The Daily Catch: Bay Area headlines

• Shells of California mussels weakening
  By Alison Hawkes 

  07/15/2011

  A UC Davis study shows that rising acid levels in the ocean are weakening the shells of California mussels, which provide critical food and habitat to many species.

• Peninsula open space district going broke
  By Alison Hawkes 

  07/15/2011

  The Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District is quickly running out of money, jeopardizing its ability to purchase open space.

• California panel rejects boulder rampart on Ocean Beach
  By Alison Hawkes 

  07/15/2011

  A California panel has ruled that San Francisco can’t use boulders to defend Ocean Beach from pounding waves and must instead find a long term solution.

• Talking “green” can win votes
  By Alison Hawkes 

  07/14/2011

  Democrats and Independents like green-talking candidates, while Republican voters are largely uninterested but not against them.

• San Mateo towns ban styrofoam
  By Alison Hawkes 

  07/13/2011

  Styrofoam takeout containers are becoming an endangered species in San Mateo County as cities take up a ban on polystyrene products.

• Sonoma aims for 100 percent recycling
  By Alison Hawkes 

  07/13/2011

  The county will emphasize the recycling and reuse of construction and demolition debris, which accounts for more than a quarter of the county’s waste stream

• Rare earth metals under Pacific hard to get
  By Alison Hawkes 

  07/12/2011

  The high tech and hybrid vehicle market are fueling high demand for rare earth metals. But a promising stash deep under the Pacific will be all but impossible to reach, say experts.

• Hunters Point environmental case cleared
  By Alison Hawkes 

  07/12/2011

  A California judge determined that toxins and asbestos leaching from the Superfund site would be properly mitigated, clearing the way for the massive redevelopment to proceed.

• America’s Cup races to impact SF shoreline
  By Alison Hawkes 

  07/12/2011

  San Francisco officials expect a half million people to show up to the 2013 event. Wildlife habitat may be in danger of the trampling crowds.

• Climate change is making California coast cooler, rainer
  By Alison Hawkes 

  07/06/2011

  Yearly rainfall has increased 6 percent in San Francisco over the last 30 years, a trend that matches climate change predictions. Inland, however, is heating up.

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