California levees get poor ratings (Siskiyou Daily News)
SACRAMENTO (AP) ? Thirty-seven levees from Chico to Santa Maria are at risk of failing because of poor maintenance ? far more than in any other state, according to a list released Thursday by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers....more...Bike Racers Gear Up With Geodata (Wired News)
New geolocation devices worn by cyclists in the Amgen Tour of California let you follow the race in your browser. By Michael Calore. ...more... Sponsorship, testing and the Tour: A conversation with Slipstream owner Doug Ellis (Velo News)
The professional continental team Slipstream-Chipotle (formerly TIAA-CREF) is heading to the Amgen Tour of California happy to know that it will also participate in this year's the prestigious Criterium International stage race....more... Race Goes High-Tech (The Gilroy Dispatch)
Gilroy - The future is now in cycling, at least for those who want to follow some of the bigger races on their computers. When the second Amgen Tour of California begins Sunday, anyone with Internet capabilities will be able to follow riders and teams throughout the eight-day, 650-mile race....more... Santa Barbara County Creates Meth Prevention Network (KSBY San Luis Obispo)
Methamphetamine use is a problem bigger than any county in California can handle. The California Department of Alcohol and Drug Programs created maps of the state, separated by counties. The one on the left shows alcohol, which is represented in blue, as the biggest problem in 2000-2001....more... Scoping begins on Orleans Community Fuels Reduction Project (Siskiyou Daily News)
EUREKA ? After a year of roundtable public meetings with community members, environmental groups, timber industry, and the Karuk Tribe of California, scoping has begun on the Orleans Community Fuels Reduction and Forest Health (OCFR) Project to start the NEPA process....more... Google Earth gets overlay search feature (InfoWorld)
( InfoWorld ) - Google has created a searchable index of Google Earth data files, a feature that should make it easier for users to find and adopt third-party overlays for this popular mapping application. Google Earth's search engine now returns KML (Keyhole Markup Language) files which developers have created to add data to the application's maps, the Mountain View, California, company ......more... Movoto's California Real Estate Web Search Expands (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
REDWOOD CITY, Calif.---- www.movoto.com , the spot on the internet to find and buy a home in the San Francisco Bay Area, today announced expansion to California's Monterey, Santa Cruz and San Benito counties....more... by john dodge (The Olympian)
The popular hobby of bird watching just got easier on the Olympic Peninsula. Audubon Washington unveiled on Wednesday the fourth of seven birding trail maps designed to help state residents and tourists find prime-time birding experiences as they travel around the state....more... |