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San Francisco Chronicle, 02.01.09 16:02 UTC

Many delta islands may be lost

(01-02) 04:00 PST Walnut Grove, Sacramento County -- Two decades ago, water breached a levee on Tyler Island, 8,800 acres along the northeastern edge of the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta, wiping ...

San Francisco Chronicle, 29.12.08 03:33 UTC

Ban on driver texting among new California laws

(12-28) 18:34 PST -- When the clock strikes midnight New Year's Eve, Californians will welcome 2009 and several new laws, including a ban on text messaging while driving, more-detailed labeling on ...

San Francisco Chronicle, 16.12.08 15:36 UTC

U.S. issues rules to protect Delta smelt

Scarce irrigation and drinking water in California could be reduced even further under a set of rules enacted Monday by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to protect a rare fish uniquely adapted to ...

USA Today, 15.12.08 18:02 UTC

Yacht springs leak in S.F. Bay, 26 rescued

SAN MATEO, Calif. (AP) — The Coast Guard says it rescued 26 people from a yacht that ran aground on rocks and took on water in San Francisco Bay.

Economist, 04.12.08 18:10 UTC

Case history - Wind of change

Energy: Wind power has established itself as an important source of renewable energy in the past three decades. The basic idea is ancient, but its modern incarnation adds many new high-tech twists

San Francisco Chronicle, 30.11.08 17:31 UTC

San Pablo Bay lighthouse needs new keeper

Recently laid off? Don't despair. The job of a lifetime awaits you on a windswept island lost in time. Or at least lost in the fog. A Richmond nonprofit is looking for a couple to serve as lighthouse ...