Published: April, 2005 It’s the International Year of Physics 2005 and the Exploratorium film program screens October Sky, and features its screenwriter, Lewis Collick, in person. Set in 1957, October Sky recounts the story of Homer Hickam, Jr., a coalminer’s son whose young life and career is changed forever by seeing the world’s first manmade […]
By Dianne Boate and Robert Meyer Published: September, 2004 Last month we had great fun gathering the answers to some simple questions about wine tasting: What rules you make for yourself, what you wear, and what do you learn? Part Two will bring some surprising answers! Joe Diamond, Trade Management Group, Inc. San Francisco RULES: […]
By Bill Picture Published: February, 2014 Fourteen diesel-emission reduction grants totaling $2 million have been awarded to agencies in the United States Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Regions 9 and 10, which includes California, to help reduce pollution caused by diesel engines. The Port of Oakland received $415,932 of that money to help cover the […]
