https://www.kathleenorichards.comRSS Feed for Kathleen Ok-Soo RichardsenMon, 27 Oct 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://www.calparks.org/blog/where-monarchs-take-refugeThe vital role of California state parks in saving an iconic species.Mon, 27 Oct 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://www.calparks.org/blog/where-monarchs-take-refugehttps://www.savetheredwoods.org/explore/stories/the-apprentices/Apprentice program opens doors to careers in natural resources.Thu, 14 Aug 2025 00:00:00 +0100https://www.savetheredwoods.org/explore/stories/the-apprentices/https://www.savetheredwoods.org/explore/stories/win-win-on-the-north-coast/Forest restoration projects are bringing jobs and opportunity to California's North Coast.Thu, 14 Aug 2025 00:00:00 +0100https://www.savetheredwoods.org/explore/stories/win-win-on-the-north-coast/https://www.savetheredwoods.org/explore/stories/the-science-of-redwoods-and-fog/Meet the researchers exploring this delicate relationship—and how climate change is disrupting the balance.Mon, 23 Dec 2024 00:00:00 +0000https://www.savetheredwoods.org/explore/stories/the-science-of-redwoods-and-fog/https://www.savetheredwoods.org/explore/stories/how-redwood-rides-helps-close-the-nature-gap/League program connects underrepresented communities with redwood parks.Mon, 08 Jul 2024 00:00:00 +0100https://www.savetheredwoods.org/explore/stories/how-redwood-rides-helps-close-the-nature-gap/https://www.altaonline.com/dispatches/a44464318/hunger-on-the-north-coast/Geography, poverty, and housing costs contribute to food insecurity in Humboldt County.Thu, 06 Jul 2023 00:00:00 +0100https://www.altaonline.com/dispatches/a44464318/hunger-on-the-north-coast/https://www.altaonline.com/dispatches/a43394418/creem-queen/Jaan Uhelszki’s hard rock life. *This story won a first place award in the online category, Personality Profile, Music Personalities, in the Los Angeles Press Club’s 16th Annual National Arts & Entertainment Journalism Awards.Thu, 23 Mar 2023 00:00:00 +0000https://www.altaonline.com/dispatches/a43394418/creem-queen/https://www.thenation.com/article/world/anti-asian-violence-empire/If we are to stop anti-Asian hatred in the United States, we must recognize how US foreign policy perpetuates it.Fri, 19 Mar 2021 00:00:00 +0000https://www.thenation.com/article/world/anti-asian-violence-empire/https://eastbayexpress.com/the-forces-driving-gentrification-in-oakland-2-1/The East Bay has seen a widening gap between rich and poor and the displacement of people who are low-income and of color. But it doesn't have to be this way.Wed, 19 Sep 2018 00:00:00 +0100https://eastbayexpress.com/the-forces-driving-gentrification-in-oakland-2-1/https://eastbayexpress.com/can-cannabis-be-considered-a-psychedelic-2-1/With all the attention being paid to the potential therapeutic uses for psychedelic drugs, where does cannabis fit in?Wed, 11 Jul 2018 00:00:00 +0100https://eastbayexpress.com/can-cannabis-be-considered-a-psychedelic-2-1/https://www.alamedamagazine.com/the-advocate/Jon Eldan runs the only nonprofit dedicated to helping exonerees throughout the country — out of his Lower Rockridge home.Mon, 12 Feb 2018 00:00:00 +0000https://www.alamedamagazine.com/the-advocate/https://baynature.org/magazine/fall2017/hiking-dad-daughter-helps-father-explore-accessibility-east-bay-parks/A Daughter Helps Her Father Explore the Accessibility of the East Bay ParksMon, 25 Sep 2017 00:00:00 +0100https://baynature.org/magazine/fall2017/hiking-dad-daughter-helps-father-explore-accessibility-east-bay-parks/https://www.alamedamagazine.com/childrens-hospitals-uncertain-future/Three years ago, Children’s Hospital Oakland merged with UC San Francisco and received $50 million from Marc Benioff. Yet now it’s facing major budget cuts.Wed, 05 Jul 2017 00:00:00 +0100https://www.alamedamagazine.com/childrens-hospitals-uncertain-future/https://eastbayexpress.com/how-nature-heals-why-east-bay-doctors-are-prescribing-the-outdoors-to-people-of-color-2-1/Doctors and experts also say there are too many barriers for communities of color to access parks.Thu, 18 May 2017 00:00:00 +0100https://eastbayexpress.com/how-nature-heals-why-east-bay-doctors-are-prescribing-the-outdoors-to-people-of-color-2-1/https://www.alamedamagazine.com/how-does-discrimination-affect-peoples-health/A UC Berkeley professor is studying the dynamics of how African-American women are affected by racism—and why socioeconomic status matters to health.Mon, 26 Sep 2016 00:00:00 +0100https://www.alamedamagazine.com/how-does-discrimination-affect-peoples-health/https://www.alamedamagazine.com/why-black-families-are-choosing-homeschooling/An increasing number of African-American families say traditional schools have failed them.Tue, 30 Aug 2016 00:00:00 +0100https://www.alamedamagazine.com/why-black-families-are-choosing-homeschooling/https://trailposse.com/2016/08/betty-reid-soskin/Betty Reid Soskin earned fame as “the nation’s oldest park ranger,” but her contributions to America’s national parks run much deeper.Thu, 25 Aug 2016 00:00:00 +0100https://trailposse.com/2016/08/betty-reid-soskin/https://www.sfweekly.com/archives/why-30-north-korean-defectors-were-in-san-francisco/article_525ae637-4ddb-5091-baa4-07a3e5bd1a18.htmlOn the evening of July 20, about 200 people packed inside Full Gospel San Francisco English Ministry church in the Western Addition to hear 30 North Korean defectors share what a press release promised would be “stories of persecution, death, and escape from the gulag state.”Tue, 23 Aug 2016 00:00:00 +0100https://www.sfweekly.com/archives/why-30-north-korean-defectors-were-in-san-francisco/article_525ae637-4ddb-5091-baa4-07a3e5bd1a18.htmlhttps://www.thestranger.com/features/classes-you-can-take-as-an-adult-to-liven-up-your-brain-and-care-about-the-world-again-22898300/Graduating from college can be unexpectedly depressing. From the time you’re born, you’re on a mission to learn, learn, learn, and then suddenly you’re flung out into the world with no class schedule or textbook and no teacher to ask questions. The constant wheel of hard learning stops turning, and you’re free to be a dumb American.Tue, 29 Sep 2015 00:00:00 +0100https://www.thestranger.com/features/classes-you-can-take-as-an-adult-to-liven-up-your-brain-and-care-about-the-world-again-22898300/https://www.thestranger.com/features/the-hidden-reason-behind-seattles-skyrocketing-housing-costs-22612207/Do You Realize How Much It Costs to Build a Single Parking Space?Wed, 29 Jul 2015 00:00:00 +0100https://www.thestranger.com/features/the-hidden-reason-behind-seattles-skyrocketing-housing-costs-22612207/https://www.thestranger.com/features/how-to-swim-in-a-lake-if-you-are-afraid-of-open-water-22508779/Advice from Someone Who Is Afraid of Slimy Things.Wed, 08 Jul 2015 00:00:00 +0100https://www.thestranger.com/features/how-to-swim-in-a-lake-if-you-are-afraid-of-open-water-22508779/https://www.thestranger.com/pullout/is-marijuana-addictive-22033669/A Look at the scientific research.Mon, 13 Apr 2015 00:00:00 +0100https://www.thestranger.com/pullout/is-marijuana-addictive-22033669/https://www.thestranger.com/pullout/hey-you-know-those-fragrances-stores-use-to-lure-you-inside-21093207/No One Seems to Know What They’re Made Of or How They Affect Your Health. Have a Nice Day.Wed, 26 Nov 2014 00:00:00 +0000https://www.thestranger.com/pullout/hey-you-know-those-fragrances-stores-use-to-lure-you-inside-21093207/https://eastbayexpress.com/hunting-with-a-rat-1/What happens when the leader of one of Oakland’s most notorious motorcycle clubs tries to convince a squeamish reporter to shoot a wild boar.Wed, 25 Jun 2014 00:00:00 +0100https://eastbayexpress.com/hunting-with-a-rat-1/https://eastbayexpress.com/improving-lake-merritt-1/While Measure DD projects have resulted in a revitalized tidal lagoon, advocates of the lake say water quality and monitoring could still be better.Wed, 11 Jun 2014 00:00:00 +0100https://eastbayexpress.com/improving-lake-merritt-1/https://eastbayexpress.com/the-future-of-redwood-forests-1/Less fog coupled with a very dry winter may spell trouble for young trees.Wed, 07 May 2014 00:00:00 +0100https://eastbayexpress.com/the-future-of-redwood-forests-1/https://eastbayexpress.com/lotta-heaven-lotta-hell-1/Richmond virtuoso guitarist Jason Becker was supposed to be a star. Then the unthinkable happened.Wed, 18 Sep 2013 00:00:00 +0100https://eastbayexpress.com/lotta-heaven-lotta-hell-1/https://eastbayexpress.com/is-uc-berkeleys-plan-to-cut-down-54000-trees-necessary-1/A respected environmental contractor has questioned the university's controversial fire-prevention proposal and contends that it could create a new fire hazard.Wed, 12 Jun 2013 00:00:00 +0100https://eastbayexpress.com/is-uc-berkeleys-plan-to-cut-down-54000-trees-necessary-1/https://eastbayexpress.com/how-much-garbage-does-it-take-to-treat-a-patient-1/At least 33 pounds, according to a conservative estimate. The medical industry, in fact, is one of the leading producers of solid waste and has been slow to recycle.Wed, 15 Aug 2012 00:00:00 +0100https://eastbayexpress.com/how-much-garbage-does-it-take-to-treat-a-patient-1/https://eastbayexpress.com/hate-man-1/How a New York Times reporter dropped out and became a hate evangelist in Berkeley.Wed, 02 Mar 2011 00:00:00 +0000https://eastbayexpress.com/hate-man-1/