A reminder of what the Bay looked like before environmental regulation—open dumping of industrial waste, raw sewage, and fuel, and constant oil spills.

Before EPA and laws like the Clean Water Act, America's waters were choked with pollution. Ohio's Cuyahoga River, which became a symbol of environmental degradation in the 60s, was so polluted that it repeatedly caught fire.

Today, it's estimated that the #CleanWaterAct alone prevents 700 *billion* pounds of toxic pollution from entering US waters every single year.

We MUST defend these vital laws and institutions.

#EPA #bayarea #sanfranciscobay #SFBay #environment #waterpollution

Photos courtesy of EPA's historic archive

SF dumps millions of gallons of sewage during big storms -- not cool, guys!! ️

As our executive director Sejal Choksi-Chugh told KQED, discharge areas are sacrifice zones where the city has nowhere else to release polluted water.

"They're not allowed to be discharging this much bacteria and pollution into the Bay, yet they are doing it."

https://www.kqed.org/science/1996145/sf-dumps-millions-of-gallons-of-sewage-during-big-storms-surfers-say-that-needs-to-stop #sf #sanfrancisco #sfpuc #sewage #sewagepollution #sfbay #sanfraciscobay

Check out our Top 10 countdown of our wins for the Bay -- from catching illegal dredgers red-handed to our latest victory against oil giant Valero https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mFGT8XLxyF0

COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY
FROM 6 AM THURSDAY (12/12) TO
1 PM MONDAY

Minor coastal flooding expected.

WHERE: Bayshore along the #SanFrancisco Bay & #SanPablo Bay. #California

IMPACTS: Flooding of lots, parks & roads with only isolated road closures expected.

ADDITIONAL DETAILS: Tidal levels are increasing as a result of higher astronomical tides. Low lying areas within the San Francisco Bay Area may see minor flooding as a result during
high tide. San Francisco highest tides are 6.74 ft at 8:12 am Thursday, 6.98 ft at 8:54 am Friday, 7.07 ft at 9:37 am Saturday, 7.02 ft at 10:22 am Sunday, and 6.82 ft at 11:08 am Monday.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS:
If travel is required, allow extra time as some roads may be closed. Do not drive around barricades or through water of
unknown depth. Take the necessary actions to protect flood-prone
property.

#CAwx #CaliforniaWeather #NorCalWx #SFBay #Flood #FloodAdvisory

https://forecast.weather.gov/showsigwx.php?warnzone=CAZ506&warncounty=CAC055&firewxzone=CAZ506&local_place1=Napa%20CA&product1=Coastal+Flood+Advisory&lat=38.2991&lon=-122.2854

A #sewage leak of 20 million gallons of wastewater into a #ContraCostaCounty wetland could have considerable ecological consequences for fish & wildlife.

As Baykeeper executive director Sejal Choksi-Chugh explained to KQED, "When you’ve got a lot of this wastewater discharging in concentrated levels in an area like that, we’re going to see some exposure to chemicals that are in wastewater. That's going to have an impact; whether or not we see that impact in this generation of fish and wildlife or in their next generation is something that we would have to see." https://www.kqed.org/news/12016804/how-major-east-bay-sewage-leak-could-harm-fish-wildlife

Cities across the nation throw away unhoused people’s belongings during sweeps, creating cycles of hardship, ProPublica recently found.

This has been an ongoing issue in San Francisco. Read SF Public Press' reporting on how it's made it harder for people to vote. https://www.sfpublicpress.org/encampment-sweeps-uptick-homeless-people-losing-identification-access-to-services-voting/

I didn't know there was a #30DayMapChallenge. Thanks to @clhenrick for the heads-up. Here's a #map I #georeferenced for a friend the other night, who was curious how the 1909 'Map of #Ohlone #shellmounds in the #SanFranciscoBayArea from Nels C. Nelson's 1909 publication SHELLMOUNDS OF THE SAN FRANCISCO BAY REGION' would look, on a modern map. I know this isn't a new thing, others have done it, but here's my contribution in 72dpi, attached, and 600dpi, downloadable from here:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1-gvzZ84uNxdleFz_pmm1iixgHQ3OEEDk/view?usp=drive_link

I used this file's largest available version, #QGIS and #OpenStreetMap to generate it:

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Shellmound_map.png

It is fascinating to see the coastline changes since 1909. The man-made portion of #TreasureIsland doesn't exist, and it's Goat Island. I can share the .qgz file, if you want it.

I've gone down the rabbit hole, reading about #shelllmounds. Many blog posts here:

https://fastestslowguy.blogspot.com/search/label/shellmound

And even more #NewspaperClippings here:

https://www.newspapers.com/clippings/?query=shellmound&user=3570264%3Amorganfletcher&tag=shellmounds

San Francisco, we can do better than this! Boost to spread the word.

With less than one week until the last day to vote, only 23% of registered SF voters have returned their ballots.

It's better to return your ballot sooner rather than later so you have time to fix any problems that could keep your vote from being counted.

If there's a problem with your returned ballot, the SF Department of Elections will try to contact you to fix the problem.

Do democracy a favor and vote early! Put your ballot into an official drop box or bring it to the City Hall Voting Center. You can still mail your ballot, but remember, in San Francisco it must be postmarked by or on Election Day to be counted.

Get all our unbiased voting information at lwvsf.org/vote.

https://cjs-wunderkammer.ghost.io/picture-a-day-oct-9/

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Hey Bay Area critters!

Do y'all take BART? Do you ever wish you had live info on when you'll get to your destination, or how much time you have on the platform to make a transfer, or whether a transfer is faster than going direct?

I made just the thing for you! (Well, really mostly for us, but I figure others might find it useful as well.)

It's fast (ish), it's super lightweight since it's completely server-side, and it should work on just about anything. Check it out!

https://trains.brightfur.net/

https://cjs-wunderkammer.ghost.io/picture-a-day-sep-1/

The girl from Oakland, CA was blistering last night. I sat up straighter upon hearing Kamala Harris reference growing up by "the Bay".

It seemed an odd phrasing. Perhaps she didn't want to mention the forbidden word "California" or the expletive "San Francisco", but those of us here in the region of Northern California that is known as the SF Bay Area heard her loud and clear.

And if they're anything like me, upon hearing those words, it finally sank in. "Holy fuck. We might be sending one of our own to the White House." When her extended family walked out on stage, many of us saw exactly how our families look... from everywhere and American.

We saw history in the making last night. Hell yes and I am here for it. I just donated again to Mastodon for Harris-Walz. I'm picking a few state offices to chip in to also. I previously did North Carolina and Michigan. Any suggestions on states that might yield some surprising down ballot benefits?

https://secure.actblue.com/donate/mastodon-for-harris

SUPER MONO PIC

https://cjs-wunderkammer.ghost.io/picture-a-day-aug-2/