Today, the new Yoshi's in San Francisco opens as the anchor of the new $72 million Fillmore Heritage Center -- a 13-story mixed-use development that also includes a restaurant, gallery/museum and housing. Contra Costa Times 11/24/07
A federal investigation has confirmed that a former high-ranking Bush administration official improperly participated in a decision to remove a Delta fish from the list of endangered species. Julie MacDonald should have recused herself from editing documents affecting Sacramento splittail because the status of the fish could affect her financial interest in an 80-acre farm near Dixon. MacDonald resigned as deputy assistant secretary for fish, wildlife and parks April 30 after a scathing report from the inspector general's office that found she broke rules while granting preferential treatment to industry groups and friends. Contra Costa Times 11/28/07
Although Americans are spending less overall on presents, sales of food gifts grew almost 50 percent to nearly $16 billion from 2004 to 2006 and about one-third of consumers shop for food gifts during the winter holidays, according to a new report. In addition, some food gift companies do as much as 75 percent of their business during the winter holidays. Contra Costa Times 11/23/07
In an effort to reduce the number of bluegills -- an exotic fish brought into the country more than 40 years ago that has been preying on indigenous fish -- in Japanese waters, various attempts are being made in both public and private sectors to encourage people to eat the fish. Contra Costa Times 11/23/07
Popular opinion of ethanol has started a steep descent. A recent study by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development concluded that biofuels "offer a cure [for oil dependence] that is worse than the disease." A National Academy of Sciences study said corn-based ethanol could strain water supplies. Last month, an outside expert advising the United Nations on the "right to food" labeled the use of food crops to make biofuels "a crime against humanity. Wall Street Journal 11/28/07
Federal wildlife regulators will revise seven controversial decisions on endangered species and critical habitat made by an Interior Department political appointee who quit in the spring amid charges of improper meddling in scientific decisions. LA Times 11/28/07
Local crabbers have started to reload their boats with crab traps, hoping that test results expected by the end of the week will show that wildlife caught in the Bay and the nearby ocean is safe for humans after toxic shipping fuel spilled into the water earlier this month from a container ship. SF Examiner 11/29/07
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