Email Author Alastair Bland

2009 Stories by Alastair Bland

• Local Warming: Climate change comes to S.F.

  published December 16, 2009

  Never mind the frigid mornings last week. Bay Area naturalists say the effects of climate change may be appearing in San Francisco as warmer,... More >>

• Higher stadium fees drive recreational soccer leagues from S.F. to the suburbs

  published August 26, 2009

  For decades, dozens of teams with the Golden Gate Women's Soccer League and the men's San Francisco Soccer Football League played their home... More >>

• Report says peak oil could cause food shortages in S.F.

  published June 17, 2009

  In May, an obscure city advisory group released the results of a 15-month study of San Francisco's vulnerabilities to peak oil, a scenario that... More >>

• Feds take the fun out of fungi hunting at Lands End

  published April 15, 2009

  For decades, members of the Mycological Society of San Francisco have scoured Lands End each rainy season for edibles and collectibles. But in... More >>

• A Horse's Gift

  published April 1, 2009

  The officers of San Francisco's mounted police detail promenade through Golden Gate Park every day in the stateliest style as they watch for... More >>

• A Real Wild One?

  published February 4, 2009

  More and more these days, conscientious consumers are choosing wild-caught fish over farmed. With salmon, for example, most environmentalists... More >>