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Jan 11, 2025 | 
localnewsmatters.org | Taylor Barton
IT WAS 7:45 IN THE MORNING, and five young men stood in a driveway in the Berkeley hills, staring at Michelle Falise’s roof and strategizing. The crew was with Yellowjacket Heating & Cooling Services Inc., a fledgling HVAC company that specializes in heat pump installations. They were preparing to take on the day’s work in the late fall chill: installing six electric heat pumps in one home, the most they’d ever done on a single structure.
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Nov 14, 2024 | 
scholarsarchive.byu.edu | Taylor Barton |Brigham Young
Ira A. Fulton College of Engineering; Electrical and Computer Engineeringhttps://lib.byu.edu/about/copyright/ Barton, Taylor S., "Analog Artificial Neurons and Digital Amplifiers: Challenging the Roles of Analog and Digital Circuit Architectures in Modern CMOS Processes" (2023). Theses and Dissertations. 10586.
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Nov 13, 2024 | 
kneedeeptimes.org | Taylor Barton
California leads the nation in solar energy generation, with over 2 million installations and a growing number of solar farms. But it’s not enough. Meeting our 2030 greenhouse gas reduction goals will require substantial divestment from fossil fuels, and despite the more than 68,000 gigawatt-hours harnessed last year by solar (41% of which was from small-scale operations), California still relies heavily on natural gas when the sun goes down.
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Aug 29, 2024 | 
mindsitenews.org | Taylor Barton
An interview with Dr. Alice FellerAmerican Madness, Dr. Alice Feller’s memoir released this May, belies just how good she is at listening. A retrospective march through her career in California’s psychiatric landscape, American Madness depicts Feller’s journey to help patients with severe mental illness, including schizophrenia, bipolar disorder and major depression.
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Aug 20, 2024 | 
richmondside.org | Taylor Barton
On a recent Friday afternoon, the scent of coconut, turmeric and sautéed onions wafted through the Corrine Sain Senior and Family Community Center in North Richmond. A group of about 30, mostly seniors and their families, listened attentively as Chef Cindy Gershen demonstrated how to prepare a curry more safely using a portable induction stovetop.
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Jun 11, 2024 | 
mindsitenews.org | Taylor Barton
Happy Tuesday, MindSite News readers! Today’s newsletter comes to you from Taylor Barton. I’m MindSite News’ summer reporter based in Berkeley, Calif. I’ll be researching involuntary mental health care and learning from the team as an intern this season. Have tips, ideas or really cute dog photos? Send them my way at [email protected]. Today we look at the emotional toll facing Detroit-area clergy and what Miami’s needle exchange program is doing differently.
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Jun 6, 2024 | 
mindsitenews.org | Taylor Barton
Ten correctional officers used pepper spray, stun shields, multiple Taser shocks and a Stinger 15 grenade to remove a single, naked man from his cell in Riverside County’s Larry D. Smith Correctional Facility, according to video footage obtained last month by The New York Times. Ten minutes later he stopped breathing. Christopher Zumwalt was found unresponsive in a safety cell in the early hours of Oct. 23, 2020, after being violently forced out of the sobering cell.
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May 15, 2024 | 
mindsitenews.org | Taylor Barton
San Francisco Giants Rally Against Mental Health Stigma Giants mental health advocate Drew Robinson with in-game host Anthony Garcia. Photo: © S.F. GiantsFour years ago, just a month after the COVID-19 pandemic shut down the 2020 major league baseball season, newly signed San Francisco Giants outfielder Drew Robinson attempted suicide. He lost the use of his right eye and his sense of smell, but eventually found a new mission – as the team’s first mental health advocate.
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May 9, 2024 | 
richmondconfidential.org | Taylor Barton |Panashe Matemba-Mutasa
Under a historic settlement with the Bay Area Air Quality Management District, Chevron recently cleared all 678 of the air pollution infractions that had been pending against its Richmond refinery. With the settlement, BAAQMD, the regional agency that enforces air quality standards, cleared part of a major backlog. While the air district has a history of issuing infractions, it also has a pattern of letting most fines go unpaid for years as it works through cases and negotiates with polluters.
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May 7, 2024 | 
eastbayexpress.com | Taylor Barton
Under a historic settlement with the Bay Area Air Quality Management District (BAAQMD), Chevron recently cleared all 678 of the air pollution infractions that had been pending against its Richmond refinery. With the settlement, BAAQMD, the regional agency that enforces air quality standards, cleared part of a major backlog.
