Shipbuilding and Maintenance

H to the Izzo

Women on the Water

Take a cruise with a real Rosie

Rail Out of Town

Right now, the museum consists mainly of dozens of dusty old train hulls scattered across a splay of disused tracks

Arrested Development

Mayor Brown is pushing for quick approval of a Hunters Point Shipyard redevelopment plan that gives a lot to homebuilding giant Lennar, and not nearly enough to the city or the shipyard's neighbors

Letters to the Editor

Week of October 15, 2003

Glowing Review

The Navy says radiation levels are within federal safety guidelines, but are higher than what is legally acceptable for the property to be transferred

Diseaseville

Asthma, cancer, and other illnesses occur at higher-than-average rates in Hunters Point. Many residents blame the nearby Navy shipyard, one of the most contaminated ex-military bases in the nation.

Mob Rule

Flash mobs: serious social movement or quirky entertainment (or both)?

Hot Story

Navy admits burning 600,000 gallons of radioactive fuel at S.F. shipyard

Hot News

"The first [Historical Radiation Assessment] was rushed .... We should have ... done a better, more thorough job."

Burning Mad

Deciding they just wouldn't take it anymore, Bayview citizens stopped a Navy plan to incinerate toxic gas at Hunters Point Shipyard

Fallout: The Past Is Present

The Nuclear Witnesses

Cold Fête

A fund-raiser for an unusual art space gives new meaning to the term "frozen dinner"

Land Ho

A new deal with the Navy means S.F. supervisors can finally consider accepting part of Hunters Point Shipyard

Slow Sailing

With prodding from Congress, plans to transfer Hunters Point Shipyard land to San Francisco are inching along

Massing Gas

San Francisco asks the Navy to investigate potentially dangerous methane concentrations at Hunters Point Shipyard

Dragon Bites

A Beautiful Day to Be Irradiated; We Have Plenty of Lines Open; Annals of Blowback; Press Release of the Week

Pointed Queries

Three California members of Congress are demanding information from the Navy about radioactive materials at Hunters Point Shipyard

Shame and Courage

The Navy's unconscionable nuclear recklessness and dissembling at Hunters Point should draw the attention of Congress

Chlorine, Benzene, Vinyl Chloride, Trichloroethylene, Beryllium, Nickel, PCBs ...

Even if radioactivity were ignored, Hunters Point Shipyard would be one of the planet's most polluted properties

The Path of Inquiry

How research for this story was conducted

The Documentation

Databases of the original materials used in writing this story

Best Homemade Gourmet Lunch in Hunters Point

The Outback Cafe

Night Crawler

The Outback Cafe

No Fishin'

The Coast Guard busts skippers for angling next to Hunters Point

Dirty Dealings at the Dock

San Francisco is planning to take title to the decommissioned Hunters Point Naval Shipyard before the military completes an environmental cleanup. The move could cost the city hundreds of millions of dollars -- or more.

Waste Case History

San Francisco is planning to take title to the decommissioned Hunters Point Naval Shipyard before the military completes an environmental cleanup. The move could cost the city hundreds of millions of dollars -- or more.

Hey, Sailor!

The untold story of the selling of the USS Missouri

The Rosies of Richmond make riveting subject matter in This World in a Woman's Hands

The untold story of the selling of the USS Missouri

EPA Spanks Lennar With Fines For Dust (But In Arizona, Not Hunters Point)

Oops, they did it again. Lennar, the company that drew activist hellfire for failing to control dust in Bayview during the early stages of its construction at the Hunters Point Shipyard, is now facing fines for similar dust violations in Arizona. The company will have to pay the Environmental Prot ... More >>

Board of Supervisors Decides Future of Hunters Point Naval Shipyard Today

​Hunters Point/Lennar meeting could stretch past the bewitching hour for Board of Supervisors. The San Francisco Board of Supervisors face a long night ahead as they today decide whether to go forward with the redevelopment of Hunters Point Naval Shipyard. Hundreds of millions of dollars in federa ... More >>

Supes Approve Lennar Hunters Point Project

​If you had 1:35 a.m. in your Lennar Hunters Point Naval Shipyard pool as the hour the Board of Supervisors would vote on the massive project -- you're the big winner. The board approved the gargantuan redevelopment plan by an 8-3 vote this morning following at least 10 hours of meetings and oft-i ... More >>

New View for the Bayview

​If you had 1:35 a.m. in your Lennar Hunters Point Naval Shipyard pool as the hour the Board of Supervisors would vote on the massive project -- you're the big winner. The board approved the gargantuan redevelopment plan by an 8-3 vote this morning following at least 10 hours of meetings and oft-i ... More >>