Erosion closes one lane of SF’s Great Highway

posted by Barry Parr on Jan 9, 2010 at 10:22 am in  Environment   Real Estate
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One southbound lane of the Great Highway south of Sloat Blvd has been closed due to erosion of the bluffs by winter waves, reports the Chronicle:

In 1994, storms took out 30 to 40 feet of the bluff. Then in 1999, after a particularly nasty El Niño winter, engineers opted to build a barrier out of sand dredged from the shipping channel outside the Golden Gate. About 300,000 cubic yards of sand have been dumped offshore every summer since. The “sacrificial barriers give the ocean something to chew on rather than the bluff,” Filice said. [...]

City officials are working with the Army Corps of Engineers and the National Park Service to come up with a long-range plan to deal with the erosion.

 

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PRINCETON SEAFOOD CO. ON BOARD WITH “HATS OFF TO TEACHERS”

Letter by Princeton Seafood Company on Fri, Mar 12 at 04:14 pm • 0 comments; click to add your own

PRINCETON SEAFOOD CO. ON BOARD WITH “HATS OFF TO TEACHERS”
Campaign Offers Educators Hearty Discount

Where would we be without our teachers? They’ve given us the fundamentals – the foundation we need to succeed in today’s society. And now, Princeton Seafood is giving something back. With JointVenture’s “Hats off to Teachers” campaign, the restaurant is offering all teachers 10 percent off any meal daily and a full 20 percent off on our special “Teacher Tuesday.”
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Sam’s Chowder House Hosts Fundraiser Supporting the Big Wave Project

Letter by David Vespremi on Fri, Mar 12 at 11:25 am • 1 comments; click to add your own

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Free educational events at New Leaf Community Markets

Letter by Patti_Bond on Thu, Mar 11 at 10:13 am • 0 comments; click to add your own

On Tuesday, March 16 from 6 - 7 pm, New Leaf Produce Director, Mark Mulcahy, will present ” For the Love of Produce: Citrus.” Mark will talk about the difference between various types of citrus, where they come from, how to select them and prepare them, as well as provide suggested pairings and recipes.

On Tuesday, March 23 from 6 - 7:30 pm., Larry Jacobs of Jacobs Farm/Del Cabo and his team will give a talk on Organic Farming in Mexico. They will tell their story about the cooperative they

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Information Session on Roundabouts

Letter by Len Erickson on Wed, Mar 10 at 12:45 pm • 0 comments; click to add your own

Roundabouts were one of many features discussed in the report from the Traffic and Trails meetings last June and presented to the Midcoast in a public meeting last month.  On Saturday, March 13, there will be an information session on roundabouts open to interested members of the community.  The meeting is sponsored by Midcoast Park Lands and will be at the Granada Sanitary District office in El Granada, at 504 Avenue Alhambra, 3rd Floor.  The meeting time is 10:30am.  There will also be an

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