Annual Open Board Meeting Join us this Saturday for our annual open board meeting. Our executive director, publisher and other board members will present reports on current operations and future plans. There will be time for public comment and discussion. We will provide coffee, tea and snacks. When: 10:30 a.m. to noon on Saturday, Nov. […]
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Fall membership drive – LAST DAY!
This is it. It’s the last day of our fall membership drive, and your last chance to help us reach our goal of adding 25 members, and to own one of these reusable shopping totes with our logo. We’re still just a few members shy of meeting our goal. We hope you will help us […]
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Two days left of our membership drive!
We’re in the final stretch of our fall membership drive, which runs through Wednesday, Oct. 31. We’d like to give a big THANK YOU to our newest members and renewers — your support is greatly appreciated. With just two days left, we are six members away from reaching our goal of adding 25 members during […]
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Treasure Island Sites Called Safe From Radiation
By Katharine Mieszkowski and Matt Smith, Bay Citizen State health officials have declared day care and youth centers, ballfields, some residential backyards and other sites on Treasure Island safe from radiation in response to fears about the area’s nuclear past. The surveys taken from 24 publically accessible locations were not part of the Navy’s scheduled […]
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Ballot Battle Ignites Over S.F. Parks Funding
By Heather Mack, Bay Nature It would seem to be a no-brainer in eco-minded San Francisco that a $195 million bond to spruce up city parks would get a thumbs up on election day — which is why it’s surprising that environmentalists and some neighborhood groups are adamantly against the measure. The Clean and Safe […]
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Where do they stand? We asked. A nonpartisan guide to the candidates’ political positions
Board of Supervisors Candidates on the Issues: San Francisco Fall 2012 Election
Where do they stand? We asked. A nonpartisan guide to the candidates’ political positionsMany observers complain about a lack of attention to the issues in city elections. It can be difficult for journalists, civic organizations and community groups to pin down exactly where the candidates stand on San Francisco policy disputes. Many of the candidate surveys distributed by news organizations and interest groups are limited because the questions permit evasive answers, focus on a narrow range of issues, or the candidates’ responses are not released to the public.
This issue-positions questionnaire for Board of Supervisors candidates in the November 2012 elections is largely based on recent divided votes of the board, covering the full gamut of San Francisco policy disputes, not just issues of concern to one or two groups.
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Climate Change: Mortgaging the Future
In the development rush of the 1960s, 40 percent of the San Francisco Bay was filled in. One result was Foster City, built completely on wetlands and sitting at sea level. But rising seas, higher waves and storm surges, brought on by climate change, threaten the levees in front of this city. T. Jack Foster […]
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Bay Area Carbon Dioxide Sensor Network Aims to Check Climate Change Policies
Scientists have devised an intricate network of carbon dioxide sensors in the Bay Area that could offer objective measurements to evaluate which climate change initiatives are effective in reducing greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. The sensors provide real-time local data on how much carbon dioxide is being emitted, said lead researcher Ronald Cohen, a professor of chemistry and of earth and planetary sciences at the University of California, Berkeley.
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Fall membership drive — join now!
Did you hear that San Francisco District Attorney George Gascón announced at a press conference that he was investigating his department’s low rate of prosecutions for domestic violence? That was because of reporting in the fall 2012 edition of the Public Press, which found that San Francisco takes just 28 percent of cases to court […]
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Those Rooted at Water’s Edge Face Threat of Rising Sea Levels
Steve’s pickup truck bumps along a narrow dirt road running along the top of a levee. This is Tyler Island, in the San Francisco Delta, where Steve is a third-generation farmer; his son is being raised as the fourth. But Steve’s land lies 20 feet below sea level, and the levees protecting it from the […]