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Sights and Sounds of Bayview: Tracy Zhu’s ‘Toxic Tours’

09.12.2013
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By Laura Flynn, KALW
These days, more and more researchers link our health to our daily surroundings. Take for example, neighborhoods that sit next to freeways exposed to more air pollution. That’s the case for San Francisco’s Bayview neighborhood, which is home to not just freeways, but also some of the city’s dirtiest industries, including a sewage plant. It also has a higher proportion of brownfields and leaky underground fuel tanks than other parts of the city. Because of these sites, Bayview residents have a higher risk of developing asthma and lung cancer.

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Olive Branch for S.F. Street-Food Scene

09.11.2013
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By Tiffany Camhi, KALW Crosscurrents
Signs of the uneven economic recovery are popping up everywhere in San Francisco: New businesses are moving into developing neighborhoods like Potrero Hill, and the revitalization of Market Street’s buildings and soaring rent costs show one side of the booming economy. But another side reveals a depressed economy ,with Silicon Valley’s tech giants cutting jobs and the rise of homelessness in the city. And sometimes ,you can see both sides on one block, or in one industry – like in the food business. Starting up a food truck was attractive to many entrepreneurs because of its flexibility and affordability. And in just a few years, the San Francisco street food scene exploded.

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Will Warriors Arena Harm San Francisco Bay?

09.10.2013
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By Jackson Mauze, Bay Nature
Photo-snapping tourists, local joggers and bay history buffs visit the Embarcadero every day to enjoy the strip’s attractions and unimpeded views. Access to the waterfront has become a core element of the city’s soul, but some fear that a new development project may sour that precedent. The Golden State Warriors’ proposal to build a new basketball arena on San Francisco’s waterfront has garnered support from many locals. But some of those who oppose it fear that it could set a standard for commercializing the bayside, and they claim it may have environmental consequences. City planners say the project along Piers 30-32 will adhere to environmental regulations, but that some trash pollution and sediment disturbance from construction in the bay is inevitable.

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Mission Schools Start Year With $30 Million Grant

09.09.2013
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By Rigoberto Hernandez, Mission Local
As Mission students return to school this fall, they will not only encounter new teachers and classmates, but also a whole infrastructure of services at their schools that promises to improve their quality of life. Starting this year, the Mission Economic Development Agency, along with the school district and other nonprofits, will implement an initiative at four Mission Schools that will provide everything from after-school programs to workshops. Earlier this year, the Department of Education granted the agency the Mission Promise Neighborhood grant worth $30 million over five years aimed at helping students at underperforming schools in the district. Read the complete story at Mission Local. 
 

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Top 10 Signs of Climate Change in Northern California

09.05.2013
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By Alessandra Bergamin, Bay Nature
Climate change may sometimes seem like a far off event. But the state of California has pulled together evidence throughout the state that climate change is truly in the here and now. In a recently released report — Indicators of Climate Change in California — the California Environmental Protection Agency (Cal/EPA) highlighted 36 indicators of climate change throughout California. By compiling the results of ongoing scientific research, the agency is showing that climate change is having a significant and measurable impact on the environment. The climate change indicators — from massive wildfires in the Sierra Nevada to an earlier arrival of warblers at Point Reyes National Seashore — paint a picture of a very different California than the one in which most of us are accustomed.

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Finding Work for Unemployed S.F. Youth

09.04.2013
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By Angela Penny, KALW Crosscurrents
In 2012, President Barack Obama called upon mayors across the country to create jobs for youth in their cities. San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee listened. At a subsequent press conference, Lee said, “When President Obama challenged the nation to join him in a national campaign to produce jobs for our young people, I said, ‘San Francisco must step up.’ ”
It’s hard for San Franciscans between the ages of 16 and 24 to get a job. They suffer an unemployment rate around 18 percent nationwide, and it’s nearly twice has high here in San Francisco. This despite a budget of $15 million for youth workforce development.

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New Bay Bridge Span Opens Early, But Also a Decade Late

09.03.2013
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By Isabel Angell, KALW 
The new eastern span of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge opened last night, about five hours ahead of schedule. That is, if you don’t count the extra decade it took to get the bridge built.
California Department of Transportation director Malcolm Dougherty announced the early opening to cheers at the official bridge opening ceremony. The new bridge comes 24 years after part of the original collapsed in the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake. Engineers determined the old span needed to be replaced back in the 1990s, but political wrangling and construction issues delayed the project. In the end, the new span became the biggest infrastructure project in California’s history at $5 billion over budget for a total of $6.4 billion.