EBMUD imposes 280 gallon daily water limit for districts
East Bay Municipal Utility District directors voted for immediate rationing, allowing households to use 480 gallons per day with a 280 gallon base based on a three person average. Controversy arose over fairness for larger families and calls for districtwide conservation enforcement.
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Muunicipal Givity District
San Leandro
Castro Fate San Larenan
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Istrict
Helen Burke
Berkeley
DeWitt Kruger
Kruger
No discount for toy boats on Lake Elizabeth
James Narvey of Livermore launches his three foot radio controlled model boat on Lake Elizabeth perhaps for the last time. Fremont charges a 50 cent launching fee for toy boats as well as real ones. City officials say they would rescue the model in case of mishap and the fee offsets rescue costs. Narvey doubts he will sail there again and plans to launch away from the ramp if fees remain.
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James Narvey
Livermore
Lake Elizabeth
Harvey
Fremont
Bridge commute buses studied across Hayward San Mateo Bridge
San Mateo County Transit District eyes a summer test of buses from Hayward BART to San Mateo County as part of a planned Hayward San Mateo Bridge commuter service. Officials say service is preliminary and may later extend to the Dumbarton Bridge with potential federal funding.
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San Mateo County
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Metropolitan Transportation Commission
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San Mateo Transit District
James Gallagher
Gallagher
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MIC
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Rome
MTC
San Mateo
Duumbarton
HART
AC Transit
San Francisco Municipal Railway
Dunbarton Bridge
Oiage
Hayward San Mateo Bridge
Thumbarton Bridge
Giallagher
City discovers creek water to power fountain plan
In Hayward the city reports a drought era find in San Lorenzo Creek supplying 1000 gallons yearly for a planned city center fountain on municipal grounds. Officials say a small pump in the creek could draw water for the fountain at minimal cost, with no environmental or flood risks, pending routine state permits.
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City Center
Fd Phillips
San Lorenzo Creek
Phillips
Fty
San Francisco
Fal Gas
Paul Lanterman
Alameda County Flood Control District
State Department of Water Resourced
Slate Fish and Game
Rainy Interlude Fails to End Bay Area Drought
A patchy shower gave scant relief to drought hit regions. Alameda County Water District official Stan Saylor reported 0.22 inches at Peralta Boulevard and Mowry Avenue while the National Weather Service noted 0.25 to 0.33 inches across the Bay Area. Civil engineer Ed Cummings said runoff is limited to San Leandro and Oakland, with hills seeing none. forecast calls for clearing skies and warm conditions through Sunday.
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Stan Saylor
Alameda
Weather Agency
San Leandro
Oakland
Ed Cummings
Alameda County
Saylor
ACWD
Camp Parks eyed as site for new women’s prison
California Corrections officials are studying Camp Parks near Pleasanton as a potential 450 capacity women's state prison. An option to remodel an existing Northern California facility could cost 9 to 5 million dollars, serving mostly civilly committed drug addicts and nearing-release low risk female felons. Possible alternatives include Agnews and Nassler hospitals as sites amid community opposition. The plan aims to reduce separating Northern California inmates from their families and would create about 100 to 300 jobs with a payroll of 14 to 16 million dollars.
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Camp Parks
State Department of Corrections
Yi T. Be
Phil Guthie
Department
California
Agnews State Hospital
San Jose
Wassler Hospital
San Carlos
Guthrie
California Institute For Women
Corona Ari
Nasco
Califonia
Agnews
Nassler
Garden of Ken to host senior apartment center despite protests
The Garden of Ken in Hayward will obtain a senior apartment center despite ongoing protests. The community questions the government’s decision to reinstate the shot program and forecasts suggest a mixed response to public health policy.
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Hayward
The
Daily Review
Hayward tosses throwaway ad ban after First Amendment concerns
Hayward City Council shelves an ordinance banning throwaway advertising without residents consent. California Supreme Court ruling on commercial versus noncommercial material shields such ads, prompting delay. About 75 to 100 residents spoke against prior consent. opponents included small printers and an Oakland lawyer. Daily Review publisher Floyd Sparks urged required advance comment and stringent penalties for distributor compliance.
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California Supreme Court
Oakland
Hayward
Daily Review
Floyd Sparks
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