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Exercise — New Stress Buster for Children in the Mission

07.30.2015
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By Nayoon Jin, New America Media
Thirty-four-year-old Katia Alvarez is convinced that all child care providers should train in the Healthy Apple Program so their young charges could benefit physically and emotionally. Launched in 31 sites as a pilot by the Children’s Council San Francisco in 2013, Healthy Apple did its citywide opening in November the following year, after the council assessed its impact and developed program materials. 
Read the complete story at New America Media. 

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Making a Case for Health Insurance for All Immigrants

07.29.2015
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By Jenny Manrique, Mission Local
For two years, Cristina Marquez, 43, an immigrant from Mexico living in the Mission District, made numerous visits to San Francisco General Hospital, but never managed to see a doctor. “I suffered too much,” she said of those years of inexplicable nosebleeds. A lack of insurance meant she could not see a doctor, she said. Instead, nurses gave her cotton gauzes and, at best, clamps to stop the bleeding. Then one day, a doctor solved her problem in five minutes.

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Climate Change

Major S.F. Bayfront Developments Advance Despite Sea Rise Warnings

07.29.2015
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Builders plan to invest more than $21 billion in offices and homes in flood-prone areas, where waters could climb 8 feet above today’s high tide by the end of this century
Like every body of water that opens onto a global ocean, San Francisco Bay is virtually guaranteed to rise several feet in coming decades, climate scientists say. » Read more

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Mission Bay Pioneers: Working and Living in a New Waterfront Neighborhood

07.29.2015
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Working and living in a new waterfront neighborhood
Just a few years ago, Mission Bay was sparsely populated, home to abandoned rail yards and parking lots serving AT&T Park. But now the area is coming alive with a wave of development, with new housing complexes and office buildings popping up along the waterfront. » Read more

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Four Ways to Guard Against Sea Level Rise

07.29.2015
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Water brings both life and risk to the shoreline, so seaside residents have long built barriers, canals and other protections to guard against storms and floods. Now sea level rise is adding an extra challenge: Flood risk will grow dramatically in coming decades, and some land that is dry today will be underwater in our lifetimes. » Read more

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Bay Area Governments Study Sea Level Rise, but Few Set Limits on Development

07.29.2015
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Cities and counties working to revise obsolete land­-use plans based on inconsistent flood maps
The San Francisco Public Press surveyed 13 Bay Area cities and counties where building projects are planned in waterfront areas vulnerable to sea level rise. While most are studying the issue, few have passed new regulations to limit growth or require developers to flood­proof their properties. » Read more

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Interactive Map: A Baywide Building Boom Threatened by Rising Waters

07.29.2015
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We found 27 proposals for major construction projects that could be flooded in decades due to climate change.

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Map by Maia Wachtel, Marcea Ennamorato and Brittany Burson // UC Berkeley CAGE Lab; Amanda Hickman // Public Press
Waterfront property is always desirable, but a San Francisco Public Press survey has found that at least 27 major real estate developments proposed, planned or underway around San Francisco Bay could be vulnerable to severe flooding due to climate change. » Read more