Kasia Pawlowska

Marin County, San Francisco

Local Editor at SFGate

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Website for Bay Area-born Victoria's Secret has been down for over a day

1 week ago | sfgate.com | Kasia Pawlowska

Online shoppers seeking activewear, push-up bras and a host of other items from one of the biggest lingerie retailers in the world are out of luck. Since Tuesday, the Victoria’s Secret website has gone dark, offering only a brief, vague message. Bloomberg reports that some customers haven’t been able to shop the site since as early as Monday. The company, which was founded in Palo Alto by Stanford graduate Roy Raymond, opened its first brick-and-mortar store in the Stanford Shopping Center in 1977.
Berkeley research finds feeders literally reshaped Calif. hummingbirds

1 week ago | sanluisobispo.com | Kasia Pawlowska

May 27-Your backyard bird feeder could be changing the birds that use it. A former UC Berkeley grad student, Nicolas M. Alexandre, along with a team of other researchers, published a study last week in Global Change Biology about a fascinating hummingbird adaptation. According to their findings, Anna's hummingbirds on the West Coast of the U.S. have been able to expand their territory because of the proliferation of hummingbird feeders.
Former Berkeley grad student finds feeders changed Calif. hummingbird evolution

1 week ago | sfgate.com | Kasia Pawlowska

Your backyard bird feeder could be changing the birds that use it. A former UC Berkeley grad student, Nicolas M. Alexandre, along with a team of other researchers, published a study last week in Global Change Biology about a fascinating hummingbird adaptation. According to their findings, Anna’s hummingbirds on the West Coast of the U.S. have been able to expand their territory because of the proliferation of hummingbird feeders.
San Francisco climbs in nationwide park rankings

2 weeks ago | sfgate.com | Kasia Pawlowska

San Francisco jumped a spot, from seventh to sixth place, in a nationwide park ranking report that was released Wednesday. Compiled by the Trust for Public Land, or TPL, which works with communities to create parks and protect public lands, the annual ParkScore measures parks in the country’s biggest cities by looking at their acreage, investment, amenities, access and equity.
Popular Bay Area beach is one of the most polluted in the US again

2 weeks ago | kcra.com | Kasia Pawlowska

A recent report found that three California beaches — including a popular tourist destination in the Bay Area — had some of the highest bacteria levels in the country. Linda Mar Beach in Pacifica, which is perhaps best known as the home of the most beautiful Taco Bell in the country, has some of the most polluted waters, per the Surfrider Foundation’s annual Clean Water report.
Bright green fireball stuns stargazers across 300 miles of California

2 weeks ago | sfgate.com | Kasia Pawlowska

A dazzling sight in the night sky caught the attention of dozens of Californians throughout the state late Monday evening. From about 11:30 p.m. to midnight, reports began cropping up on both Reddit and the American Meteor Society website about a bright green fireball blazing through the cosmos. “Saw it in Menlo Park, looked green-tinted to me. I thought it might have been a firework but clearly not,” wrote one Redditor.
Popular Bay Area beach is one of the most polluted in the US again

2 weeks ago | sfgate.com | Kasia Pawlowska

A recent report found that three California beaches — including a popular tourist destination in the Bay Area — had some of the highest bacteria levels in the country. Linda Mar Beach in Pacifica, which is perhaps best known as the home of the most beautiful Taco Bell in the country, has some of the most polluted waters, per the Surfrider Foundation’s annual Clean Water report.
SF landmark to get multimillion-dollar makeover for return of pro team

4 weeks ago | sfgate.com | Kasia Pawlowska

San Francisco’s historic Kezar Stadium is poised to have another chapter in its celebrated, century-long history. This morning, Mayor Daniel Lurie revealed plans for a major public-private partnership that aims to bring a new professional soccer team to the city. “We hope to start construction at the end of the year, like in December of this year,” said Marc Rohrer, one of the co-founders of Golden City Football Club, during a phone call with SFGATE on Friday morning.
Rents are skyrocketing in one Bay Area suburb

1 month ago | sfgate.com | Kasia Pawlowska

Sky-high rent prices in the South Bay have been the norm for many years, but in one Silicon Valley city, known as the “Capital of Venture Capital,” these numbers are skyrocketing. The median monthly rent for a one-bedroom apartment in Menlo Park is a staggering $3,360. That’s $1,306 more than the state median and a 40% year-over-year increase for the tech-centric town of around 30,000, according to Zumper’s most recent San Francisco Bay Area Metro rent report.
Low income now means 6 figures in 4 wealthy Bay Area counties

1 month ago | sfgate.com | Kasia Pawlowska

As the Bay Area’s housing crisis continues to intensify, new data shows just how hard it is to even qualify as middle-class anymore. Across several California counties, the threshold for being a “low-income” household had surged by $30,000 in just half a decade, putting things like homeownership out of reach for many. Add to that the region’s dismal housing construction rates, and it’s clear that even greater affordability challenges are ahead.