Great news! Thanks to your emails and everyone who spoke at the Cupertino City Council meeting Tuesday night, councilmembers decided not to pursue any of the intensive uses or development that would have impacted the fragile habitat along the Stevens Creek Corridor. They unanimously rejected the proposals of a new paved road, sports fields, or...
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Speak Up 4 Native Habitat in Cupertino
Tomorrow, Tuesday, February 3, Cupertino City Councilmembers will vote to decide which of three proposed alternatives to pursue with regard to the Stevens Creek Corridor Master Plan. Please tell the City Council to protect the existing nature preserve and habitat by approving Alternative C with the environmental groups’ modifications (“Modified Alternative C”). What You Can...
Tell Cupertino to Protect Native Habitat
Action Alert! On Tuesday, December 16, Cupertino City Councilmembers will hold a study session to discuss three options for increased use and development in the Stevens Creek corridor area. Please join me and tell the City Council to reject the three proposed alternatives, since all would have significant impacts on valuable habitat and the McClellan...
A Tale of Two Quarries
By Alice Kaufman and Lennie Roberts Pilarcitos Quarry The Pilarcitos Quarry, located off Highway 92 in Nuff Canyon, three miles east of Half Moon Bay, is a granite quarry that produces rock, sand and gravel (called “aggregate” in the construction industry). Although Pilarcitos Quarry has been in operation since 1933 and thus predates San Mateo...