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Thursday, November 13, 2025 at 7:00pm
The California Current’s influence on San Francisco’s weather, people, and plants.
Speaker: Darren Peck
Live at the Baylands Community Center in San Francisco
For 5 months of the year, the California Current plays a significant role in the weather San Francisco experiences. Our notorious microclimates, our picturesque fog, our summer lifestyle, and the unique adaptations of our native plants: all of these are under the influence of a fascinating phenomenon occurring right off our coast. Yet for something so influential, many people only have a “surficial” understanding of what the California Current is, how it is produced and what it can teach us about how our planet is so interconnected. After a “deep dive” into the California Current we will also discuss several other unique qualities of San Francisco weather as we transition to fall, winter and back to spring.
Darren Peck has been a meteorologist with CBS News Bay Area KPIX5 for 6 years and has worked in the field for over 25 years. He is a Certified Broadcast Meteorologist from the American Meteorological Society and holds a Bachelor’s degree from Cal State Northridge in Physical Geography with an emphasis in climatology and geomorphology.
Zoom registration:
https://cnps-org.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_pylYpp5lSJWogxkuYnHS1g#/registration
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Thursday, December 11, 2025, 7:00pm
From crisis to conservation: Empowering action for biodiversity
Speaker: Jun Bando
Live at the Lake Merced Boathouse
We are living in extraordinary times that can challenge our ability to feel hopeful about the future. To meet this moment, California Native Plant Society has launched two ambitious multi-year biodiversity campaigns: a conservation campaign focused on saving native plants in their natural habitats, and an urban biodiversity campaign that aims to transform the built environment with native plants. In this talk, we’ll discuss the virtuous cycle of hope and action, and where the native plant movement can have the greatest impacts, now and for future generations.
Dr. Jun Bando is the executive director of the California Native Plant Society, a nonprofit conservation organization with more than 13,000 members, 35 volunteer-led chapters, and a statewide staff based in Sacramento. She earned her Ph.D. in ecology from UC Davis and her professional background includes work in public policy, higher education, foreign affairs, and national security.
Video of past speaker programs can be found on our Yerba Buena YouTube Channel
We're pleased to share video links of Susan Karasoff's (CNPS-YB Outreach chair) popular gardening series with the San Francisco Public Library
Colorful Year Around Gardening with San Francisco Native Plants
Shrubberies, Wind Screens and Ground Covers
Succulent Gardening with Kipp McMichael
Children’s Gardens with San Francisco Native Plants