Golden Gate Fields to be auctioned in February
By Eric Young, San Francisco Business Times
Thursday, October 29, 2009
The bankrupt owner of Albany's Golden Gate Fields will auction the horse racing track next February as part of ongoing effort to raise funds to repay creditors.
Magna Entertainment Corp., which has been in Chapter 11 proceedings since March, got bankruptcy court approval to put Golden Gate Fields up for sale on Feb. 25, 2010. Bids are due Feb. 10.
Other Magna tracks being offered at auction at the same time include Santa Anita Park, host to the 2009 Breeders Cup, and Gulfstream Park, home ...
Tough restrictions passed on storm water trash
By Carolyn Jones, Chronicle Staff Writer
Thursday, October 15, 2009
San Francisco Bay officials have approved an ambitious plan to force more than 70 Bay Area cities to drastically reduce the amount of trash that flows from their storm drains into the bay.
The San Francisco Bay Regional Water Quality Control Board, after hearing more than four hours of testimony from environmental groups and local municipalities, voted 5-1 Wednesday to require a 40 percent reduction in storm water trash by July, 2014.
"If a municipality only gets to 38 percent, we'll work with ...
Save Shoreline
Letter to the Editor
By Zeva B. Longley, Richmond
October 15, 2009
In planning for the future, I urge the Richmond general plan to include protecting the shoreline for the sake of the planet and for the general health of the folks who live in and around Richmond.
I was lucky to grow up in a small beach town in Orange County. I am grateful my mother and other residents fought to keep the beaches and much of the land near it for the public. If they hadn't, it would have been be a disaster.
Such a disaster could happen to Richmond unless city planners realize the ...
Bay Area cities must cut trash in storm drains to protect SF Bay
By Kelly Zito, Chronicle Staff Writer
Wednesday, October 14, 2009
More than 70 Bay Area cities from Fairfield to Los Gatos must slash the volume of trash flowing from their streets and storm drains into San Francisco Bay by 40 percent under a new permit plan from regional water quality regulators.
The permit, touted as the first of its kind in the nation, is the most comprehensive effort yet to control the amount of litter that makes its way into the region's waterways and sets a long-term goal of zero trash discharge by 2022.
The San Francisco Bay Regional ...
New rules passed to cut down on trash in S.F. Bay
Wednesday, October 14, 2009
Dozens of cities surrounding San Francisco Bay are facing new rules intended to cut down on the amount of trash that ends up in bay.
The San Francisco Bay Regional Water Quality Control Board voted in favor Wednesday of regulations that would require 70 cities to take steps to make sure that fewer plastic bags, chemicals and other pollutants get into storm drains and creeks, and ultimately into San Francisco Bay.
The new rules require cities to reduce the amount of storm water trash by 40 percent by July, 2014.
After seven years, ...
Richmond Design Review Board, Planning Commission to look at Point Molate hotel-casino resort
By Katherine Tam, Contra Costa Times
Wednesday, October 7, 2009
RICHMOND - Two citizen advisory bodies will make recommendations to the Richmond City Council on the hotel-casino resort proposed for the city's waterfront.
The Design Review Board will review design review documents in December, and the Planning Commission will review the final environmental impact report by Dec. 31 at the earliest.
The Guidiville Band of Pomo Indians and developer Upstream want to build a resort at the old Point Molate Naval Fuel Depot north of the Richmond-San Rafael Bridge. ...
New shoreline camp boosts Bay Water Trail
By Denis Cuff, Contra Costa Times
Wednesday, October 7, 2009
It was just a two-hour kayak paddle from San Rafael to Richmond, but it was a big step forward for the San Francisco Bay Water Trail, a network of launching and camping spots for paddlers.
A trio of kayakers paddled five miles across the Bay to Point Pinole Regional Shoreline in Richmond on Monday to become the first visitors to the first new campground for the Bay Water Trail since California lawmakers authorized its creation in 2005.
The East Bay Regional Park District developed the group camp - its ...
New shoreline camp boosts Bay Water Trail
By Denis Cuff, Contra Costa Times
Wednesday, October 7, 2009
It was just a two-hour kayak paddle from San Rafael to Richmond, but it was a big step forward for the San Francisco Bay Water Trail, a network of launching and camping spots for paddlers.
A trio of kayakers paddled five miles across the Bay to Point Pinole Regional Shoreline in Richmond on Monday to become the first visitors to the first new campground for the Bay Water Trail since California lawmakers authorized its creation in 2005.
The East Bay Regional Park District developed the group camp - its ...
S.F. Bay’s slide in mud worries scientists
By Kelly Zito, Chronicle Staff Writer
Monday, October 5, 2009
Millions of tons of sand and clay that Gold Rush miners scoured from the Sierra Nevada have finally flushed out to sea after more than a century in San Francisco Bay, according to the San Francisco Estuary Institute.
While that has led to a remarkably clearer bay in the past decade, scientists are worried about the implications for fish and wetlands, which require a certain amount of free-floating silt for survival.
"This sediment was introduced during hydraulic mining, and the ecosystem adapte...
Point Isabel in Richmond Picked as #1 Dog Park In Country
By Patrick
Monday, October 5, 2009
Today, Petside.com counted off the top 10 dog parks in the country and, most notably, they included the Bay Area's Point Isabel Regional Shoreline as it's number 1 choice. I'm not sure exactly how you judge dog parks that are across the county from one another and I'm not entirely sure why petside.com has decided to undertake such a grand account of the best dog parks in America (probably so blogs like ours will talk about it), but there is little doubt that they were anything but spot on in picking the Richmond park as their ...