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After wet weekend the rain showers are continuing across the bay area tonight. Live look outside and you see only blue sky there in San Francisco for sure. Some drops falling though in places. Up in the sierra the brunt of the blizzard has passed and left cars and homes completely buried in the snow. Look at this. Wow, towing it out of there. I80 remains closed tonight from colfax through the nevada state line. 90mile stretch. Crews are working to clear the roads with cars and large trucks getti...

Those College Encampments continue past their deadlines to leave, and millions of tax dollars went to help renters about to lose their homes. Were learning whether that money paid off next on abc seven news at seven always live. Abc seven news starts right now. Four years since the last drivers were allowed down the street, and Safety Advocates are celebrating San Francisco is grappling with the best way to make streets safer without kicking the cars off every road. Good evening and thanks for j...

Looks like 5 thousand years ago, 5 million years ago. And thats tremendous. Doug these icons of california have also inspired a legacy of conservation. Alex cocone a really special place for people to come and visit, and a really special place in california and in the world. Doug and some unlikely messengers sheltered in redwood shadows. Emily burns its plot number one. Doug tell the story of a world in transition. Emily they are telling us so much about whats happening in the forest. Doug well,...

A ballot measure aimed at raising millions in local funding each year to bolster Santa Cruz County's resilience to climate change impacts will go before voters in November.

A total of 200 acres of land have been added to Big Basin State Park.

The recent purchase of two properties in the Santa Cruz mountains, combined with other land, is expected to add nearly 200 acres of land to Big Basin Redwoods State Park.

Sempervirens Fund, California’s first and oldest land trust, is welcoming Juan Benitez, Marimo Berk and Brad Lewis to its board of directors. Benitez is the former president of GoFundMe and was previously chief technology officer and then general manager of Braintree Payments. He serves on the board of ACI Worldwide and also serves on the […]

A new report by the California State Parks Foundation released in early March called attention to the impacts on climate change already occurring in parks while...

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Sempervirens Fund has hired longtime local political analyst and strategist Rachel Dann for its newly established director of government relations position. For more than two decades, Dann has served as an aide and analyst for politicians such as former U.S. Rep. Sam Farr and former Santa Cruz County 3rd District Supervisor Ryan Coonerty, among others.