Marin County Pesticide Management Revamped - 11/21/09 07:25 PM
Marin County is making some much-needed changes to its pesticide management policy. A local activist earlier this year obtained county records and blew the whistle. The county had been using several pesticides not on its approved list, and in amounts that exceeded what had been reported. There were nearly 270 instances in which county crews had used pesticides on the EPA’s list of potentially cancer-causing products. The management of the program has been moved from the agriculture commissioner’s office to the Parks and Open Space Department. The move should help restore public confidence and add much needed oversight to the program.
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New Masonic Lodge Opens in Downtown San Francisco - 11/20/09 01:27 PM
A new Masonic lodge was chartered Wednesday in an area of San Francisco that has been without a lodge for more than fifty years. The 26 charter members of the lodge will meet once a month at the University Club on Nob Hill across from the Fairmont Hotel. The lodge is the first in the downtown area since the late fifties. The only other lodges in the city are in the Mission and Outer Sunset areas. Fifty years ago, there were 45 Masonic lodges in San Francisco, today there are only eight.
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Fire and Police Departments to Get Their Own Chiefs - Mill Valley - 11/17/09 11:48 PM
The Mill Valley City Council is changing the management structure of the local police and fire departments. For the last twenty years, both departments have been overseen by a single public safety chief. Now each department will get its own chief. The position Public Safety Chief has always been held by the police chief. This presented morale problems for the fire department because, even though their battalion chiefs were in charge of daily operations, their career ladder lacked the final rung with the chief title. The recent retirement of public safety chief Bob Ritter has given the city council an opportunity … (0 comments)
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Rescued Birds Released in Marin - 11/06/09 10:04 PM
Birds rescued off of the coasts of Washington and Oregon were freed today in Marin County. Thousands of birds were not able to be rescued and eventually died, however, hundreds were successfully treated.
The birds were found enveloped in a mysterious faomy slime and many were subjected to extreme hypothermia. As of now, no one knows what or where the foam came from and it has disappeared as quickly as it appeared. A lab is still researching the cause of the foam.
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