the Santa Clara Valley Audubon Society are teaming up to start a nestbox program in the city’s open spaces.

Popular Saratoga hiking trail reopens after project to improve safety, reduce erosion

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A Saratoga hiking trail has reopened after a six-month project to make it wider, less steep and not as prone to erosion during the rainy season. The trail stretches from the Parker Ranch neighborhood to the Fremont Older Open Space Preserve via Saratoga Country Club.

SPECIAL REPORT – Leaded gas: A toxic tale

June 9, 2014 No Comments

"Leaded Gas: A Toxic Tale" is an adaptation of an award-winning print article that tells...

SPECIAL REPORT: Climate change comes home

May 22, 2014 No Comments

Climate change is happening and though local governments in the Bay Area have begun to...

SPECIAL REPORT: On Silicon Valley’s coast, cows unite ranchers and open space groups

April 10, 2014 No Comments

"Cattle Drive": A multimedia report which explores the ways agriculture and open space groups are...

SPECIAL REPORT: Silicon Gap – Widening Inequality in the Valley

February 7, 2014 No Comments

Articles and multimedia from Peninsula Press staff about Joint Venture Silicon Valley's 2014 State of...