Katie Lauer

1 week ago | mercurynews.com | Katie Lauer

MARTINEZ — It took $25 million and 22 years to restore the 122 acres of Pacheco Marsh, the historic saltwater marshland just northeast of downtown Martinez, where Walnut Creek flows into the Carquinez Strait.

1 week ago | siliconvalley.com | Katie Lauer

KVHS broadcasts from a tower tucked in Concord’s rolling hills, a few miles southeast of the Port Chicago Naval Magazine National Memorial on the shoreline of Suisun Bay. Dave Hughes doesn’t have a key to access the property, despite being the on-air personality behind The Beat of Diablo, KVHS 90.5 FM’s hyperlocal evening radio show. That’s not normally a problem, because there’s not a physical station to unlock.

1 week ago | mercurynews.com | Katie Lauer

Dave Hughes doesn’t have a key to access the property, despite being the on-air personality behind The Beat of Diablo, KVHS 90.5 FM’s hyperlocal evening radio show. That’s not normally a problem, because there’s not a physical station to unlock. Instead, this small, DIY broadcast — powered by a four-member volunteer crew and computer software — remotely blasts songs, public service announcements, event listings and other educational content through a single, small antenna.

2 weeks ago | eastbaytimes.com | Katie Lauer

The Bay Area News Group clinched 21 of the state's most prestigious journalism awards for work published in 2024, including six first-place wins in categories as diverse as the readership of the Mercury News and East Bay Times.

2 weeks ago | sacbee.com | Katie Lauer

May 18-The Hindu Shiva Murugan Temple was rebuilt at 1803 2nd St., less than a half-mile from Todos Santos Plaza. Subscribe to continue reading this article. Already subscribed? To log in, click here. Originally Published: May 18, 2025 at 4:05 AM PDTCopyright (C) 2025, Tribune Content Agency, LLC. Portions copyrighted by the respective providers.