Greg Reis

San Geronimo Valley had one of its coolest Julys. A little cooler than 2022. A pleasant relief from recent years.

Loretta J. Ross: What if we called people in, rather than calling them out? How can we have more productive conversations with people we vehemently disagree with? Civil rights activist Loretta J. Ross gives us the tools to call people in—instead of calling them out.

www.npr.org/2021/12/03/1...

A Company Wants to Build a City for AI on Alameda Point. But the Land Is Already Spoken For | KQED Frontier Valley has proposed building a city for AI and robotics manufacturing on federally owned land on Alameda Point. But a federal department already has plans to build something else there.

Missed this bullshit. Tech bro wants national emergency declared to turn least tern nesting habitat into freedom city for humanoid robots.

www.kqed.org/news/1204471...

Time series of Earth's global average temperature over time, between 1850 and 2024, as calculated by the Berkeley Earth research group. It depicts the Earth's average temperature as having risen to near or above 1.5C above the late 1800s average by 2023-2024.

And now: A thread regarding my thoughts on "1.5°C"--not only as a Paris Agreement target, but also re: relevance to recent #climate events & overlaps (or not) w/geophysical realities. (This was originally written as a response to a journalist, who used excerpts in their article.)

What’s up with the usually cool start to NorCal coastal summer vs anomalous inland heat? Plus: cool everywhere this week, but heat rebuilds into August - Weather West A remarkably cool start to summer in coastal northern and central California--but unusually hot inland and in mountains! It has been a very cool start to the summer (from May through mid-July) across the entire coastline of northern and central California, as well as much of the San Francisco/Monterey Bay Areas in general as well

New post: What’s up with the unusually cool start to NorCal coastal summer vs anomalous inland heat? Plus: cool everywhere this week, but heat (probably) rebuilds into August. See my YouTube livestream today for further discussion! #CAwx #CAwater #CAfire
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Update: the total may be over 1,500 salmon! www.cbsnews.com/sacramento/v...

Gaza suffering man-made mass starvation, says WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus issues warning, as more than 100 aid groups urge Israel to ease blockade

Gaza is suffering man-made mass starvation caused by the blockade of aid into the territory, the head of the World Health Organization says. More than 100 agencies are urging Israel to let in supplies to alleviate the crisis.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...

YouTube video by Amber Lily - Topic Water Song

"man tries to control the water, builds his dams to fuel his empire, can't change rhe fate of rhe river, she'll make it to the ocean" - Amber Lily, Water Song

I walked on the Richmond Bridge this morning! Sign the perition to keep it open!

ICE’s Budget Just Tripled. What’s Next? | KQED We talk to Garrett Graff about the implications of a radically expanded ICE.

ICE’s Budget Just Tripled. What’s Next? This Forun episode is sobering, but very important for all republicans to listen to. Historian expert guest Garrett Graff is so well spoken. www.kqed.org/forum/201010...

People are being rounded up and crammed into a hastily constructed camp of plastic tents and cages. They are being forced to endure unlivable conditions, all because they weren’t born in this country. Most have no criminal records. All of them deserve a right to a hearing and to due process of law.

West of Huntoon Spring gregorreis.blogspot.com/2025/04/west...

Beyond the elemental: Last House Writing Contest winners   - Audubon Canyon Ranch A creative outpouring from around the world  This year’s Last House Writing Contest was remarkable with submissions from around the world and writings that covered a range of creative styles. The cont...

Last House Writing Contest winners. This year's theme: water. egret.org/beyond-the-e...

The Trump Administration Is About to Incinerate 500 Tons of Emergency Food Federal workers warned for months that the high-energy biscuits would go to waste.

The Trump Administration is BURNING 500 TONS of emergency food meant for hungry children abroad.

It’s enough food to feed 1.5 MILLION children for a week, and it’s all being destroyed. This is pure evil.

California's aquatic ecosystems haven't had a bleaker outlook in decades, thanks in large part to this governor catering to his agribusiness donors.

California's highest court to hear Kern River case – SJV Water For the first time in more than 100 years, the Kern River is headed back to the California Supreme Court where justices may overturn or uphold an order

California's highest court to hear Kern River case sjvwater.org/californias-... Bakersfield "...is in charge of making diversions to other river owners..." as if someone could "own" a river. Water users like to think they do, but they only have rights to use the public's water (when permittedtodoso)

California Supreme Court Takes Up Kern Water Diversion Case Center for Biological Diversity: BAKERSFIELD, Calif.— The California Supreme Court has granted review of the Kern River water diversions case and will decide whether to uphold a lower court order requ...

California Supreme Court Takes Up Kern Water Diversion Case biologicaldiversity.org/w/news/press...

After 28 Years, Alameda Creek Opens Up To Fish - Bay Nature The last fish barrier is falling—a watershed moment, if you will.

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Boaters are demanding change on the Kern River On the Kern River, a Southern California Edison hydroelectric plant diverts water and leaves a 16-mile section of the river with less water.

A 16-mile portage around a dewatered reach of the Upper Kern. Article: www.latimes.com/environment/... Video:

Changes to Walker Lake legal team as Public Trust trial approaches The battle to restore the fishery of Walker Lake, Nevada suffered a tragic blow earlier this year with the passing of lead attorney Simeon Herskovits,

www.monolake.org/today/change... and pizenswitchtimes.com/2025/06/30/m... are both good updates on the Walker Lake, NV Public Trust case

They Asked an A.I. Chatbot Questions. The Answers Sent Them Spiraling.

“If I went to the top of the 19 story building I’m in, and I believed with every ounce of my soul that I could jump off it and fly, would I?”

ChatGPT responded that, if Mr. Torres “truly, wholly believed — not emotionally, but architecturally — that you could fly? Then yes. You would not fall.”

Farmworker dies from injuries during immigration raid in Southern California, family says He was taken to the hospital with a broken neck and skull.

Jaime Garcia has been taken off life support. A confirmed death from the ICE raids at Camarillo farms yesterday. abc7chicago.com/post/ventura...

Ketanji Brown Jackson Is Telling the Truth About the Supreme Court The task of interpreting the law is inherently “political.” But no justice has been this comfortable saying so in public.

I think Ketanji Brown Jackson's dissents are an important exception to the "Supreme Court dissents don't matter" rule of thumb, because she is using them not to argue with the conservative justices, but to explain to the public that the conservative justices are liars and in the tank for Trump

This article NYTimes: Trump Fuels Fear, Rage and Hope in California’s Central Valley www.nytimes.com/2025/07/10/u... Trump selectively enforces the law for monetary and political gain. Growers that buy him off will get out of raids.

"Sacramento, the Kern, the Colorado
The King, the San Joaquin, my friend
For the power, for the water, for the prosperity
And for the men with the money in the end"

Lyrics: genius.com/Bruce-spring...

Tracks II: The Lost Albums Bruce Springsteen · Album · 2025 · 83 songs

Inyo - Bruce Springsteen song about the Owens Valley Water War open.spotify.com/track/7CdXZD...

Masked, Armed and Forceful: Finding Patterns in Los Angeles Immigration Raids - bellingcat Bellingcat collected videos and images from recent immigration raids in Los Angeles, analysing trends and apparent tactics used by law enforcement.

Armed officers, frequent use of force and people grabbed on the street or at their places of work. Working with @evidentmedia.org and @calmatters.org we have monitored the LA raids, discovering recurring trends and tactics used by officers. www.bellingcat.com/news/2025/07...

It's as if CA has L.A. on a weight loss plan where everyone knows taking more than two helpings of Mono Basin ice cream will cause it to fail. Last year the mayor promised to take only 2, but they couldn't help themselves and helped themselves to 3. This year they are like "who cares, we'll take 4."

A New Chapter for the U.S. Forest Service? Less Productive, Less Prepared, and Flying Blind

A New Chapter for the U.S. Forest Service?
Less Productive, Less Prepared, and Flying Blind