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  • by BPC Staff
  • onJanuary 7, 2014
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Press Release: Port of Redwood City Reports Increased Shipping Business

Port of  Redwood City  PRESS RELEASE January 7, 2014 For Immediate Release Contact: Mike Giari, Executive Director 650-306-4150 Port of Redwood City   Port of Redwood City                       Reports Increased Shipping Business      Coming off of a strong second quarter for cargo tonnage, the Port of Redwood City’s tonnage for all commodities in the first […]

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onJanuary 7, 2014
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From the Sacramento Bee: Jerry Brown May be Getting Desperate on Bullet Train – Dan Walters

Dan Walters: Jerry Brown may be getting desperate on bullet train By Dan Walters “Jerry Brown may be getting desperate about keeping the state’s increasingly unpopular – not to mention financially and legally challenged – bullet train project alive. Faced with a judge’s insistence that the project follow the law about having its financial ducks […]

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onJanuary 6, 2014
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Richmond Bay Trail New Year Report 2014

Richmond now has over 32 miles of Bay Trail built — more than any other city on this planned 500-mile hiking and biking route encircling San Francisco and San Pablo Bays. However, ten miles of gaps still remain. Read the report in PDF by clicking here.

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onJanuary 3, 2014
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Spare the Air in Effect Tomorrow – Saturday, January 4

  A Winter Spare the Air Alert has been issued for Saturday, January 4, in the Bay Area.   Wood burning is banned both indoors and outdoors on Saturday, for the full 24 hours.   Air quality in the Bay Area is forecast to be unhealthy. It is illegal for Bay Area residents to burn […]

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onJanuary 3, 2014
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San Francisco Bay Joint Venture Bulletin, January 2014

SAN FRANCISCO BAY JOINT VENTURE – BULLETIN   LINKS WE LIKE   BAY AREA AUDIO TOURS   SFBAYJV WEBSITE   PODCASTS     FOR THE BAY     SOUTH BAY SALT PONDS   BAY NATURE CALENDAR          BIG thanks to Richard Seagraves and  Inspiration Campaign for all the great photos taken at […]

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onJanuary 2, 2014
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From the Bay Area Monitor: Moving Goods to Market – Streamlining a Complex System

From the December/January Issue of the Bay Area Monitor Moving Goods to Market: Streamlining a Complex System Written by Cecily O’Connor   “You know that flat-screen TV in your living room? Its arrival was made possible by the San Francisco Bay Area’s goods movement network, which transports a variety of consumer goods via container ship […]

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onJanuary 2, 2014
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California Water News

Jerry Meral joins Natural Heritage Institute Chris Maven, Maven’s Notebook Dr. Jerry Meral, who directed the Bay Delta Conservation Plan (BDCP) for Governor Jerry Brown, has joined the Natural Heritage Institute as Director of the California Water Program.   King tides foretell flood-plagued future Aaron Kinney, Contra Costa Times Winston Bumpus stood on the redwood […]

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onJanuary 2, 2014
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Spare the Air – Tomorrow, January 3

  A Winter Spare the Air Alert has been issued for Friday, January 3, in the Bay Area.   Wood burning is banned both indoors and outdoors on Friday, for the full 24 hours.   Air quality in the Bay Area is forecast to be unhealthy. It is illegal for Bay Area residents to burn […]

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onDecember 31, 2013
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“California ‘King Tides’ Hit; Are Rising Sea Levels A Sign Of Climate Change?”

From the International Business Times: “Starting Monday, Californians can expect high tides to reach higher than normal. The arrival of the West Coast’s annual “king tides,” a twice-yearly phenomenon that brings occasional flooding, signals the alignment of the sun and moon, which creates maximum pull on the Earth’s oceans. “ Read the full article here: […]

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