Monthly Archives: January 2019

Controversial Bay Area Housing Plan Heads to State Legislature

Posted on January 28, 2019 by

Originally posted at KQED An ambitious plan to tackle the Bay Area’s housing crisis is making its way to the state Capitol, where lawmakers could advance a wide-ranging set of compromises drafted by a coalition of often divergent local interests. … Continue reading →

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Sunday Reading – 01/27/19

Posted on January 27, 2019 by

The following links are just news items and opinions that pass my desk throughout the week. I don’t necessarily support or advocate any of the items, they are just interesting reads. The Media Botched the Covington Catholic Story – On … Continue reading →

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BART – In 2019, a more systematic focus to modernizing elevators and escalators

Posted on January 25, 2019 by

      By MELISSA JORDAN BART Senior Web Producer The new year at BART is bringing a more systematic, prioritized focus on a state of good repair for elevators and escalators, the heavy-duty, people-moving machines that BART couldn’t operate without. … Continue reading →

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SMELL THAT SMELL?

Posted on January 24, 2019 by

10 Tips to Reduce the Risk of Rabies During Skunk Mating Season For skunks, it’s the smell of love as male skunks seek females during mating season. For the rest of us, it’s the unmistakable scent of skunk spray – … Continue reading →

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CDFW releases guidance document for Delta conservation planning

Posted on January 23, 2019 by

The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) this week released the Delta Conservation Framework as a comprehensive resource and guide for conservation planning in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta through 2050. For more information, click here.

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February schedule change impacts weekdays and Sundays

Posted on January 22, 2019 by

BART is making major schedule changes beginning February 11th to accommodate Measure RR funded improvements to our infrastructure to keep BART safe and reliable. Projects to upgrade our electrical power system in downtown San Francisco and the Transbay Tube Seismic … Continue reading →

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The Words of Martin Luther King, Jr.

Posted on January 21, 2019 by

complied by Fox and Hounds “All we say to America is, ‘Be true to what you said on paper.’ If I lived in China or even Russia, or any totalitarian country, maybe I could understand the denial of certain basic … Continue reading →

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