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San Francisco Breaks Ground
on First US High-Speed Rail Station

The project is estimated to create more than 48,000 jobs in its first phase of construction, which will last seven years. These jobs include the people who will design, build and operate the facility, the manufacturing jobs created by the materials being utilized in the facility and the businesses providing consumer goods and services to workers and the passengers utilizing the Transit Center.

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Filed under: Environment, News, Technology, Transportation

Cell Phone Health Hazards: Better Safe Than Sorry

On May 6, 2010, the President’s Cancer Panel reported that “the true burden of environmentally induced cancers has been grossly underestimated” and named cell phones and other wireless technologies as potential causes of cancer that demand further research and precaution.

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CAKE Returns to San Francisco
for “Climatepalooza” Solar Benefit Concert

The eco/environmentally-conscious pop/rock outfit from Sacramento, who rely on solar energy to power their music studios, held the concert to raise money to help solarize the Telegraph Hill Neighborhood Community Center, “a non-profit that helps more than 600 children, seniors, and families each day in San Francisco, with a focus on low to moderate income families,” said Paul Scott, Executive Director of One Atmosphere, a non-profit organization “dedicated to combating global warming whose prior work with the Sierra Club and the City of San Francisco has been enthusiastically endorsed by Al Gore, Nancy Pelosi, and many others.”

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Why Twitter’s Gov’t Outreach Reflects a Big Win
for the Gov 2.0 Movement

Last week, Government 2.0 – a term first used by Bill Eggers in his 2005 e-gov-focused book of the same name, and that has become almost synonymous with Web 2.0 as developers have turned on to the promise of government-brokered data troves and universal open standards – won a significant victory. San Francisco-based Twitter, the popular social media messaging service that has serves as a platform for thousands of startups using its architecture and user base, announced that it is hiring for its first field office, focused on the government sector.

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Filed under: Culture, Education, Media, Politics, Technology

Obama: The Environmental President?

Already his critics are attempting to paint the BP oil spill as his Hurricane Katrina. Obama should take the initiative and use the oil spill as an opportunity to be the environmental president. I do applaud him for suspending consideration of applications for exploratory drilling for oil in the Arctic until 2011 and extending a moratorium on permits to drill new deepwater wells for six months.

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Continuing the Movement

Markese Bryant raps about the legacy of Dr. King, President Obama, and how a growing movementis creating opportunities for communities of color through the green economy. By Phaedra Ellis-Lamkins January 18, 2010 America is struggling. Families strive to make ends meet while facing an uncertain economic future. The deterioration of our environment – rather than [...]

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Filed under: Arts and Entertainment, Economy, Energy, Environment, Politics, Technology, Transportation, War

Protecting Californians From Identity Theft

By Ralph E. Stone January 6, 2009 According to the California Office of Privacy Protection, over 8 million Americans were victims of identity theft in 2006. One million of those victims lived in California. Since 2005, CitiFinancial, TimeWarner, Choicepoint, Bank of America, Ameritrade, DSW Shoe Warehouse, Cardsystems, Department of Veterans Affairs, and other companies and [...]

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Filed under: Crime, Law, Technology

San Francisco Breaks Ground on First US High-Speed Rail Station