SF CEQA

By Dana Anderson : redfin – excerpt While some data suggests that housing density is starting to prevail in certain cities, the vast majority of Americans still want a single-family home with a yard, even if it means sacrificing proximity to work. Since the middle of the 20th century, one common image of the American … More Millennials Still Want Single-Family Homes, Even if it Means a Long Commute

By Marilynn Marchione / The Associated Press : metrowestdailynews – excerpt Desperate to solve the deadly conundrum of COVID-19, the world is clamoring for fast answers and solutions from a research system not built for haste. The ironic, and perhaps tragic, result: Scientific shortcuts have slowed understanding of the disease and delayed the ability to … More Desperation science’ slows the hunt for coronavirus drugs

by Seth Jaffe : lawandenvironment – excerpt I don’t like to speculate, so I won’t say that July 6, 2020, was the beginning of the end of fossil fuel infrastructure in the United States. I will say, with apologies to Judith Viorst, that it was a Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day… First came … More Law and the Environment Foley Hoag LLP Dakota Access Must Shut Down. Is It a Harbinger?

By Joel Rose : kqed – excerpt Dr. Basim Ali graduated at the top of his medical school class in Pakistan and landed a residency at a renowned teaching hospital in Texas, where he’ll be on the front lines of one of the worst COVID-19 outbreaks in the U.S. “There’s obviously some degree of anxiety … More International Doctors Start Residencies at U.S. Hospitals Amid COVID-19 Surge

By Miller Starr Regalia : sexology – excerpt Fourth District Affirms Judgment Setting Aside San Diego County’s Climate Action Plan And Related Supplemental EIR Approvals Due To CEQA Violations In a mammoth 132-page published opinion (with an additional five pages of appendices) filed on June 12, 2020, the Fourth District Court of Appeal (Division One) … More Third Time Is Not The Charm:

By Scott Morris, Bay City News Foundation : sfexaminer– excerpt Utility hired a company with a history of illicit dumping to clean up after the Camp Fire It was a last-ditch effort to save a scofflaw business. For years, the owners of Bay Area Concrete Recycling had run an unlicensed dump in the city of … More Bribery, fraud and wildfire: How a PG&E contractor with a sketchy past made millions

sfgate – excerpt When the first coronavirus cases in Chicago appeared in January, they bore the same genetic signatures as a germ that emerged in China weeks before. But as Egon Ozer, an infectious-disease specialist at the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, examined the genetic structure of virus samples from local patients, he noticed … More Coronavirus mutation has taken over. Scientists don’t know why.

By Nathan Rott : npr – excerpt In 2013, an 18-month old boy got sick after playing near a hollow tree in his backyard, in a remote West African village. He developed a fever and started vomiting. His stool turned black. Two days later, he died. Two years and more than 11,000 deaths later, the … More Like Poking a Beehive’: The Worrisome Link Between Deforestation And Disease