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Trail Race @ San Pedro Valley Park, July 5

Ultramarathon in San Pedro Valley county park on Sunday, July 5, starting around 8 a.m.

The Devil's in the Details: Pacifica Fireworks Law

Patricia Delich noticed that two different ads in the July 1 Pacifica Tribune had confusing information about fines for illegal fireworks. But the front-page news story quoted the actual city ordinance: minimum fine for using illegal fireworks is $200 for the first offense, $400 for the second offense, and $1,000 for the third offense. The minimum fine for possessing under 25 pounds of illegal fireworks is $1,000. For the full ordinance, see CITY OF PACIFICA

(John Maybury photo: guerrilla art, Sanchez Art Center)

Fireworks on the Sun

The sun is putting on its own 4th of July fireworks show. A new sunspot is rapidly emerging in the sun's southern hemisphere and it is crackling with B-class solar flares. The magnetic polarity of sunspot 1024 identifies it as a member of new Solar Cycle 24. It appears to be the best offering yet of the young solar cycle. Check SPACE WEATHER for images and updates.

KFC Crash: Why Did the Chicken Cross the Road?

Mark Stechbart reports that a motorist ran into the former Kentucky Fried Chicken restaurant on Highway 1 in Rockaway Beach. Skid marks and debris remain on the northbound side of the road, crossing westward just before the beginning of the median traffic barrier and into the empty building, as evidenced by a damaged fence and plywood on the side of the building. Reports indicate that The Colonel was not in the house at the time of the incident.

Born Again American: A New Kind of Patriotism

BORN AGAIN AMERICAN

Nowhere to Go? Nothing to Do? Click Our Event Calendar and Get a Life

Click EVENT CALENDAR for concerts, hikes, programs, classes, and other community news and events, all listed in chronological order (scroll, baby, scroll!). Don't let life pass you by. Get on Riptide.

Pacifica to Iranian Protesters: We Stand with You

"Tell our Iranian friends they are not alone. We stand with them," says Pacifican Larry DeMartini, who flies his Stars and Stripes with a strip of green to honor pro-democracy protesters in Tehran. (This item posted on Facebook.)

July 2009 Labor Fest: Politics, Art, Community

LABOR FEST 2009

     

State Water Board Grants Available for Cleanups

The State Water Board has announced the availability of OSCF grant funding, up to $1.5 million per project for cleanup of brownfield sites contaminated by Petroleum Underground Storage Tanks. For information, contact Judy Reid (below) or click OSCF

Judy Reid, Associate Government Program Analyst
Orphan Site Cleanup Fund
1001 I Street, 17th Floor
Sacramento, CA 94244
916.341.5760
jreid@waterboards.ca.gov

The Center for Creative Land Recycling (CCLR or "see clear") is a nonprofit organization focused on creating sustainable communities by identifying and implementing responsible patterns of land use and development. Our work is accomplished through training, technical assistance, and funding for communities that are attempting to recycle vacant or environmentally distressed properties, commonly known as brownfields.

 [forwarded by Cynthia Montanez]

 

Luigi Came Through Big-Time for War Vets and Pacifica Military Moms

Luigi's Italian Restaurant was mobbed ("OHHHHHHH") July 2, giving full credit for all orders picked up, delivered, or for dining in. This fundraiser was to help Pacifica Military Moms support the wounded veterans at Palo Alto VA Hospital by way of entertainment (gift cards for movie theaters that their caretakers or visiting family members can bring them to), summertime BBQs, and food brought in from local restaurants. Don’t forget to check out the updated website at PACIFICA MILITARY MOMS. They have been receiving "thank you" notes from the troops serving overseas, acknowledging the 121 care packages that the group sent out June 14. Debbie Smyser says the group will meet with the Pacifica firefighters on Linda Mar Blvd. soon to finalize a plan to gather donations and send care packages to the troops once a month (on a weeknight). This also includes collection sites at two other Pacifica firehouses, four firehouses in Daly City, and one in Brisbane! Plans will unfold on PACIFICA MILITARY MOMS, in the Pacifica Tribune, and here on Riptide after the meeting with the firefighters.