Coming at the end of the summer beach season and right near the start of the school year,Coastal Cleanup Day takes place every year on the third Saturday of September, from 9 a.m. to Noon. The 2010 Cleanup will take place on the fourth Saturday of September so as not to conflict with Yom Kippur.
The National Weather Service forecasts hot weather for the week beginning Thursday:
Much warmer weather is forecast for the end of the week into next week. Although it is a few days away…Confidence is increasing that temperatures will soar into the 90s and lower 100s for many inland spots for the first half of next week. Hot weather also appears likely at the coast where 80s could be widespread. This much warmer weather may facilitate heat advisories and potentially watches and warnings.
Evan Peterson is a dynamic emerging young artist, and friend. I am tickled to be co-sponsoring PANES, his first solo exhibit in California.
Please join us at Enso for a Reception for the Artist on Friday, September 17 from 6 to 8 pm.
Peterson’s graphic imagery adorns album covers, surf, skate and snowboards.
His work is included in collections across the country, Canada and Japan.
Once a house-painter by trade, Peterson developed his talents using the remnants of house-paint on scrap wood, derelict doors, sheetrock and dropcloths when he could not afford canvas. Then he discovered glass and that changed everything.
The works in this collection are rendered in reverse on windows scavenged from dumps, building sites, crumbling sheds and abandoned shacks that are scattered throughout the changing landscape of the Coastal regions of the Pacific Northwest.
PANES is Peterson’s debut solo exhibit in California.
We’ve lived in El Granada 26 years. It was through a friend of a neighbor’s that we learned AT&T and Coast County Water District (CCWD) are planning to build a 65 foot cell tower in the middle of an El Granada residential neighborhood (R-1 zone) that is approximately within ½ mile of the Post Office, El Granada Elementary School, Wilkinson School, Picasso Preschool and many of our homes and businesses.
Cell radiation has been cited to cover a range of 2.3 miles. How will the parents of the children taking them to elementary school or day care feel about having their children in that range?
One of our neighbors will be 30 feet away from it. Others will be affected. The tower will be visible from almost every room of our house. Another neighbor’s deck views it, 24/7/ 365. There are many other homes that will be able to view the tower. What will that do to the value of their property?
Implying these towers “look like trees” is ludicrous. They are 3 feet to 5 feet diameter poles, 65 plus feet tall with antennae protruding, looking like dead twigs. That’s just appearance.
How is it the Coastside County Water District clearly posted just a few months ago that the trees on that lot were being either removed or trimmed, and yet the notice of this cell tower gets buried in the HMB Review notices? We plan on joining many of our neighbors at the Coastside County Water District’s next board meeting on September 14 to see if the water company will reconsider its decision to allow AT&T to build a new cell tower in residential El Granada. We are not against cell towers, but they do not belong in the middle of a residential neighborhood.
Many in the neighborhood have joined a group called EGNAG (El Granada Neighborhood Action Group). For more information, and to sign our petition to stop this cell tower, please go to our web site at: http://stopthecelltower.org
Robert D. Kline
El Granada
At the next regularly scheduled meeting of the Midcoast Community Council on Wednesday, September 8, 2010 7:30 p.m. at Seton Medical Center Coastside, Steve Monowitz, Deputy Director, San Mateo County Planning and Building Department, will update the Midcoast community on both the Local Coastal Program Resubmittal and the newly released Midcoast Groundwater Study, Phase III. Presentation and discussion will cover:
Why should you Care? As residents of the Midcoast, the decisions being made here will affect your daily lives when it comes to things like water quality and quantity, traffic congestion, HWY 1 safety issues (remember the Tunnel will be opening soon) and the overall quality of life that we all enjoy in this seaside haven. We invite the public to come and listen, learn and voice your opinion. Please visit the MCC webpage for more information. Past LCP presentations, Midcoast LCP Update / Ground Water Study and more can be found on the MCC’s LCP update page. Directions to Wednesday’s meeting at Seton Medical Center Coastside, Marine Boulevard & Etheldore, Moss Beach: Take Highway 1 to Marine Boulevard and follow hospital signs uphill Please note: MCC attendees PLEASE park in upper parking lot per hospital policy.
Pacifica police are warning the public about a great white shark seen attacking a sea lion near Linda Mar Beach in Pacifica, reports the AP. The shark was spotted about 200 yards offshore about 1pm on Monday.
[Pacifica police Capt. Fernando] Realyvasquez said a surfer in the water at the time saw a large amount of blood in the water as the shark thrashed about with the sea lion in its mouth.
Witnesses estimated the shark was anywhere from 18 to 25 feet long. After the sighting, two men in a small boat drove up and down the beach warning swimmers to get out of the water.
Sunday, August 29, 2010, 10 a.m. – 12 p.m. — Join Brent Plater of the Wild Equity Institute to search for two of the most imperiled vertebrate species on the San Francisco peninsula: the California red-legged frog and the San Francisco garter snake. This will be a leisurely walk to enjoy the restoration work being conducted at Mori Point and to learn about the bold steps being taken to save both species from the brink of extinction.
RSVP Required: please use this website to RSVP: http://wildequity.org/events/3118. Rain or Shine. Meet at the Mori Point Trailhead, Pacifica, CA, 94044. Take the Sharp Park exit off Hwy. 1 and continue south on Bradford Way about 0.5 mile to the gate/trailhead at Mori Point Rd. Roadside parking is limited; carpooling is encouraged. Samtrans buses #110 and #112 stop nearby.
Bring your friends and neighbors, gloves and sun cream for a day of trash cleanup and non-native plant removal near Pilarcitos Creek. We’ll talk about our local flora and fauna and how we can continue to ensure the protection of open space in Half Moon Bay. We’ll trade restoration stories and share the fun of keeping the sensitive habitat areas of our town clean.
Meet at 10 am in the parking lot of the Stone Pine office park, 120 Stone Pine Rd, Half Moon Bay
We’ll provide the gloves and trash bags. Wear layers and sturdy shoes
We have very competitive races for both the Cabrillo Unified School District (five candidates for three positions) and Harbor District (five candidates for two positions) boards this year. Also, only one incumbent is running in each race. There is an genuine opportunity to make a real difference in the makeup of each board.
We’re taking reader recommendations for questions they want Coastsider to ask the candidates.
What questions do you want to see the candidates answer?
Coming at the end of the summer beach season and right near the start of the school year,Coastal Cleanup Day takes place every year on the third Saturday of September, from 9 a.m. to Noon. The 2010 Cleanup will take place on the fourth Saturday of September so as not to conflict with Yom Kippur.
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