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Interviewed by Haley Sutton, Land Stewardship Associate Meet Shirley How long have you lived in the Bay Area? My whole life. I have strong family roots to the area. My…

Interviewed by Haley Sutton, Land Stewardship Associate Meet Claudia How long have you lived in the Bay Area? We moved to the Bay Area, specifically Concord, in August of 1988.…

Check out this new article in the East Bay Times, featuring Save Mount Diablo’s Four Days Diablo group camping trip this past April. | Montclarions Steve and Carolyn Balling have hiked all over the world. So has Oakland’s Shirley Langlois. But there’s a place in their own backyard that keeps calling them back — Mount Diablo. “A lot of people think of it in a spiritual way,” says Steve Balling, but hikers know it as a spectacular playground that dominates the Bay Area landscape.” For Steve, Carolyn and Shirley, Mount Diablo is more than just a prominent part of the landscape. They’ve found world-class hiking in one of the most diverse ecosystems in California. “Our philosophy is ‘You can’t protect something you don’t love,’ ” says Steve. “People need to learn to love Mount Diablo … learn to love the outdoors.”