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...might include as many as 30 members, "and they've been told it's possible that they're on their way to France or other European countries." Investigators have not ruled out the possibility that the conspiracy may reach into the U.S. LaRae Quy, the fbi spokeswoman in San Francisco, says the bureau is "concerned the cell may be in contact with individuals here in the U.S. We are concerned there may be copycats." Finding them won't be easy. The London bombers were what law-enforcement officials call "cleanskins" - people with little or nothing on their records to raise...
...replaced? Would that make their removal politically palatable? In a thick report on Hetch Hetchy released last fall, Environmental Defense argued that there are alternative ways to provide both the water and the power currently supplied by the O'Shaughnessy Dam. In one scenario, for example, the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission would shift its water storage over to the Don Pedro Reservoir, lower down on the Tuolumne River, which feeds the Hetch Hetchy System. But that could be tricky. Don Pedro belongs to the Turlock and Modesto Irrigation Districts, and those districts (whose rights to water from the Tuolumne...
...cost of retrofitting the Hetch Hetchy system, and who would pay for it, are other sticky issues. The total price tag for replacing the water and power that the O'Shaughnessy Dam provides, according to Environmental Defense, ranges from $500 million to $1.5 billion. The San Francisco Public Utilities Commission believes that the cost will be far higher, however--at least $8 billion if removal of the dam is included. Either way, it's a big chunk of change. By contrast, the cost of removing the Edwards Dam was just $3 million; it is estimated that taking out the Elwha...
...LIGHTS OUT A new green-purchasing law requires San Francisco to buy low-mercury light bulbs and use arsenic-free wood on playgrounds...
...calm, professional response he saw on the streets. But no part of him was surprised: "The attack was exactly what we were expecting back in the mid-'90s." --Reported by Jessica Carsen/London, John Flowers, Stephen Handelman and Nathan Thornburgh/ New York, Noah Isackson/ Chicago, Laura A. Locke/ San Francisco and Mark Thompson/ Washington