By Bill Picture Published: September, 2012 The warmer temperatures heralding summer’s characteristically late arrival in the Bay Area also bring a greater likelihood of air pollution creeping up to unhealthy levels. When the mercury rises, smog-watchers at the Bay Area Air Quality Management District (BAAQMD) keep a close eye on the two-dozen-plus monitors scattered throughout […]
BY DAN ROSENHEIM Published: July, 2019 It’s a self-described “imperfect solution,” but ferry operators and the Port of San Francisco have taken steps to ensure there will be ferry service when the new Chase Center Arena opens in Mission Bay this fall. By unanimous vote at their June board meeting, Water Emergency Transit […]
By Deb SelfPublished: January, 2011 As cold and flu season approaches, we’re apt to have a bigger impact on the Bay than usual. We know that our municipal governments provide sewage treatment that is supposed to protect the Bay, and—except in cases of overflows—our treatment technology does a pretty good job on bacteria and pathogens. […]
