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Weekend construction to impact air travel at SFO, Oakland International

Travelers arriving at San Francisco International Airport this weekend should expect delays because of the closure of one of two main arrival runways, airport officials said today.

Runway 28L will be closed from 8 p.m. today through 8 a.m. Monday to allow construction crews to modify lighting and signs and install infrastructure for new runway status lights, according to airport spokesman Mike McCarron.

The closure will cut the arrival rate in half at the airport, from 60 aircrafts per hour to 30, McCarron said in a statement.

Travelers should expect delays during peak arrival times, especially for flights originating within two hours of SFO.

Travelers expecting to fly in or out of SFO this weekend should contact their airline regarding possible delays. The SFO website also has information on arrivals and departures.

The runway closure and construction are the first part of a federally mandated runway safety project. The project is expected to be completed by the fall of 2014.

Across the Bay, Oakland International will also restrict one of its main runways Saturday and Sunday overnight for taxiway reconstruction.

North Field runways will be used for flights arriving between 8 p.m. until 6 a.m. the following morning. Travelers should not notice a big change, but residents south of the airport could see unusual traffic patterns.

Travelers can check the Oakland International Airport website for any delays.

_{Fri, 01 Jun 2012 16:21:02 -0700}

Cookbook returned to Presidio branch library more than 37 years past due

A Creole cookbook was returned to the San Francisco Public Library Friday more than 37 years overdue.

The book, "American Cooking: Creole and Acadian" by Peter Feibleman, was returned by mail to the Presidio Branch Library from an address in San Rafael, said branch manager Megan Anderson.

It came complete with the original checkout slip from the Presidio Branch showing a due date of Nov. 27, 1974, and a yellow post-it note.

"Dear SF Library," the note read. "Sorry we had this for so long! KC."

Anderson said there would be no fine, and that she appreciated KC's desire to do the right thing.

"No fine, no harm, no foul," she said. "At this point there wouldn't be any fine for a book that was probably borrowed by a parent or grandparent."

Anderson did find some pleasure, however, in speculating on which recipes the borrower might have cooked.

"It looks really cool. 'Voodoo Soup' is one of the recipes here," she noted, flipping through the pages. "Here's a stain on gumbo -- I bet they made gumbo."

The library still has another copy of the cookbook in its collection, so no one was deprived of the chance to use it during its extended absence, Anderson said.

It's not the first time a long overdue book has been returned to the Presidio Library, a small neighborhood branch dating to 1921 that was renovated just last year.

San Francisco Public Library spokeswoman Michelle Jeffers said when the library system held an amnesty program for overdue books in 2009, the oldest book recovered came from the Presidio Library. It dated to 1964.

"I asked Megan, 'What's the deal with your branch?'" Jeffers said. "And she just said, 'They're really honest.'"

"Apparently we have the most conscientious branch," Anderson said. "But poor time management."

_{Fri, 01 Jun 2012 16:10:30 -0700}

Ross voters to choose council members in unprecedented write-in candidate race

 Five Ross residents have filed as write-in candidates for three vacant seats on the Town Council in Tuesday's election.

Ross Town Clerk Linda Lopez said the five write-in candidates took out the necessary paperwork to run for election in recent weeks, and their names will not appear on the ballot -- so, voters who support them must add their names manually.

"There will be three blank lines on the ballot," Lopez said.

Lopez said this is the first time that only write-in candidates are running for open seats on the Town Council. No candidates had filed to run by the March 14 deadline to be listed on the ballot.

The candidates are P. Beach Kuhl, Jed Nelson, Barbara Call, Elizabeth Brekhus and Kathleen Hoertkorn, Lopez said.

Three of the candidates will fill the seats of outgoing Councilmen R. Scot Hunter, Richard Kent Strauss and Christopher Martin. The other two current council members are Mayor Carla Small and R. Rupert Russell. Their terms expire in 2014.

Dan Miller, who provides candidates' filing services with the Marin County Registrar of Voters, said it is unprecedented in the county to have no one officially file to be on the ballot for a race.

"Usually we get at least one person," Miller said.

In the April 6 town newsletter, "The Morning After," Mayor Small encouraged Ross residents to file as a write-in candidate for the three available council seats.

"This is a great opportunity to give back to your community and make a difference," Small said.

There are 1,587 registered voters in Ross, a 1.6-square-mile rural enclave of Marin County with a population of 2,401.

On Tuesday, Ross voters will also consider Measure C, which would replace a municipal services tax in effect since 1984 with a public safety tax.

The tax, which would be used only for public safety only and would expire on June 30, 2016, requires two-thirds approval.

The maximum tax rate is $1,000 per approved parcel. The Town Council determines the amount of the tax each year after a public hearing. It has been $775 per parcel since 2007.

It would raise $642,000 and make up nearly 19 percent of the $3.4 million spent on police and fire services, or 13 percent of the overall general fund budget.

Proponents of Measure C say that without the tax, two police officer positions and a firefighting position would be eliminated.

The tax appears as a general-purpose tax on property tax bills.

_{Fri, 01 Jun 2012 16:00:45 -0700}

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