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Yerba Buena Island |
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Yerba Buena Island, 300 acres (121 hectares), W Calif., in San Francisco Bay. It is the midpoint of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge, which crosses the island through a tunnel. On the island are several government installations, including a lighthouse service and a naval training station. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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The US Naval Base at Yerba Buena Island in San Francisco Bay (12) and the mining town of Gunnison, Colorado (13), also offer potential lessons for contemporary pandemic influenza preparedness planning. Some 340 West Coast Sea Scouts from Seattle to Southern California met at Coast Guard Station Yerba Buena Island for training in damage control, flare launching, law enforcement rules, emergency pipe repair, fire extinguisher training, pumps and dewatering, and man overboard recovery. The development bill, sought by San Francisco Mayor Willie Brown, the former Assembly speaker, allows a newly created Treasure Island Development Authority to serve as the lead agency to develop Treasure and Yerba Buena islands. |
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