Steven T. Jones, Author at 48 hills

Environment

June 20, 2024

New data show carbon pollution way up in Black Rock City — until the rainstorm hit last year

Environment

August 10, 2023

We hear a lot of talk. The reality on the ground is different—and a professor from SF State is gathering the data

Protest

October 3, 2022

It's a party. It's a protest. It changed the way San Francisco thinks about bicycles.

News + Politics

August 4, 2022

There's widespread agreement that bicyclists should treat stop signs as yield signs. The governor has rejected that proposal in the past.

Culture

April 26, 2022

Tight-knit Burning Man clan reckons with moving—but may have itself paved the way for West Oakland industrial hub's gentrification

Culture

February 23, 2022

Black Rock City returns after two years of pandemic cancellations, DIY experiments and financial hardships

Art

October 20, 2021

Filmmaker Yasmin Mawaz-Khan upcoming documentary offers look at one battle lost: the Ace Junkyard's quixotic 2009 fight for survival.

News + Politics

June 22, 2020

People are dying to get back to work, top Republicans have been saying for the last month, justifying efforts to force the U.S. economy...

October 22, 2019

It has blinky lights, art cars, the gifting of trinkets, and the Temple of Reunion by legendary temple-builder David Best. There’s cool video from...

News + Politics

July 22, 2018

We met them in Lucia, which is less a town than a remote store and restaurant along California’s coastal highway, 13 miles north of...

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