Measure to slow development in Silicon Valley commuter county qualifies for ballot
"Our peaceful, rural lifestyle is disappearing" -- San Benito County voters will decide whether to limit growth.
Paul Rogers is the Bay Area News Group natural resources and environment reporter. He has covered a wide range of issues for The Mercury News and East Bay Times since 1989, including water, oceans, energy, logging, parks, endangered species, toxics and climate change. He also has worked as managing editor of the Science team at KQED, the PBS and NPR station in San Francisco, and has taught science writing at UC Berkeley and UC Santa Cruz.