2002 Chronicle


• 12/22/2002- Chronicle: Tracking a toxic trail - Long-closed mine identified as largest source of mercury in San Francisco Bay
• 12/19/2002- Chronicle: World's tensions take local toll - AIRPORT: Beleaguered SFO expects less traffic if there's war
• 12/17/2002 - Chronicle: $100 million salt-pond deal sealed with Cargill
• 11/21/2002 - Chronicle: FOLLOW UP - SALT POND SECRECY
• 10/17/2002- Chronicle: Demilitarized zones - Former U.S. bases being converted into wildlife refuges
• 09/27/2002- Chronicle: White House seeks review shortcuts - Environmentalists fear loss of safeguard
• 09/20/2002- Chronicle: Bush speeds up transportation project reviews - SFO hopes runway expansion will be put on list of vital work
• 08/30/2002- Chronicle: Braced for landing - If United Airlines files for Chapter 11, SFO will roll out plan B
• 08/08/2002- Chronicle: Noise over the line - No relief for homes outside SFO's zone
• 08/07/2002- Chronicle: Airport spokesman's ouster -- trail leads back to mayor
• 07/05/2002 - Chronicle: Gordon will stay put as supervisor
• 06/30/2002- Chronicle: More toll increases likely - Price of passage may increase on 7 Bay Area bridges
• 06/28/2002- Chronicle: Quick-to-fight Nevin picks wrong target
• 06/27/2002- Chronicle: LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
•06/26/2002 - Chronicle: Brown has his hands full in picking new S.F. police chief
• 06/25/2002 - Chronicle: Supervisors gut SFO runway expansion study - $5 million yanked, put into reserve
• 06/22/2002 - Chronicle: LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
• 06/22/2002 - Chronicle: Panel votes to cut SFO study funds - Officials argue cuts will hobble review process
• 06/20/2002- Chronicle: Circling the runways
• 06/20/2002- Chronicle: Aviation's big future - SFO, other airports remodeling to make way Airbus' new two-story, 555-passenger plane
• 06/20/2002- Chronicle: Peninsula politicos go to bat for SFO
• 06/19/2002- Chronicle: Nation's air towers may face staff shortages - FAA lacks plan to cope with expected surge in retiring traffic controllers, agency reports
• 06/19/2002- Chronicle: $5 billion plan for new runways at SFO hits dead-end
• 06/08/2002- Chronicle: Questions about salt-pond sale will be answered, officials say
• 06/06/2002- Chronicle: LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
• 06/06/2002- Chronicle: S.F. refuses to admit it's a has-been - Look at high-handed tactics on salt ponds
• 06/02/2002- Chronicle: O'Donoghue's latest tiff - Runways lurk behind salt-pond deal - $100 million slated for restoration may come with hook
• 05/31/2002- Chronicle: Mineta talks about SFO, transit plans
• 05/31/2002- Chronicle: Time to rein in spending at SFO
• 05/15/2002- Chronicle: SFO allows consultants lavish perks - Lavish perks for SFO runway consultants
• 05/12/2002- Chronicle: Equal access to pols? Ha, ha
• 05/08/2002- Chronicle: Little lobbyists to protest at Capitol
• 05/06/2002 - Chronicle: S.F. airport paying runaway bills for runway lobbyists
• 04/23/2002 - Chronicle: Taking it easy on the planet - Bay Area honors Earth with loud marches, quiet cars
• 04/23/2002 - Chronicle: Rallies, cleanups mark Earth Day - Bush and Gore clash over president's 'Clear Skies' proposal
• 04/13/2002 - Chronicle: LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
• 04/12/2002 - Chronicle: Wait for study results on SFO runway
• 04/09/2002 - Chronicle: LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
• 04/05/2002 - Chronicle: Dredging plan for SFO raises ire - Huge sand-mining operation called environmentally risky
• 03/27/2002 - Chronicle: Salt ponds could become wetlands - 4 foundations may join to buy huge South Bay expanse
• 02/28/2002 - Chronicle: Something's fishy about airport plan - 82 pollution citations can't all be a mistake
• 02/26/2002 - Chronicle: LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
• 02/25/2002 - Chronicle: LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
• 02/22/2002 - Chronicle: S.F. Bay vs. SFO -- can both win?
• 02/20/2002 - Chronicle: S.F. airport slashes plans for expansion - Drop in revenue after attacks cuts next year's budget by 23%
• 02/19/2002 - Chronicle: Save the environment -- don't pave S.F. Bay
•02/13/2002 - Chronicle: 9-11 hit Bay airports hard - Big recovery expected later this year
• 02/12/2002 - Chronicle: SFO's ailing sewage system taints bay again - Cyanide release, 82nd violation since 1995, caused by heavy rain
• 02/04/2002 - Chronicle: LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
•02/01/2002 - Chronicle: LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
•01/25/2002 - Chronicle: Cultivating a deal - Skaggs Island hay farmer holds key for trade-off plan to expand SFO runways
•01/24/2002 - Chronicle: SFO gets high marks for safety - Oakland scores lower in incidents on runways