Новости за 16.04.2015

Sardine fishing on the West Coast, already set to end June 30, could be banned within weeks because of concerns that the silvery fish’s population has dropped below sustainable levels. The Pacific Fishery Management Council late Wednesday voted to recommend an immediate end to sardine fishing this season. While the council’s vote was advisory, the track record is that its recommendations resonate with the Fisheries Service, according to attorney Andrea Treece of the environmental advocacy group Earthjustice.

Bailey informed the Board of Trustees of the Corporation of Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco of his departure at its regular meeting Wednesday. The board then named Deputy Director Richard Benefield as chief operating officer while a national search is conducted for a new director. Bailey was hired away from the Frick in June 2013 to run the Fine Arts Museums (FAMSF), umbrella for the de Young Museum in Golden Gate Park and the Legion of Honor in Lincoln Park, both owned and operated by the city and county of San Francisco. Читать дальше...

In an unprecedented move, more than 100 prominent Roman Catholic donors and church members signed a full-page ad running Thursday in The Chronicle that calls on Pope Francis to replace San Francisco Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone for fostering “an atmosphere of division and intolerance.” The plea follows months of dissent within the archdiocese over Cordileone’s emphasis on traditional, conservative church doctrine — including asking high school teachers and staffers at Catholic schools to sign... Читать дальше...

Regular gamblers say that if you like table games and you want to make your money last, pai gow poker is the game to play. Because the game requires the dealer to beat you in two separate hands, it results in a lot of pushes, meaning you can play with a limited bankroll for hours. Almost every pai gow table gives players the option to act as banker — when the player becomes the house, or “bank,” and the dealer becomes another player. In order to “bank,” a player must have enough chips to pay all of the winners at the table. Читать дальше...