Monday, February 13, 2012

California -

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The Bay Citizen
Pushing to Keep Exercise in the School Curriculum
Pushing to Keep Exercise in the School Curriculum
The Redwood City School District points to how physical education has become a luxury as California schools have cut budgets, experts say.
February 12, 2012usNews
 
The local governments are still looking for "a free lunch".
The state of California does not have its own currency at this time.
It is in debt trouble. 

The state legislature is in denial.
Cities Turn to a Crop for Cash: Medical Marijuana
Sometimes lost in the discussion of medical marijuana is the extent to which it has become a small but growing source of new tax revenue to cities and states.
February 11, 2012
Caltrans Asks Tech-Savvy Commuters to Spread Word of Bridge Closing
Next weekend Caltrans is once again asking many of the 280,000 drivers who traverse the Bay Bridge each day to find another way across San Francisco Bay.
February 11, 2012
Briones Archery Club
Briones Archery Club
For more than 40 years, bow and arrow aficionados have gathered in Briones Regional Park to shoot at targets laid out artfully in a valley.
February 11, 2012
MORE ON SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA AND: ORGANIZATIONS, SOCIETIES AND CLUBS, ARCHERY
Stephen Stymiest, a Homeless Man Who United a San Francisco Neighborhood
Stephen Stymiest, a Homeless Man Who United a San Francisco Neighborhood
Although he was homeless, Stephen Stymiest did not die alone. Nearly everyone who lived near San Francisco’s Precita Park, his home for more than a decade, knew him.
February 11, 2012
MORE ON SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA AND: HOMELESS PERSONS, DEATH AND DYING, SAN FRANCISCO (CALIF)
Mixing Art and Religion With Anna Deavere Smith as Grace Cathedral’s Artist-in-Residence
Mixing Art and Religion With Anna Deavere Smith as Grace Cathedral’s Artist-in-Residence
Anna Deavere Smith, an actress and playwright, has been named artist-in-residence at Grace Cathedral in San Francisco and is working on a play about the meaning of grace.
February 10, 2012
Microsoft Stores Open, Often Next Door to Apple Stores
Microsoft Stores are beginning to spring up, and although they bear many similarities to Apple Stores, these newer outlets are different in some significant ways from their predecessors.
February 10, 2012
San Francisco Parking Meters Rouse Outcry of Unfairness to the Poor
A plan to install parking meters on one San Francisco street has brought accusations that the city is making parking easier for the wealthy and mistreating people in poorer neighborhoods.
February 10, 2012
MORE ON SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA AND: PARKING, TRANSIT SYSTEMS, PARKING METERS, SAN FRANCISCO (CALIF)
California Auto Recyclers Brace for Tightened Regulations
California Auto Recyclers Brace for Tightened Regulations
The powerful automobile recycling industry in California has avoided toxic waste disposal regulations for decades, but there are signs the situation could be about to change.
February 9, 2012
If Silicon Valley Homes Cost a Lot Now, Wait Until the I.P.O.
Silicon Valley residents expect the windfall from the Facebook stock offering to make their in-demand real estate even hotter.
February 09, 2012
MORE ON SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA AND: Silicon Valley (Calif), Facebook Inc
California Housing Market Braces for Facebook Millionaires
California Housing Market Braces for Facebook Millionaires
The Bay Area and Silicon Valley expect the windfall from the Facebook stock offering to make their in-demand region even hotter.
February 8, 2012
Crossed Fingers for a Threatened Butterfly
The Bay checkerspot vanished from a park in Northern California after nitrogen pollution from road traffic encouraged the spread of nonnative plants. Now, conservationists are hoping they can bring it back.
February 07, 2012
A Bay Area Experiment in Electric Bike Sharing
A program will encourage people to drive less or give up cars altogether, with far less sweat.
February 06, 2012
To Survive a Quake, New Bay Bridge Span Will Offer Least Resistance
To Survive a Quake, New Bay Bridge Span Will Offer Least Resistance
The new eastern span of the Bay Bridge in San Francisco is designed to go with the flow if a major earthquake strikes.
February 6, 2012
In Silicon Valley, Socks Make the Tech Entrepreneur
In Silicon Valley, Socks Make the Tech Entrepreneur
In Silicon Valley, wearing flashy socks is more than an expression of your personality. It signals that you are part of the in crowd.
February 5, 2012
California Clean Cars Deal Criticized as Hurting Green Sales
Critics say a provision of the Advanced Clean Cars Program could allow automakers to sell fewer environmentally desirable cars in California in coming years.
February 5, 2012
Cottages From 1906 San Francisco Quake Are Preserved
Cottages From 1906 San Francisco Quake Are Preserved
After the 1906 earthquake, more than 5,000 tiny cottages were built to house some of the San Franciscans who had been left homeless. Today two of those cottages are preserved in the Presidio.
February 5, 2012
MORE ON SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA AND: HISTORIC BUILDINGS AND SITES, EARTHQUAKES, SAN FRANCISCO (CALIF)
Occupy Protesters Stretch the Oakland Police
The Occupy Oakland movement has provided a lens into the deep dysfunction of the beleaguered and depleted Oakland Police Department.
February 5, 2012
The $1.6 Billion Woman, Staying on Message
Sheryl K Sandberg, Facebook's chief operating office and second-ranking executive, considers herself a role model for women; majority of Facebook's users are women, so Sandberg is playing to a powerful and lucrative demographic, as well as to the advertisers who want to reach it. Photos
February 5, 2012
Telegraph Avenue in Berkeley Could Use a Makeover
Long considered the spiritual center of Berkeley, Telegraph Avenue has become associated with panhandlers and blight.
February 5, 2012
GitHire, a Headhunter, Is Swamped After Promising 5 Hire-Worthy Bay Area Programmers for $1,000
GitHire, a new source for technology-industry hiring in the Bay Area, promises the names of five great programmers for $1,000, but there are only so many people in this field around.
February 3, 2012
MORE ON SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA AND: HIRING AND PROMOTION, LABOR AND JOBS, COMPUTERS AND THE INTERNET
Mark Zuckerberg Remains the Undisputed Boss at Facebook
Mark Zuckerberg Remains the Undisputed Boss at Facebook
Mark Zuckerberg’s success is a lesson in what works in Silicon Valley: Stay in charge, stave off potential predators and expand the company so quickly that no one can challenge the boss.
February 3, 2012
Before Ice Cream Shop Can Open, City’s Slow Churn
Before Ice Cream Shop Can Open, City’s Slow Churn
When people talk about trying to ease the regulatory burden faced by small businesses, consider the case of Juliet Pries, who wanted to open an ice cream shop.
February 3, 2012
MORE ON SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA AND: ICE CREAM, SMALL BUSINESS, SAN FRANCISCO (CALIF)
Nonprofit News Groups Considering a Merger
The Bay Citizen is considering a potential merger and raising questions about whether the founding patron’s vision for a revitalization of Bay Area news reporting can survive him.
February 3, 2012
THE FIFTH DOWN; Notebook: 49ers Receive Loan
NFL owners approve a $200 million loan for the San Francisco 49ers, who hope to break ground soon on a new stadium. (S)0
February 3, 2012
In San Francisco, the Protect Coit Tower Group Opposes Private Parties
In San Francisco, the Protect Coit Tower Group Opposes Private Parties
The organizers of Protect Coit Tower are opposed to San Francisco officials’ plan to open the tower’s top floor for private parties, and they are working toward getting a measure on the ballot.
February 3, 2012
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