By Douglas Fischer
STAFF WRITER
Saturday, December 04, 2004 – Yosemite National Park may be turning a new leaf come spring. But some see even greater restoration potential on the horizon:
A remade Hetch Hetchy Valley — minus the reservoir that’s kept the valley underwater for 80 years.
In September, Environmental Defense grabbed headlines across [...]
By Justin Nyberg | Staff Writer
Published on Friday, December 3, 2004
Concerns about the potential health effects of chloramine in local drinking water has prompted two county supervisors to seek the opinion of the state’s top medical advisory panel.
Board of Supervisors President Mark Church and Supervisor Rich Gordon will present a resolution to the full [...]
By Justin Nyberg | Staff Writer
Published on Friday, December 3, 2004
REDWOOD CITY — Lead levels in local drinking water have apparently not been effected by use of a new disinfectant, despite suspicions that the chemical may have been behind a recent lead scare in a major East Coast water system, according to state tests obtained [...]
December 03, 2004, 12:00 AM Daily Journal staff report
County officials are joining the call for some definitive answers on chloramine, a drinking water additive on the Peninsula that some residents link to coughs, rashes and other pervasive medical conditions.
The Board of Supervisors will vote next week to support the San Francisco Department of Public Health’s [...]
By Herbert A. Sample — Bee San Francisco Bureau
Published 2:15 am PST Thursday, December 2, 2004
OAKLAND – A Bay Area business group has begun marshaling forces to fight the idea of restoring Hetch Hetchy Valley in Yosemite National Park by dismantling an 80-year-old dam.
Concerned by public relations successes by advocates of the valley’s restoration, [...]