Coast Guard helicopter saves man atop silo amid grain blast
In Westwego Louisiana a Coast Guard helicopter hoisted a man from atop a burning silo at the Continental Grain Elevator as 22 bodies were recovered and 13 more people are missing after a chain reaction explosion during a $17 million remodeling project. The rescue came after three attempts as winds shifted and smoke filled the craft.
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Muralist Wiley Won’t Submit Sketches for Hayward Project
Hayward artist William T. Wiley warns he will drop the $106,000 Centennial Hall mural if forced to provide advance sketches. He says he will only submit completed panels and will walk away rather than compromise artistic freedom. City council and a hired committee seek sketches to guide future scenes and a broader Hayward focus, but Wiley insists on working from finished panels.
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Hayward
William T. Wiley
Centennial Hall
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Marin County
Daily Review
Nene
Nelnreb
California
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Ie Ego
Comittee
Alan Jones
Sun Gallery
Jones
Wiley Plean
Hayward critic weighs mural for Arts Festival panel
John O Lague, Hayward Festival of the Arts director, reviews the first panel of the Centennial Hall mural Art in early for Hayward. He calls it mostly academic and symbolic, with a vaquero, two somber women, a blacksmith, a dove, and many symbols like a horse shoe and covered wagon, arguing it requires artistic judgment to judge its innovation.
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John O’lague
Hayward Festival of the Arts
Centennial Hall
Olive
Hitchfield
Hayward
Pease
Rain Piles Up As South County Receives Heavy Rain and Snow
Rain totals above normal with Hayward receiving 0.6 inches and Pleasanton 1.5 inches. Sierra snow to Norden measures 21 inches at 7,000 feet, snowpack at Caples Lake around five feet, far above normal. Fremont reports 1.29 inches of rain, while Pleasanton logs 1.5 inches. CHP notes slowed rush hour amid mostly minor incidents. Ski resorts report excellent conditions as gusty winds fade and showers linger through tonight.
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South County
Hayward
Pleasarton
Sierra
Norden
California Drought Information Service
Dave Vossbrink
East Bay
Vossbrink
Fremont
Pleasanton
Upper San Reservoir
Castro Valley
Oakland
Weather Service
Estan
Peis
Siemens
California Highway Patrol
BART to offer low fares on Saturdays in January
BART will charge a maximum 50 cent fare on four Saturdays in January as part of a ridership promo. With Saturday service now permanent, analysts expect ridership to rise from about 50 000 normal Saturdays to roughly 67 800 while revenue nears 300 000, though AC Travail strikes and other factors may alter totals.
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Bob Norberg
BART
Bay Area
Belding
Mike Healy
Healy
John Glenn
Fremont
South County
Oakland
San Francis
Water from Bay Becomes Drinkable in S F Bay Water System
Roy Dudley of Allied Water Corp demonstrates the SweetWater unit that desalinates seawater through reverse osmosis, turning dirty San Francisco Bay water into clean drinkable water. The compact 43 pound unit, costing around 4700 dollars, pumps 159 to 200 gallons daily and could be adapted to wind or other energy sources.
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UPI
Roy Dudley
San Francisn Bay
Dudley
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Pier 42
le Spetaue
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