A firefighter on the line of the King Fire, outside the El Dorado County town of Pollock Pines. The fire slowed dramatically this week as the first significant rain of the season swept over the Sierra Nevada. The blaze has burned through about 150 square miles and is about 70 percent contained. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
Surfers Tony Rose and Jesse Quay at Martins Beach on Thursday. The day before, a San Mateo County Superior Court judge ruled that Silicon Valley billionaire Vinod Khosla violated state law by closing a gate and barring public access to the beach. (Jeremy Raff/KQED)
The Shoo the Flu mascot at the Old Oakland Farmers Market helps spread the word on the upcoming school flu shot campaign. (Lisa Aliferis/KQED)
As hundreds of thousands marched through the streets of New York in the People’s Climate March, several thousand people gathered by Oakland's Lake Merritt in solidarity. (Barbara Grady/Oakland Local)
BART’s board of directors has awarded a $539,680 contract for the construction of a new bike station at Civic Center Station that will more than triple the amount of bike parking by next summer (Photo courtesy of BART)
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