Why I'm Climate Striking Against Fox News on Friday
Alexandria Villaseñor | thenation.com | 2019-06-26
Why I'm Climate Striking Against Fox News on Friday…
thenation.com/article/climate-strike-extinction-rebellion-un/

Skillshare and Potluck
Extinction Rebellion | indybay.org | 2019-06-26
Canticle Farm 1972 36th Ave, Oakland…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/06/26/18824235.php

State Endangered Species Protection Sought for Mountain Lions in Southern California, Central Coast
Center for Biological Diversity | indybay.org | 2019-06-26
Some Populations Face Extinction Threat From Freeways, Sprawl, Rat Poison…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/06/25/18824225.php

The U.S. Military's Dirty Little Secret
Staff | truthdig.com | 2019-06-26
British scientists have identified one of the world's great emitters of greenhouse gases, a silent agency which buys as much fuel as Portugal or Peru and emits more carbon dioxide than all of Romania: the US military. | Ironically, this agency is acutely aware that the climate emergency makes the world more dangerous, increasing the risk of conflict around the planet. And simply because it is conscious of this risk, it is ever more likely to burn ever-…
truthdig.com/articles/the-american-militarys-dirty-little-secret/

Sunrise Sits In at DNC Headquarters, Demanding Climate Debate
Staff | therealnews.com | 2019-06-26
The day before the first Democratic debate in Miami, dozens gathered at the DNC to demand a climate debate. They say they plan to stay until the DNC meets their demands…
therealnews.com/stories/sunrise-sits-in-at-dnc-headquarters-demanding-climate-debate

Fridays for Future: Tens of thousands demonstrate on climate change in Aachen, Germany
wsws.org | 2019-06-26
Under the slogan, "Climate Justice Without Borders–United for a Future," about 40,000 young people in Aachen demanded a rapid shutdown of coal-fired power plants and other measures.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/06/26/aach-j26.html

State Endangered Species Protection Sought for Mountain Lions in Southern California, Central Coast
Center for Biological Diversity | indybay.org | 2019-06-25
Some Populations Face Extinction Threat From Freeways, Sprawl, Rat Poison…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/06/25/18824225.php

Climate Apartheid, World's Poor Will Be Left to Suffer: Report
telesurenglish.net | 2019-06-25
Climate change will have the greatest impact on those living in poverty, as the wealthy will afford to escape overheating, hunger and conflict while the rest of the world is left to suffer, according to a United Nations (U.N.) report. | RELATED: | Bernie Sanders Warn Biden's Climate Policy 'Will Doom Future Generations' | "Perversely, while people in poverty are responsible for just a fraction of global emissions, they will bear the brunt of climate change…
telesurenglish.net/news/In-Climate-Apartheid-Worlds-Poor-Will-Be-Left-to-Suffer-UN-Report-20190625-0030.html

The path to climate justice passes through Caracas
David Schwartzman | mronline.org | 2019-06-25
For now the U.S. regime change agenda has been defeated as a result of the mass mobilization in April and May of the Venezuelan masses in defense of their Bolivarian Revolution, a mobilization which succeeded in marginalizing the opposition led by U.S. puppet Juan Guaido, demonstrating how pathetic his claims of legitimacy were. | Source…
mronline.org/2019/06/25/the-path-to-climate-justice-passes-through-caracas/

Greenpeace protester tells The Canary why she took action and what really happened when Tory MP attacked her
Fréa Lockley | thecanary.co | 2019-06-25
On 20 June, Conservative minister Mark Field reportedly 'assaulted' Greenpeace activist Janet Barker at the bankers' banquet in London. Barker told The Canary what happened that night and why she'll continue to take action to raise awareness of climate chaos. | "The time is now — to change": | We went…
thecanary.co/exclusive/2019/06/25/greenpeace-protester-tells-the-canary-why-she-took-action-and-what-really-happened-when-tory-mp-attacked-her/

New York Passes Nation's Most Comprehensive Clean Energy Legislation in the Nation
Staff | therealnews.com | 2019-06-25
Adrien Salazar, who fought for the bill discusses how this bill, which calls for no fossil fuel energy by 2050, will affect poor communities hardest hit by the climate crisis…
therealnews.com/stories/new-york-passes-nations-most-comprehensive-clean-energy-legislation-in-the-nation

Beyond Climate Tipping Points: Greenhouse Gas Levels Exceed the Stability Limit of the Greenland and Antarctic Ice Sheets
Dr. Andrew Glikson | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-25
The pace of global warming has been grossly underestimated. As the world keeps increasing its carbon emissions rising in 2018 to a record 33.1 billion ton CO2 per year, the atmospheric greenhouse gas level has now exceeded 560 ppm …
globalresearch.ca/beyond-climate-tipping-points-greenhouse-gas-levels-exceed-stability-limit-greenland-antarctic-ice-sheets/5681653

US military is a bigger polluter than as many as 140 countries — shrinking this war machine is a must
Benjamin Neimark, Oliver Belcher, and Patrick Bigger | nationofchange.org | 2019-06-25
The US military's carbon bootprint is enormous. Like corporate supply chains, it relies upon an extensive global network of container ships, trucks and cargo planes to supply its operations with everything from bombs to humanitarian aid and hydrocarbon fuels. Our new studycalculated the contribution of this vast infrastructure to climate change. | Greenhouse gas emission accounting usually focuses on how much energy and fuel civilians use. But recent work, in…
nationofchange.org/2019/06/25/us-military-is-a-bigger-polluter-than-as-many-as-140-countries-shrinking-this-war-machine-is-a-must/

Oregon GOP Lawmakers Flee State to Stall Vote on Historic Climate Bill
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-06-25
The Oregon state Legislature has been in a standoff for nearly one week, after 11 Republican lawmakers fled the Capitol Thursday to avoid voting on a landmark climate change bill. Some are believed to be hiding out in Idaho. Right-wing militias supporting the rogue GOP legislators have threatened violence, which led the remaining lawmakers to shut down the state Capitol in Salem. The climate crisis bill aims to decrease emissions by implementing a statewide cap-and-trade model. Without at least two of the rogue Republican senators present, Oregon Democrats, who control the state Senate and House of Representat…
truthout.org/video/oregon-gop-lawmakers-flee-state-to-stall-vote-on-historic-climate-bill/

New York Passes Nation's Most Comprehensive Clean Energy Legislation
Staff | therealnews.com | 2019-06-25
Adrien Salazar, who fought for the bill discusses how this bill, which calls for no fossil fuel energy by 2050, will affect poor communities hardest hit by the climate crisis…
therealnews.com/stories/new-york-passes-nations-most-comprehensive-clean-energy-legislation-in-the-nation

Melania Trump's media liaison Stephanie Grisham named new White House press secretary
rt.com | 2019-06-25
Melania Trump has announced that her spokeswoman Stephanie Grisham will replace Sarah Sanders as White House press secretary. Grisham is known for her sharp defense of the first lady in a hostile media climate. | …
rt.com/usa/462660-melania-trump-white-house-press-secretary/

'Business as Usual Is a Death Sentence': Hundreds of Youth Activists Sit In at DNC Headquarters to Demand 2020 Debate on Climate Crisis
Jake Johnson, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2019-06-25
"This is an emergency and it's past time that Tom Perez and the Democratic Party start being democratic." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/dnc_climate.jpg…
commondreams.org/news/2019/06/25/business-usual-death-sentence-hundreds-youth-activists-sit-dnc-headquarters-demand?cd-origin=rss

Rebecca Long-Bailey speaks to The Canary about Labour's radical plans for the future
Fréa Lockley | thecanary.co | 2019-06-25
On 22 June, shadow ministers Rebecca Long-Bailey and Barry Gardiner spoke at a community event in Cornwall. They were there to launch Labour's Green Industrial Revolution, a bold and radical plan to protect the environment, and also local jobs and the economy. Long-Bailey spoke to The Canary and discussed these plans in more detail. | "It's about creating hope": | "The overarching message of the Green Industrial Revolution is that now we're facing a time of climate cri…
thecanary.co/exclusive/2019/06/25/rebecca-long-bailey-speaks-to-the-canary-about-labours-radical-plans-for-the-future/

75 Groups Call for Reforms to Climate-killing Export-Import Bank
commondreams.org | 2019-06-25
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commondreams.org/newswire/2019/06/25/75-groups-call-reforms-climate-killing-export-import-bank?cd-origin=rss

World faces 'climate apartheid' risk, 120 more million in poverty: UN expert
United Nations | un.org | 2019-06-25
Climate change "threatens to undo the last 50 years" of development, global health and poverty reduction, a United Nations expert said on Tuesday, citing the risk of a new era of "climate apartheid" where the rich buy their way out of rising heat and hunger.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2019/06/1041261

Amid Demand for Climate Focus, Burning Everglades Offer Fiery Backdrop to First Democratic Primary Debate
Jon Queally, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2019-06-25
"The DNC recently announced it will not host a climate-themed debate. And then [Sunday], a lightning bolt sparked a massive fire miles from Miami, because subtlety is dead." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/everglades_democratic_debate.jpg…
commondreams.org/news/2019/06/25/amid-demand-climate-focus-burning-everglades-offer-fiery-backdrop-first-democratic?cd-origin=rss

Oregon GOP Lawmakers Flee State to Stall Vote on Historic Climate Bill
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-06-25
The Oregon state Legislature has been in a standoff for nearly one week, after 11 Republican lawmakers fled the Capitol Thursday to avoid voting on a landmark climate change bill. Some are believed to be hiding out in Idaho. Right-wing militias supporting the rogue GOP legislators have threatened violence, which led the remaining lawmakers to shut down the state Capitol in Salem. The climate crisis bill aims to decrease emissions by implementing a statewide cap-and-trade model. Without at least two of the rogue Republican senators present, Oregon Democrats, who control the state Senate and House of Representat…
truthout.org/video/oregon-gop-lawmakers-flee-state-to-stall-vote-on-historic-climate-bill/

Florida Is Burning. The Midwest Is Flooding. Why Aren't Democrats Debating Climate?
Karthik Ganapathy | commondreams.org | 2019-06-25
Corn bursts from a grain bin which was soaked with floodwater on March 23 near Union, Nebraska. Damage estimates from flooding in Nebraska top $1 billion. (Photo: Scott Olson / Getty Images) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/sub-buzz-424-1561479908-1.jpeg…
commondreams.org/views/2019/06/25/florida-burning-midwest-flooding-why-arent-democrats-debating-climate?cd-origin=rss

The Climate Emergency: The Future is in Our Hands
Speak Out now | indybay.org | 2019-06-25
Berkeley Public Library — South Branch | 1901 Russell St. (Near Ashby BART)…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/06/21/18824172.php

314 Action Organization Pledges $100k To Host Presidential Debate On Climate Change
Special To The Black Star News | blackstarnews.com | 2019-06-25
314 Action Organization sent DNC letter calling for a Presidential Debate on the wordwide threat of Climate Change… | (Washington, D.C.) — Today, 314 Action pledged $100,000 as seed money for a Presidential debate on climate change. | An open letter is now live at www.DebateOnClimate.org, and candidates and partner organizations are invited to reach out to participate via | The DNC has refused to host a single-issue debate, despite calls from its own members, public polling dat…
www.blackstarnews.com/us-politics/policy/314-action-organization-pledges-100k-to-host-presidential-debate

We Have Less Than a Millisecond Left
Lee Camp | truthdig.com | 2019-06-25
Framing the urgency of climate change in terms we can all understand might push us to get a move on with saving the planet and ourselves.
truthdig.com/articles/we-have-less-than-a-millisecond-left/

To Prevent 'Climate Apartheid Scenario' Where Rich Escape and Poor Suffer, UN Report Issues Urgent Call for Global Economic Justice
Jake Johnson, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2019-06-25
"While people in poverty are responsible for just a fraction of global emissions, they will bear the brunt of climate change, and have the least capacity to protect themselves." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/climate_apartheid_un.jpg…
commondreams.org/news/2019/06/25/prevent-climate-apartheid-scenario-where-rich-escape-and-poor-suffer-un-report?cd-origin=rss

Oregon Republicans Backed by Right-Wing Militias Flee State to Stall Vote on Historic Climate Bill
Staff | democracynow.org | 2019-06-25
The Oregon state Legislature has been in a standoff for nearly one week, after 11 Republican lawmakers fled the Capitol Thursday to avoid voting on a landmark climate change bill. Some are believed to be hiding out in Idaho. Right-wing militias supporting the rogue GOP legislators have threatened violence, which led the remaining lawmakers to shut down the state Capitol in Salem. The climate crisis bill aims to decrease emissions by implementing a statewide cap-and-trade model. Without at least two of the rogue Republican senators present, Oregon Democrats, who control the state Senate and House of Representative…
www.democracynow.org/2019/6/25/oregon_lawmakers_flee_avoid_climate_vote

Oregon Republicans Backed by Right-Wing Militias Flee State to Stall Vote on Historic Climate Bill
Staff | democracynow.org | 2019-06-25
The Oregon state Legislature has been in a standoff for nearly one week, after 11 Republican lawmakers fled the Capitol Thursday to avoid voting on a landmark climate change bill. Some are believed to be hiding out in Idaho. Right-wing militias supporting the rogue GOP legislators have threatened violence, which led the remaining lawmakers to shut down the state Capitol in Salem. The climate crisis bill aims to decrease emissions by implementing a statewide cap-and-trade model. Without at least two of the rogue Republican senators present, Oregon Democrats, who control the state Senate and House of Representative…
www.democracynow.org/2019/6/25/oregon_lawmakers_flee_avoid_climate_vote

'We're Not Settling for Soundbites': Citing Democrats' Own Platform, Open Letter Demands DNC Host at Least One 2020 Debate on Climate Emergency
Jake Johnson, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2019-06-25
"It doesn't seem too much to ask that the candidates, who have months and months of campaigning, devote a single evening to coming to grips with this crisis," said 350.org founder Bill McKibben | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/dnc_tom_perez_climate_0.png…
commondreams.org/news/2019/06/25/were-not-settling-soundbites-citing-democrats-own-platform-open-letter-demands-dnc?cd-origin=rss

We Could Solve the Climate Crisis With One Radical Change
Staff | truthdig.com | 2019-06-25
The big and not necessarily entirely popular message of a new book on climate change is that we must change politically, but it won't be easy.
truthdig.com/articles/we-could-solve-the-climate-crisis-with-one-radical-change/

Southern Water to pay out record £126m after 'shocking' Ofwat probe
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2019-06-25
Southern Water has been hit with a record £126 million penalty package after a "shocking" Ofwat probe uncovered failures in the firm's sewage treatment sites and found that it fixed wastewater samples. | Customers of the utility company will now receive rebates of £61 over the next five years after Southern Water agreed to the package, which, given the size of the firm, is the largest the regulator has ever imposed. | Ofwat said its large-scale investigation found that Southern Water failed to operate a number of wastewater treatment works properly, including by not making the necessary investment, wh…
thecanary.co/uk/news/2019/06/25/southern-water-to-pay-out-record-126m-after-shocking-ofwat-probe/

Former shale gas CEO says fracking revolution has been 'a disaster' for drillers, investors
Sharon Kelly | nationofchange.org | 2019-06-25
Steve Schlotterbeck, who led drilling company EQT as it expanded to become the nation's largest producer of natural gas in 2017, arrived at a petrochemical industry conference in Pittsburgh Friday morning with a blunt message about shale gas drilling and fracking. "The shale gas revolution has frankly been an unmitigated disaster for any buy-and-hold investor in the shale gas industry with …
nationofchange.org/2019/06/25/former-shale-gas-ceo-says-fracking-revolution-has-been-a-disaster-for-drillers-investors/

Former shale gas CEO says fracking revolution has been 'a disaster' for drillers, investors
Sharon Kelly | nationofchange.org | 2019-06-25
Steve Schlotterbeck, who led drilling company EQT as it expanded to become the nation's largest producer of natural gas in 2017, arrived at a petrochemical industry conference in Pittsburgh Friday morning with a blunt message about shale gas drilling and fracking. "The shale gas revolution has frankly been an unmitigated disaster for any buy-and-hold investor in the shale gas industry with …
nationofchange.org/2019/06/25/former-shale-gas-ceo-says-fracking-revolution-has-been-a-disaster-for-drillers-investors/

HBO's "Chernobyl": A Cautionary Tale About Splitting Atoms, or Another Chapter of Anti-Russia Propaganda?
Dennis Riches | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-24
I've always been kind of obsessed by things nuclear. From the time I learned about nuclear arsenals as a child, I wondered how masses of people could tolerate this Sword of Damocles hanging over their heads. A few years ago, …
globalresearch.ca/hbos-chernobyl-cautionary-tale-about-splitting-atoms-another-chapter-anti-russia-propaganda/5681524

Dozens of 'Extinct' Creatures Found Alive in 'Lost City' Hidden Deep Within Rainforest
The Mind Unleashed | theantimedia.com | 2019-06-24
(TMU) — A specialized team of conservation scientists has found what appears to be a hidden oasis deep in the rainforest of Honduras that's teeming with dozens of rare and endangered creatures. The remote settlement, known as the "Lost City of the Monkey God" or "White City" and located in the Mosquitia rainforest, is a stunning example …

Dozens of ‘Extinct’ Creatures Found Alive in ‘Lost City’ Hidden Deep Within Rainforest

Dozens of 'Extinct' Creatures Found Alive in 'Lost City' Hidden Deep Within Rainforest
The Mind Unleashed | theantimedia.com | 2019-06-24
(TMU) — A specialized team of conservation scientists has found what appears to be a hidden oasis deep in the rainforest of Honduras that's teeming with dozens of rare and endangered creatures. The remote settlement, known as the "Lost City of the Monkey God" or "White City" and located in the Mosquitia rainforest, is a stunning example …

Dozens of ‘Extinct’ Creatures Found Alive in ‘Lost City’ Hidden Deep Within Rainforest

Dozens Arrested in Protest Demanding New York Times Improve Climate Reporting
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-06-24
Hundreds of people descended on the headquarters of The New York Times on Saturday to demand the "paper of record" drastically improve its coverage of the global climate crisis and specifically demanded its reporters refer to the situation as a "climate emergency" in alignment with what the world's scientific community is warning. | Coordinated by Extinction Rebellion NYC, 70 people were reported arrested after the group staged a sit-in on Eight Avenue in midtown Manhattan in order to bring attention to the failure of the paper — and that of the journalism industry overall — to adequately report on…
truthout.org/articles/dozens-arrested-in-protest-demanding-new-york-times-improve-climate-reporting/

Oregon Governor Kate Brown Signs Five-Year Fracking Ban Bill
Dan Bacher | indybay.org | 2019-06-24
"While we applaud Governor Brown for signing the fracking moratorium into law, she needs to do even more to stop dangerous fracked gas infrastructure in Oregon," said Food & Water Watch Regional Organizing Manager Thomas Meyer. "A new Food & Water Watch report makes it clear that in order to address the climate crisis, we need to stop all new fracked gas infrastructure, including the Jordan Cove LNG export terminal and the Pacific Connector pipeline. Governor Brown should use her executive authority to stop dangerous fracked gas projects and transition Oregon to 100% clean, renewable energy now."
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/06/21/18824167.php

'A True Public Health Emergency': 70+ Medical Groups Sound Alarm on Climate Crisis
Andrea Germanos, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2019-06-24
Groups lay out action agenda to advance climate solutions and strengthen resiliency | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/medical-groups-climate-health-emergency.jpg…
commondreams.org/news/2019/06/24/true-public-health-emergency-70-medical-groups-sound-alarm-climate-crisis?cd-origin=rss

Jay Inslee Just Dropped the Most Ambitious Climate Plan From a Presidential Candidate. Here's Who It Targets
Kate Aronoff | theintercept.com | 2019-06-24
Jay Inslee, a 2020 presidential hopeful, released an expansive plan on Monday that attempts to capture and rein in the full range of what's propping up the fossil-fuel economy, from big banks, to lax drilling laws, to federal subsidies. The Washington governor is the first candidate to call — and plan explicitly — for phasing out fossil fuel production writ large in the United States, through both legislative and executive actions to ban fracking and to prohibit fossil fuel leases on public lands, among other sweeping changes. The plan a…
theintercept.com/2019/06/24/jay-inslee-climate-change-pollution/

Inequality and climate change: the rich must step up
ADENLM | nationofchange.org | 2019-06-24
From the beginning, the issue of inequality with respect to the impacts of climate change and the global response has been a recurring theme in international climate negotiations. Emerging and developing countries have been sought spur the developed world into acknowledging its greater burden of responsibility and, accordingly, its obligation to make a larger contribution to the shift toward a low-carbon economy. The concept of climate justice emerged from this debate, inspiring the legal principle of "common but differentiated responsibilities" (CBDR). | The CBDR principle is recognised, among others, by the…
nationofchange.org/2019/06/24/inequality-and-climate-change-the-rich-must-step-up/

Pickin' and Choosin' the Winners and Losers of Climate Change
Jeff Sher | counterpunch.org | 2019-06-24
The official government pickin'and choosin' of the winners and losers of climate change already has begun. If you're still in the tribe that thinks climate change is maybe not a thing, or a thing that might happen a hundred years from now, perhaps you might like to consider this: everyone else is already moving beyond…
counterpunch.org/2019/06/24/pickin-and-choosin-the-winners-and-losers-of-climate-change/

Pickin' and Choosin' the Winners and Losers of Climate Change
Jeff Sher | counterpunch.org | 2019-06-24
If you're still in the tribe that thinks climate change is maybe not a thing, or a thing that might happen a hundred years from now, perhaps you might like to consider this: everyone else is already moving beyond that debate and starting to pick and choose who's gonna be saved and who's not, who's gonna be a winner and who's gonna be a loser. If you want to have anything to say about which of those two camps you get slotted into, maybe it's time to reconsider your position.
counterpunch.org/2019/06/24/pickin-and-choosin-the-winners-and-losers-of-climate-change/

We Have to Finance a Global Green New Deal — or Face the Consequences
Rachel M. Cohen | theintercept.com | 2019-06-24
An international approach to tackling climate change would require the United States and other industrialized countries to give money to developing nations.
theintercept.com/2019/06/24/global-green-new-deal-climate-finance/

Oregon GOP trolls Democrats with 'siege' of Capitol Building while ditching vote on divisive bill
rt.com | 2019-06-24
The Oregon GOP official Twitter account has been mocking Democrats as Republican senators avoided a legislative session in order to sabotage a climate bill. Police were ordered to bring in rebel lawmakers amid protests. | …
rt.com/usa/462531-oregon-gop-protest-tweet/

We Have to Finance a Global Green New Deal — or Face the Consequences
Rachel M. Cohen | theintercept.com | 2019-06-24
An international approach to tackling climate change would require the United States and other industrialized countries to give money to developing nations.
theintercept.com/2019/06/24/global-green-new-deal-climate-finance/

Multiple studies demonstrate global warming is melting glaciers faster
wsws.org | 2019-06-24
The accelerating rate of ice melting occurring around the world is a grave warning that climate change is rapidly reaching the point at which its catastrophic consequences will be felt by billions of people.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/06/24/glac-j24.html

The Monkey's Face. The Climate Crisis is Destroying "Real Environmentalism"
John Steppling | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-24
"The more reified the world becomes, the thicker the veil cast upon nature, the more the thinking weaving that veil in its turn claims ideologically to be nature, primordial experience." — Theodor Adorno (Critical Models) | "Nature contains, though often unnoticed, | …
globalresearch.ca/the-monkeys-face-the-climate-crisis-is-destroying-real-environmentalism/5681579

The Climate Emergency: The Future is in Our Hands
Speak Out now | indybay.org | 2019-06-24
Berkeley Public Library — South Branch | 1901 Russell St. (Near Ashby BART)…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/06/21/18824172.php