Tag: San Francisco

How to Love an Oyster

2/9/2024 - By Brendan Borrell. Most people, even those who know a thing or two about oysters and may perhaps enjoy eating them, have no idea that the sweet and buttery bivalves they are slurping down in San Francisco or Vancouver are not the native species of the West Coast but Japanese… SEE MORE

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Red Tide in San Francisco Bay Causing Unprecedented Fish Kills

9/5/2022 - By SF Baykeeper. SF Baykeeper continues to advise caution against contacting the murky, discolored waters or eating fish and shellfish from affected areas; a heat wave over Labor Day weekend may exacerbate the situation. An algal bloom, or “red tide”, that emerged in late July has grown and now affects… SEE MORE

San Francisco Bay Area -- Image by David Mark.Image by David Mark. License free on Pixabay. https://pixabay.com/photos/san-francisco-california-city-143983/

Multiple Downtown SF Skyscrapers Are Causing Entire Area to Slowly Sink

11/27/2021 - Much media attention has been lavished on the tilting and sinking Millennium Tower, a fix for which remains in the works. But the building's situation has perhaps brought attention to the fact that heavy buildings clustered in an area atop landfill and bay mud — an area of reclaimed land… SEE MORE

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