September 2001
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| San Mateo Supervisors Feel the Heat
by Richard Zimmerman In a hot room packed with San Mateo County residents, two San Mateo County Supervisors learned first hand just how strongly their constituents oppose San Francisco International Airport’s plan to fill the Bay. |
| Trouble in Garlic Country
by Autumn Bernstein Like many small towns on the outermost edge of the Bay Area, Gilroy is facing tremendous growth pressures. Driven out by skyrocketing housing costs, Silicon Valley “refugees” are fleeing to these small towns in search of affordable housing. As a result, prime farmland and open space is paved over to make way for subdivisions, strip malls, and office parks. |
| Charter Member Dorothy Kinkade: Still Nurturing New Beginnings
by Dale F. Mead Nearly 70 years after she helped found the Loma Prieta Chapter, Dorothy Kinkade remains committed to new beginnings. Intelligent, articulate and enthusiastic, Ms. Kinkade is the chapter’s one remaining link to its start back on June 18, 1933. |
| More Than Just Trees: Why California’s Forestry Crisis Hurts Us All
by Shannon Tracey Our state-regulated forests have reached a crisis state due to irresponsible industrial logging, and the problems that plague these forests have implications that threaten to harm all of California, including the urban areas of southern San Francisco Bay. |
| Chapter Welcomes New Volunteer Coordinator & Office Manager
The Loma Prieta Chapter welcomes Carrie Hudiburgh as our new Volunteer Coordinator and Office Manager. |
| New Activist Joins Chapter
The Loma Prieta Chapter has a new activist, Patrick Moore, representing the Sierra Club on two Santa Clara County transportation committees. |
| CALFED Legislation Undermines Efforts to Restore the Bay-Delta
by Carl Zichella CALFED, the Federal-State restoration plan for the San Francisco-San Joaquin Bay-Delta, may be on the verge of collapse—a victim of legislative proposals by Rep. Ken Calvert and our own U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein. These proposals would modify previous agreements and play favorites with some of the special interests that have reduced the once-rich estuary to a system in deepening ecological trouble. |
| Historic Effort to Protect CA’s Coast Needs Your Support
by Kaitilin Gaffney Over the next few months, Californians will have a chance to make history with the implementation of the Marine Life Protection Act. Unfortunately, the Act faces strong opposition from some commercial and recreational fishing interests. The Governor and the Department of Fish and Game need to hear that you support full protection for some areas of California’s underwater wilderness. |
| Human Race Winners
A big THANKS goes to those who pledged and those who ran or walked for the Chapter. You brought in $2000 and were true pioneers in our first year of participation in this "Human Race." |
| Letters to the Editor |
| Eating Green: An Uncommon Resource
by Kay Bushnell Enjoy the creamy texture, stunning color, and superlative taste of the unforgettable “Red Velvet Soup,” prepared with the common red beet, a vegetable that can be grown easily in local gardens. |
| Meandering
by John Maybury San Carlos parks, Germany nuke shutdowns, cantaloupe cautions, burning Bush, and other items of interest. |