Sarah Hopkins

5 days ago | openvallejo.org | Sarah Hopkins |Geoffrey King

Vallejo police rescued a toddler hours after she was kidnapped during an alleged carjacking Friday afternoon in Vallejo. Officers responded to a report of a carjacking near Santa Clara and Maine Streets at around 3:38 p.m., according to dispatch audio. The vehicle’s owner sustained minor injuries in the robbery. The suspect, who has not been apprehended, took off in the blue Honda Pilot with the owner’s young child still inside.

Sep 23, 2024 | chicagomaroon.com | Sarah Hopkins

From 56th to 57th Street between Ellis and University Avenues sit many studying students, Ex Libris Café, and over four and a half million printed volumes. While the Joseph Regenstein and Joe and Rika Mansueto libraries currently house late study sessions, the block used to be home to the Maroons—the athletic ones, that is. Sports at the University of Chicago have an eventful history, often going up against the academic focus of the College.

Sep 1, 2024 | insideclimatenews.org | Sarah Hopkins

Where others might see only catastrophe, Don Hankins scans fire-singed landscapes for signs of renewal.  Hankins, a renowned Miwkoʔ (Plains Miwok) cultural fire practitioner and scholar, has kept an eye on the Park Fire’s footprint as it sweeps through more than 429,000 acres across four Northern California counties. It started late last month and became one of the largest fires in state history in a matter of days, fueled by dry grasslands.

Jul 27, 2024 | insideclimatenews.org | Sarah Hopkins

As the Salton Sea shrinks, a crisis deepens. The water levels of the 345-square-mile lake, located in an arid swath of agricultural land in Southern California’s Imperial County, have been receding for years, exposing the lakebed to strong winds that dry it, churn it to dust and drive the particles into surrounding communities. According to a recent academic study, the communities most impacted by the dust pollution are among the most socioeconomically disadvantaged in the state.

Jul 3, 2024 | scheerpost.com | Sarah Hopkins

By Sarah Hopkins / Inside Climate NewsMarci Simmons thinks back to her days in a Texas state prison as a cruel game of psychological planning for the summer. “In April, you start preparing yourself for the heat,” she said. “Towards the end of May, when it starts to get hot, you start telling yourself, ‘OK, it’s only four months of this really bad heat.’ And then you kind of count down in your mind.