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Is it safe to eat vegetables grown at Alameda Point? A little-known EPA study conducted in 2005 around the Big Whites and Alameda Point Collaborative housing tried to answer that question. In the study, researchers collected fruits...
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The Island: Point Being: Are Point veggies safe?, April 26, 2011
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San Francisco Examiner: San Francisco's Treasure Island project moves forward with...
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San Francisco’s Planning Commission on Thursday advanced the massive redevelopment of Treasure Island by a 4-3 vote, approving the $1.5 billion project’s environmental impact report.
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Alameda Sun: Derelict Apartments Demolished at Alameda Point, April 21, 2011
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Urban Metro Environmental is busy demolishing boarded-up and abandoned apartment buildings on Norfolk Road near Stardust Place at Alameda Point.
On March 2, the city council awarded the company $279,000 to demolish these...
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Alameda Point Vegetable Uptake Sampling Study, Spring, 2005
From US Environmental Protection Agency
OFFICE OF RESEARCH AND
DEVELOPMENT
HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES TECHNICAL
LIAISON
REGION 9 NEWSLETTER
Spring 2005, Edition 31
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The objective of this project was to determine the...
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San Francisco Chronicle: Treasure Island: potential future of urban life, April 20, 2011
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As the immense Treasure Island project nears its final set of approvals, there's deserved scrutiny of issues like safety, transportation and the benefits the public should receive in return for allowing $1.5 billion of construction...
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San Francisco Chronicle: Ex-Navy bases in Bay Area remain stuck in limbo, April 18, 2011
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When developers imploded the old Oak Knoll Naval Hospital last week, crowds cheered and veterans wept.
After all, the demolition appeared to be a major milestone in the grueling, exasperating, mind-numbingly complex...
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San Francisco Chronicle: Treasure Island: Stabilization would protect soil, April 17,...
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Treasure Island was built in the 1930s atop a broad underwater shoal by dumping tons and tons more sand onto the area - sand that was dredged from other parts of the bay and carried to the rapidly growing island by barge, or pumped...
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San Francisco Chronicle: Treasure Island: ambitious plan for development, April 17,2011
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No spot in the Bay Area has the obvious development potential of Treasure Island. None has such obvious pitfalls.
The 403-acre oval in the middle of the bay boasts a uniquely captivating setting, but its soil could turn to jelly...
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Omaha World Herald: Doolittle Raiders mark 69th anniversary, April 13, 2011
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Thatcher volunteered in February 1942 for an “extremely hazardous'' mission. No details were given. Crews trained on a remote field on the Florida Gulf Coast. Pilots practiced takeoffs from a simulated carrier deck painted on a...
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Orange County Business Journal: SunCal Back in Game on Auction, Army Deal, April 17,...
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Irvine-based master developer SunCal Cos. suddenly has the makings of a growth push after several years in legal limbo.
The company, one of California’s most aggressive land buyers during the real estate boom, earlier this month...
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