Greg Scott, Livermore
Since it is so convenient for the Tri-Valley Conservancy to sign up to monitor the proposed Aramis Solar Project in the North Livermore Valley even before the Alameda County Board of Supervisors informed approval of the project, I have a modest proposal: Tri-Valley Conservancy needs to monitor the metagenomics of the soil bacteria of the site.
Metagenomics, also called environmental genomics, studies the genetic material directly from the field. Soil bacteria are a critical and seminal basis of the food web, and by monitoring the soil bacteria, Tri-Valley Conservancy would get a good idea of the health of, and effects to, the Aramis Solar Project local ecosystem. These will have broad ramifications for the overall ecosystem of the entire North Livermore Valley.
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An appeals hearing for another controversial solar project proposed for North Livermore will take place this Thursday, April 22, beginning at 9 a.m.
The Alameda County Board of Supervisors will hold a public hearing to consider the appeals of Friends of Livermore, Friends of Open Space and Vineyards, John and Jackie Bowles, and Save North Livermore Valley from the decision of the East County Board of Zoning Adjustments to certify the final environmental impact report and approve the conditional use permit application for the Sunwalker project.
The project will construct, operate and maintain a solar photovoltaic facility covering 59 acres of a 71-acre parcel at 4871 N. Livermore Ave.
Bo Tefu | California Black Media
(CBM) – California is taking steps to reopen its economy on June 15. The plans are underway as leaders in public health and local government come up with the next steps in the state’s COVID-19 pandemic recovery.
Efforts to reopen the state are, “driven by the health and science to help nonprofit community organizations and businesses get back on track,” said Dee Dee Myers, director of the Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development (GO-Biz).
So far, the state has administered 22 million vaccines since it expanded its efforts to immunize everyone in California against COVID-19. A fifth of the vaccine doses were allocated to communities most impacted by the pandemic. According to the California Health and Human Services Agency (CHHS), the number of hospitalizations has declined as testing increases and vaccine eligibility expands.
Last week, Governor Gavin Newsom announced that the Oakland Coliseum technically now RingCentral Coliseum mass vaccination site will continue operating for four more weeks past its scheduled sunset date, which was on April 11.