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A new genomic study suggests they’re their own thing. That’s probably thanks to one bold bird.

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In January, Peninsula Open Space Trust (POST) purchased a 2,284-acre parcel on the southern slope of Santa Cruz Mountains, preserving a site where a proposed sand-and-gravel quarry was scrapped following a decade-long, Indigenous-led campaign opposing the project. It’s the third …

My most inspiring bike ride this past year was not on a mountain or in some exotic destination. It was sixteen flat and muddy valley miles under overcast skies.

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