After repeated pressure from groups protesting the rollout of smart meters in Northern California, the California Public Utilities Commission announced Thursday that it will allow PG&E customers to opt-out of the devices on their homes. California PUC President Michael Peevey said he had spoken with the president of PG&E to allow customers who are...
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Environmental groups have filed suit against the city of San Francisco under claims it’s violating the Endangered Species Act at Sharp Park Golf Course. The groups say that San Francisco, which owns and operates the 90-year old golf course in nearby Pacifica, is harming two imperiled native species: the California red-legged frog and the...
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The America’s Cup races are two years away, but San Francisco is already bracing for the massive crowds and construction that will accompany the international sailing competition. Among the first items of business is raising $32 million in private funds to pay for police, transportation, and other public services so that public coffers aren’t...
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San Francisco is hoping to sway building owners to reduce their energy footprint with the power of knowledge. City officials signed into law on Friday a new requirement that buildings 10,000 square feet or larger be subject to regular energy audits. The idea is that once building owners know how much money can be...
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San Francisco sidewalk gardens are suddenly the buzz around town, but not quite in the way the city had hoped. Last Saturday the city kicked off a series of free monthly workshops on how to create sidewalk gardens, but in the same week a Mission resident started a petition to save the potted flowers in...
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Ocean Beach is one of San Francisco’s most uncertain recreational spots, its permanence in question as shifting sands and sea level rise threaten to change its dimensions, and even existence. City and federal officials are discussing whether to take a more proactive approach towards the sea, rather than let natural forces take their course....
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It has been a fall and winter swollen with news stories about the endangered coho salmon's banner year in Marin County. The heavy rains many of us have been grousing about help the sea-dwelling salmon enter the rushing, inland creeks and swim to their spawning grounds.
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Gretchen Wustrack’s family asked her for a Christmas list. But like many people, she found herself thinking,”I didn’t know what I wanted. I have enough stuff, and so do they.” Rather than come up with a handful of half-hearted suggestions, Wustrack asked her family if they would consider exchanging experiential gifts.
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PHOTO SLIDE SHOW - We recently explored the outdoor sculpture exhibit Presidio Habitats. Stretches of national park trails meander by works of nature-inspired art and the several hour walk takes you through fragments of forest, along the coastline, and to bits of the Presidio you probably never knew existed.
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In Noe Valley at 24th and Church fans took to the streets! They cheered, blew horns and set off fireworks. Cars, buses, motorcycles, the J Church and an SF fire department truck honked and flashed their lights. People jumped on moving cars, hung out their windows, sprayed champagne and set off M-80s. Go Giants!!...
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