Tag: Bay Area

Spare the Air Alert for Thursday, July 26, 2018

This message approved by Chandra Johannesson, Manager of Environmental Compliance: A Spare the Air Alert has been issued for Thursday, July 26, 2018, throughout the Bay Area. EBMUD is a member of the BAAQMD Spare the Air Employer Program BAAQMD is forecasting tomorrow’s Air Quality Index to be unhealthy due to increased levels of ground-level […]

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onJuly 26, 2018
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Transportation News for July 26, 2018

San Francisco Chronicle: Transportation exec Steve Heminger, head of MTC, to retire in 2019  San Francisco Business Times: Head of Bay Area’s regional transportation agency to retire  East Bay Times: Outgoing SPUR director explains what’s wrong with the Bay Area today  East Bay Times: Milpitas Police Chief prepares for new BART station  Mercury News: Willow Glen road diet update: Roadshow  […]

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onJuly 25, 2018
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Transportation News for July 25, 2018

San Francisco Chronicle: Replacing BART’s fake cameras with real ones paid off after MacArthur Station stabbings  San Francisco Chronicle: Train station killing in Oakland: BART violent crime up 69 percent in past decade  East Bay Times: East Bay bus riders are trending whiter, more affluent: Report  East Bay Times: A new study says services like UberPool and Lyft Line […]

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onJuly 24, 2018
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Transportation News for July 24, 2018

San Francisco Chronicle: For a few San Franciscans, reliving #TotalMuni2018 is the route to happiness  San Francisco Chronicle: Teen’s slaying was BART’s third homicide in five days  East Bay Times: 5 best parking apps for San Francisco lots and garages  Mercury News: Roadshow: No gas tax funds for high-speed rail  San Francisco Examiner: Announcement on e-scooter permits to come in […]

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CA State Parks Aquatic Invasive Plant Control Program SAV Update

Submersed Aquatic Vegetation Control Program  Brazilian Waterweed (Egeria densa), Curly-leaf Pondweed (Potamogeton crispus), Eurasian Watermilfoil (Myriophyllum spicatum), Fanwort (Cabomba caroliniana), and Coontail (Ceratophyllum demersum)   California Department of Parks and Recreation  Division of Boating and Waterways Aquatic Invasive Plant Control Program (AIPCP)    Treatment for July 23 through July 27, 2018 Herbicide treatment of invasive […]

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CA State Parks Aquatic Invasive Plant Control Program FAV Update

Floating Aquatic Vegetation Control Program Water Hyacinth ( Eichhornia crassipes),  South American Spongeplant (Limnobium laevigatum),  Uruguay Water Primrose (Ludwigia hexapetala), and Alligatorweed (Alternanthera philoxeroides) California Department of Parks and Recreation Division of Boating and Waterways Aquatic Invasive Plant Control Program (AIPCP) Treatments for July 23 through July 27, 2018   Herbicide treatment of invasive floating aquatic […]

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onJuly 23, 2018
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Transportation News for July 23, 2018

ABC: MTC wants your ideas to fix Bay Area’s transportation problems San Francisco Chronicle: Gas tax repeal campaign focuses on Bay Area commuters, families Mercury News: What’s the best nickname for speeders? Roadshow San Francisco Examiner: Cost for long delayed Muni ‘loop’ to boost Warriors train service jumps $1.4 million Napa Valley Register: Grand vision sees improved Highway 37 winding […]

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