Marin County

deal with the growing concerns of congested roads. In order to address these growing concerns, the state legislature created a 26 person San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit Commission in 1951. The commission was composed of members from nine of the counties surrounding the Bay Area. They were responsible for conducting a study in order to determine the best solution for the area’s transportation needs. In 1957, they suggested that whatever system was implemented, it had to account for future…

Temperatures drop. Security is provided. Spa like grainy particles generate therapeutic emotions. Comfort seeps through the crisp clean air coming from the atmosphere. Esthetic value is supplied and creates a picture of a desirable getaway. The beach. These are just the fundamental objectives of why individuals invest time and money into traveling to the oceans. However, fun in the sun can quickly vanish when concepts like quality of water, sun detection, and possibilities of sand-hole collapses…

authoritarian regimes, violence, disease and technologies of seclusion that produce severe mental instability?” Davis even faced the effects of system herself when she was accused for plotting or conspiring regarding the 1970 armed control of a Marin County, California, court, in which four people were murdered. She was discharged in a government trial after a persistent amount of protests demanding to “Free…

carpenter raped and killed five women in Santa Cruz County and Marin County. On May 10, 1988, a San Diego jury convicted him on five counts of first-degree murder in the death of Richard Stowers, Cynthia Moreland, Shauna May, Diane O'Connell and Anne Henderson. David Carpenter did not leave a signature, he let his…

Thousands of people revile Offit publicly at rallies, on Web sites, and in books. Type pauloffit.com into your browser and you’ll find not Offit’s official site but an anti-Offit screed “dedicated to exposing the truth about the vaccine industry’s most well-paid spokesperson.” Go to Wikipedia to read his bio and, as often as not, someone will have tampered with the page. The section on Offit’s education was once altered to say that he’d studied on a pig farm in Toad Suck, Arkansas. (He’s a…

National Parks has a volunteer program which helps conserve parkland dedicated to the community and environment. The Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy offer volunteer programs to many parks around the bay area, such as Presidio of San Francisco, Marin County…

The 13th is a documentary by Ava DuVernay, who provides a realistic representation of our current criminal justice system and the people in it. The documentary follows the chronological progression of events that lead to our current criminal justice system, starting from the beginning of the twentieth century and ending in modern times. Representatives from both sides of the issues presented were brought forth and their stories were told, even Newt Gingrich had progressive things to say about…

Angela Davis: An Autobiography Better known as a prominent figure in the Black Panther Party, Angela Davis is a well known radical leftist and a member of the Communist Party USA. She was a professor at UCLA, which then California Governor Ronald Regan urged the Board of Regents of the University of California to fire her for her Communist affiliations. However, she fought them in court and it was ruled the Regents could not fire Davis solely because of her affiliations with the Communist Party.…

Knowing that success does not happen by chance and the example of Bill Gates, I can take advantage of the fact that I am fortunate enough to live in Marin County where there is more than ample opportunity to get a good education and strive for my goals (Which is to become a nurse practitioner). The second point which is that “success takes very hard work” I can apply myself and focus on my goal of becoming…

Marvin Marin English 111 Professor Emma Trelles May 4, 2017 True Colors The statement by Pablo Picasso that “Art is a lie that makes us realize the truth” is a true representation of the plays Trifles and Anna in The Tropics. The society preaches equality and fairness in role distribution between both genders, with the aim of promoting co existence among them. In both plays, Trifles and Anna in The Tropics, the script writers presents how males have been dominant in both plays. Susan Glaspell,…