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John Metcalfe
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John Metcalfe is CityLab’s Bay Area bureau chief.
Yes, There Is Such a Thing as Horizontal Icicles
The extremely rare formations appeared recently after a Colorado blizzard.
Interactive Bus Posters Let You Conduct an Orchestra With Your Phone
An ad campaign in Hungary asks residents to connect with their nation’s rich musical history.
The Recovery of California's Biggest Reservoir, as Seen by Satellite
NASA highlights Lake Shasta’s year-long progress from a virtual dust bowl to a healthy basin.
California Rises to 111 Degrees Warmer Than the Northeast
The West has broiled with incredible heat, while the East Coast looks forward to more snow.
The Sahara Desert Is Blanketing Europe in Dust
Grainy clouds wafting their way north have contributed to pollution woes in London.
Donald Trump's Star Gets 'Muted' on the Hollywood Walk of Fame
A street artist accomplished the defacement using a cleverly altered pizza box.
Haunting Tributes to the Homeless Appear in Italian Manholes
The installations comment on the hundreds of people literally living underground in Bucharest.
The Land Where Pollen Is So Thick It Looks Like Snow
Warning: This footage might make allergy sufferers sneeze their brains out.
Despite El Niño-Fueled Storms, California Remains in a Drought
A survey of mountain snowpack has revealed below-average water content.
A Short Video That Says It All About San Francisco's Dismal Parking
Watch these drivers cling to a street-sweeper’s bumper like hungry suckerfish.
D.C. Is Packing on Huge Amounts of Impervious Surfaces
The city has added “1 million cubic meters of pavement, buildings, and the like every year for nearly three decades,” researchers say.
The Arctic's Shrinking Ice Cover Sets Another Dismal Record
Since 1979, the region has lost a winter ice cover equal to twice the size of Texas.
Huge Glowing Rabbits Are Coming to San Francisco's Civic Center Plaza
This public-art installation wins viewers over with a cutesy scene before revealing a more serious message.
What Are You Really Facing When You Look Across the Ocean?
If you’re on the East Coast, it could be Australia.
A Guide to the Lesser-Known Cherry Blossoms in Washington, D.C.
An urban-forestry nonprofit has mapped the city’s gorgeous, but not-so-touristy, flowering trees.
Sometimes the Walls Really Do Have Ears... and Eyes, and Teeth
Exploring the freaky, anthropomorphic street art of Brazil’s Andre Muniz Gonzaga.
Inundated by Tumbleweeds, Albuquerque Brings Out the Snow Plow
This looks like one seriously fun job.
Seattle's Man in an 80-Foot Tree Finally Climbs Down
After magnetizing the city with his pine cone-chucking, whittling antics, Seattle’s tree-climbing dude is back on terra firma.
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