Bay Area Mountain Bike Trails: 45 Mountain Bike Rides Throughout the San Francisco Bay Area (Bay Area Bike Trails)
The Tampa Bay Business Journal (Free subscription) | yesterday
Vacancy rates are continuing to rise in the Tampa Bay area’s office market as regional employment is expected to decline by 54,600 jobs by year’s end, states a fourth-quarter report by Marcus & Millichap Investment Real Estate Services.
tablehopper (Free subscription) | yesterday
The Pasta Shop Fourth Street Market Plaza in Berkeley is hosting an afternoon with leading Bay Area food writers and cookbook authors. They will discuss their work, the future of food systems, foodways, farming, and more. Authors include Novella Carpenter,...
Beale Street Beat (Free subscription) | yesterday
In the new book “Evaluating Baseball’s Managers, 1876-2008,” Chris Jaffe examines how “the Bay Area’s genius became the Windy City’s idiot.” Yes, Dusty Baker. He examines numerous differences between the two teams – including San Francisco hitting vs Cubs pitching, veterans vs youth, the emotional makeup of the rosters, and even bat boys in the...
Beale Street Beat (Free subscription) | yesterday
In the new book “Evaluating Baseball’s Managers, 1876-2008,” Chris Jaffe examines how “the Bay Area’s genius became the Windy City’s idiot.” Yes, Dusty Baker. He examines numerous differences between the two teams – including San Francisco hitting vs Cubs pitching, veterans vs youth, the emotional makeup of the rosters, and even bat boys in the...
A DC Birding Blog (Free subscription) | yesterday
Here is a story to keep an eye on. A pipeline operated by BP began leaking near Prudhoe Bay in Alaska. The spill, from a line at the Lisburne field, was reported on Sunday by BP and by the Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation. The amount of crude spilled and the cause of the leak are under investigation. Lisburne produces about 35,000 barrels per day, Rinehart said. It is part of what is...
Virgin Islands Daily News (Free subscription) | 30/11/2009
U.S. Virgin Islands officials met with their British Virgin Islands counterparts recently to discuss the black smoke and toxic fumes that travel from a garbage incinerator on Tortola to the Coral Bay area of St. John.
idealawg (Free subscription) | yesterday
From the Web page: Wednesday, December 9, 2009 Registration: 5:30 PM Program: 6:00 - 8:30 PM Presented by: David Borgen Doug Chermak Judi Cohen Hon. Mary Morgan (SF Superior Court) At the law office of Goldstein, Demchak, Baller, Borgen & Dardarian 300 Lakeside Drive, Suite 1000 Oakland, CA 2 Hours...
San Fransisco Chronicle (Free subscription) | 29/11/2009
Farewell: Bobby Dale was one of the most fascinating, as well as funny, offbeat and musically knowledgeable disc jockeys ever to hit the airwaves. I helped induct him into the Bay Area Radio Hall of Fame in October, and although I knew him, I didn't really...
ForestTalk (Free subscription) | 30/11/2009
For anyone in the Thunder Bay area, tonight there is a meeting at Lakehead University to discuss a vision for a new forest economy for northern Ontario. A presentation will be followed by a moderated panel discussion with: Rick Groves (AbitibiBowater) Dr. Peggy Smith (Faculty of Forestry, Lakehead University) Cliff Tibishkogijig (Whitesand First Nation; invited) Jeremy Williams (Forest...
SFist (Free subscription) | 30/11/2009
This week's concert preview is being brought to you by Kevin Meenan of Epicsauce , providing detailed concert listings for the Bay Area every week. Follow them on Twitter . Plenty of post-holiday options this week with the star-studded Vic Chesnutt Band at the Great American Music Hall tonight, Toronto's Little Girls at Hemlock Tuesday, perennial favorite Morrissey at Oakland's Paramount Theater...
The KEXP Blog (Free subscription) | 30/11/2009
Bay Area buzz band Girls are sure to top many critics’ Top Ten of 2009 lists, at least if the massive amounts of excellent review is an indication) (they broke the 9.0 barrier on Pitchfork). Not only that, there’s quite a story behind vocalist Christopher Owens, you can read about that elsewhere, and well… everyone [...]
Xconomy (Free subscription) | 30/11/2009
... to my surprise that many VCs and entrepreneurs think of San Diego as a venture annex of the Bay Area. Some folks also view San Diego’s entrepreneurs as less intense about their pre-launch preparations than their counterparts in Boston, for example. —In our first tally of “under-the-radar” deals for San Diego, we counted five technology startups that secured financing in October that ranged...
Indybay newswire (Free subscription) | 28/11/2009
Each Saturday from noon to 1 pm, in front of the Oakland Farmers' Market at Grand and Lake Park Avenues, Bay Area Women in Black conducts its silent vigil to mourn the death and destruction caused by the illegal occupation of Palestine by Israel and by militarism in general. All are welcome to join us; dress in black and please keep silent.
Reno Gazette Journal (Free subscription) | 27/11/2009
BENICIA, Calif. - A motorcyclist traveling at speeds over 100 miles per hour led area law enforcement on a high speed pursuit from the Sierra to the Bay area during the nearly 2-hour chase Thursday, according to California Highway Patrol officials.
San Fransisco Chronicle (Free subscription) | 29/11/2009
His nickname is "Pocket Hercules," which implies strength within a confined space. Indeed, he packs 208 pounds on a 5-foot-7 frame and was able to squat 550 pounds as a schoolboy. In a football uniform he seems to be all thighs between his helmet and his...
