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Missiles to Mammals: Old Nike Missile Base Now Home to Cutest Seals EVER Wednesday, March 10, 2010 @ 6:29PMNoll & Tam Architects and Scott Dennis Architect turn a decommissioned missile silo into a marine mammal rehabilitation center. It's one thing to turn an empty building over to plants--set up a couple veggie carts, like they did in Cleveland , or strap on a green roof. But what about turning it over to animals? And what if that building is a missile silo? In one of the most unlikely ...
Gang for Good taking root at Lake County tech school Wednesday, March 10, 2010 @ 1:44PMThe Rohaleys and the Sinkkos moved at about the same time to the Mentor Headlands neighborhood, with just 15 houses between them.
Bigger tank capacities feature in the latest sprayer developments Wednesday, March 10, 2010 @ 3:28AMNew control technology, more sophisticated booms and - inevitably - bigger tank capacities are among the common themes adopted by manufacturers for their latest sprayers. Peter Hill rounds up some highlights.
'Towering' Conservationist Edgar Wayburn, Dies at 103 Tuesday, March 9, 2010 @ 8:03PM, March 9, 2010 (ENS) - Honorary Sierra Club President and Presidential Medal of Freedom winner, Dr. Edgar Wayburn died late Friday night at his home in San Francisco in the presence of his family. He was 103.
Birdwatchers oppose tree removal plans in Marin Tuesday, March 9, 2010 @ 4:08PMA plan to remove a grove of trees to protect a rare butterfly in the Marin Headlands has got birdwatchers squawking.
Birdwatchers oppose tree removal plans in Marin Tuesday, March 9, 2010 @ 2:25PMSAUSALITO, Calif. (AP) — A plan to remove a grove of trees to protect a rare butterfly in the Marin Headlands has got birdwatchers squawking. Park officials say the tree removal will help the endangered mission blue butterfly by creating new habitat atop Hawk Hill, located just north of the Golden Gate Bridge. The plan is to remove nonnative cypresses and other trees in August and plant lupine ...
Oil spill response 'too slow' Tuesday, March 9, 2010 @ 7:00AMA REPORT into the response to the oil spill disaster has found a sensitive wetland on Moreton Island was put at risk by red tape.
School is top of region's truancy list Tuesday, March 9, 2010 @ 6:08AMBRIDLINGTON School is top of the list of secondary schools in East Yorkshire for truancy. (04/03/2010)
2010 sees ceramic sprayer nozzles and in-cab controllers Tuesday, March 9, 2010 @ 3:16AMA ceramic-tipped air induction nozzle from International Spray-Jets should keep its 110° flat fan intact for longer thanks to the hard-wearing material.
Conservationist Edgar Wayburn Dies At 103 Monday, March 8, 2010 @ 9:02PMSAN FRANCISCO -- Dr. Edgar Wayburn, a five-term Sierra Club president who received the Presidential Medal of Freedom for working to preserve vast tracts of U.S. wilderness, has died. He was 103.
Conservationist Edgar Wayburn dies at 103 Monday, March 8, 2010 @ 8:27PMDr. Edgar Wayburn, a five-term Sierra Club president who received the Presidential Medal of Freedom for working to preserve vast tracts of U.S. wilderness, has died. He was 103.
2009 ultrarunner of the year to compete in Way Too Cool 50K race Monday, March 8, 2010 @ 7:36PMHe is not, as some call him, the short-order cook who runs long.
Marin Headlands plan to cut trees for butterflies ruffles some feathers Monday, March 8, 2010 @ 7:01PMA plan to preserve rare butterflies by removing a grove of trees atop Hawk Hill in the Marin Headlands has some birdwatchers concerned about the impact on migratory birds.
Conservationist, Sierra Club leader Edgar Wayburn dies at 103 Monday, March 8, 2010 @ 5:55PMHelped lead efforts to establish Golden Gate National Recreation Area, Redwood National Park, and other landscapes of the American West
Conservationist Wayburn Dies At 103 Monday, March 8, 2010 @ 5:50PMDr. Edgar Wayburn, a five-term president of the Sierra Club who received the Presidential Medal of Freedom for working to preserve vast tracts of U.S. wilderness, has died. He was 103.
Conservationist Edgar Wayburn dies at 103 Monday, March 8, 2010 @ 4:01PMAssociated Press Dr. Edgar Wayburn, a five-term president of the Sierra Club who helped in the 1962 creation of the Point Reyes National Seashore and the preservation of the Marin Headlands, has died.
Breaking News Monday, March 8, 2010 @ 3:09PMALTURAS - The two Modoc County supervisor races will be contested in the June 8 primary election.
5-term Sierra Club chief, Edgar Wayburn, dies Monday, March 8, 2010 @ 2:09PMOne day in the late 1940s, a physician named Edgar Wayburn gazed across San Francisco Bay at the Marin Headlands and Mount Tamalpais, two of his favorite hiking areas, and marveled that no cities or suburbs interrupted the greenery. "I wondered," he told a...
Conservationist, ANILCA advocate Edgar Wayburn dies at 103 Monday, March 8, 2010 @ 1:59PMSAN FRANCISCO - Dr. Edgar Wayburn, a five-term president of the Sierra Club who received the Presidential Medal of Freedom for working to preserve vast tracts of U.S. wilderness, has died. He was 1...
For Immediate Release: March 8th, 2010 Contact: David Willett, 202-675-6698 Monday, March 8, 2010 @ 9:39AMSan Francisco, CA: Honary Sierra Club President and Presidential Medal of Freedom winner, Dr. Edgar Wayburn died late Friday night at his home in San Francisco in the presence of his family. He was 103.
Study of migratory patterns may help state economically Monday, March 8, 2010 @ 6:04AMStarting this spring, Philip Xie will be watching bird-watchers along Lake Erie.
Pacific park paradise Saturday, March 6, 2010 @ 11:04PMBesides being an unlikely California winter getaway, Point Reyes National Seashore also happens to be a gem hiding in plain sight. Especially for those of us who might see West Coast weather a little differently from the locals.
Chile's coast haunted by fear, desolation Saturday, March 6, 2010 @ 2:06AMA deadly tsunami followed the massive earthquake, leaving the small beach enclave of Dichato a ghost town. Aid has been slow to arrive, but looters were swift. Barely a building remains standing in this once-pleasant beach resort that slopes up from Dichato Bay, a scenic cove largely shielded from the open Pacific.
Friends gather to remember Eggers, Dana Point leader Saturday, March 6, 2010 @ 12:03AMMike Eggers meant many things to many people over the course of his 60 years. The public knew him best as Dana Point's one-time mayor and council member, or as the chief petitioner for the incorporation of that city. Or perhaps they remember him for...
Public urged to take tsunami alerts more seriously Friday, March 5, 2010 @ 8:35PMThe Federal Government has called for a review of tsunami warnings after beachgoers shrugged off last week's tsunami warning on the east coast of Australia.
Trio Cited for Protected Habitat Area Trespass Granted Another Continuance Friday, March 5, 2010 @ 2:11PMVol. 3, Issue 10, March 5-11, 2010 By Andrea Swayne Pryndana Hahn, Alyssa Dawn Burke and Tavia Lynn Cantarina—the trio who were cited for allegedly trespassing outside of a walking trail in a protected endangered species habitat area at the Headlands on Jan. 10 and arrested for charges of obstructing a peace officer—were not present in the courtroom on the continued March 2 court date. Defense ...
Walk the walks: Tasmania's best hikes Friday, March 5, 2010 @ 10:53AMAndrew Bain nominates the island state's most popular routes and a few of its lesser-known gems.
One-metre waves from quake hit six NZ locations Friday, March 5, 2010 @ 9:49AMSea-level measurements reveal that six locations around the country saw peak wave heights of more than a metre generated by last week's devastating earthquake near Chile.
Letters to the Editor 3/5 Friday, March 5, 2010 @ 9:47AMThe $500,000 shortfall reported recently at the San Luis Obispo County Regional airport points out what happens when the county government takes over a job that should have been left to private enterprise (“Regional airport falls short on funds,” Feb. 26).
Tsunami surges bounced around the coast Friday, March 5, 2010 @ 1:57AMScott Base and the Kermadec Islands were the first New Zealand sites to be hit by the tsunami from the Chile's magnitude 8.
Editorial: Pricey dune buggy a waste of fees Thursday, March 4, 2010 @ 11:47PMWe’re towing a broken-down, smog-belching brickbat to the Oceano Dunes and parking it rig
Chile Tsunami Like waves in a bathtub Thursday, March 4, 2010 @ 8:52PMThe results from 19 sea-level gauges around New Zealand reveal that six locations had peak wave heights of over one metre generated by a magnitude 8.8 earthquake off Chile on 27 February.
Basketball beginning to grow Thursday, March 4, 2010 @ 6:06PMDRIFFIELD School took part in an excellently run basketball competition at Bishop Burton College recently. (26/02/2010)
Free fun at Dana Point whale festival Thursday, March 4, 2010 @ 3:23PMGet out and have some fun this weekend at the annual Dana Point whale festival! There's a parade, car show, whale watching and scores of other activities this weekend and next as the city celebrates the parade of the gray whales past the point...
Festival of Whales this weekend in Dana Point Thursday, March 4, 2010 @ 10:36AMWhen he sat down to craft a poster for this weekend's Dana Point Festival of Whales, John Van Hamersveld drew on his experiences surfing, the timeless cliffs along the California coast and the Headlands in Dana Point, where decades ago he created an...
Supes OK paving park parking lot Thursday, March 4, 2010 @ 2:14AMHarmony Headlands State Park will get a paved parking lot after all.
San Luis Obispo County Board of Supervisors: "Yes and No" Wednesday, March 3, 2010 @ 1:17PMSan Luis Obispo -- The San Luis Obispo County Board of Supervisors meeting yesterday said no to a developer who wants to build on land where the Oceano airport lies, telling Jeff Edwards that the land and the airport is not for sale.
Bridlington actor Shane Zaza appears at Shakespeare's Globe Theatre in London Wednesday, March 3, 2010 @ 9:07AMBRIDLINGTON born actor Shane Zaza is taking to the stage of Shakespeare's Globe Theatre in London in a production of Macbeth. (03/03/2010 15:00:00)
Anyone for volleyball? Wednesday, March 3, 2010 @ 2:10AMMORE than 20 sports regularly appear in the Free Press each week – but volleyball is the sport Bridlington has forgotten (25/02/2010 13:13:00)
Supervisors OK paving Headlands parking lot Tuesday, March 2, 2010 @ 11:32PMHarmony Headlands State Park will get a paved parking lot after all.The Board of Supervisors on Tu
Harmony Headlands State park will get paved parking lot Tuesday, March 2, 2010 @ 5:39PMHarmony Headlands State Park will get a paved parking lot after all.A proposal to pave the existin
Track of the Day Pt. 2: Sonny Smith Gets Hypnotized Tuesday, March 2, 2010 @ 4:37PMLocal artist Sonny Smith has long been more than just a songwriter. Over the years he's written and shot a short film, a CD of one-act plays, and elegant works of fiction for both the page ...
Trio Busted for Trespassing Outside of a Walking Trail Monday, March 1, 2010 @ 2:05PMVol. 3, Issue 9, February 26-March 4, 2010 By Andrea Swayne A trio of women who were cited for trespassing outside of a designated walking trail at the Headlands on Jan. 10 had their first day in court on Friday, Feb.19. According to Deputy City Attorney Noam Duzman, the incident occurred in the Headlands development, specifically in an area that is protected as an endangered species habitat ...
Harmony Headlands upgrade plan upsets North Coast neighbors Monday, March 1, 2010 @ 9:44AMA proposal to spruce up the staging area at the state’s new Harmony Headlands State Park has run into some strong headwinds in the form of neighbors who don’t like the proposal.
Jurassic coast becomes landscape of learning Monday, March 1, 2010 @ 3:33AMHilary Penrose, an artist from Oxfordshire, was feeling soggy but inspired. Soggy because she had misjudged a wave during a windy walk on Britain's Jurassic Coast.
Students from East Los Angeles Arrive at Santa Monica Mountains Institute Monday, March 1, 2010 @ 2:20AMSanta Monica Mountains National Recreation Area and NatureBridge today announced the launch of residential field science programs at Santa Monica Mountains Institute. Lincoln High ninth graders are the first to attend residential environmental science programs at the new Southern California NatureBridge campus. (PRWeb Mar 1, 2010) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com ...
Harmony Headlands upgrade plan upsets North Coast neighbors Monday, March 1, 2010 @ 1:38AMA proposal to spruce up the staging area at the state’s new Harmony Headlands State Park
Blooming good time for spring sights Sunday, February 28, 2010 @ 3:01AMThe hills have been soaked, the grass is electric green and the wildflowers have sprouted. All we need is a few radiant, warm, blue-sky days in a row and an eye-popping wildflower season appears to be at hand, the best since 2005. Some coastal landscapes are...
Dylan is new maternity unit's first Bridlington baby Sunday, February 28, 2010 @ 12:16AMLITTLE Dylan Cartwright is the first Bridlington baby to be born at Scarborough's new midwife-led unit. (28/02/2010 06:00:00)
Scientists Say Magnitude Of Tsunami Difficult To Predict Saturday, February 27, 2010 @ 11:42PMScientists can do a very good job of tracking the progression of a tsunami and predicting when it will arrive, but they have much more difficulty predicting how big it will be, experts said Saturday.