By Ron Leuty Reporter- San Francisco Business Times Apr 15, 2013, 1:10pm PD Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. will buy Life Technologies Corp. — formed only four years ago with the merger of Foster City’s Applied Biosystems Inc. and Invitrogen Corp. —…
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Green Bridges for Animal Safety
We had some news from an ESC friend, “FYI, a dead coyote on the 280 southbound to 380 under crossing. A big coyote” We’ve had discussion on our Facebook page before about ‘green bridges’, such as this one in Germany…
Traffic Accident on Hickey Blvd
On the evening of Saturday April 13 Mika Sasaki reported to Everything South City’ Facebook Page of a car crash up on Hickey Blvd and said it was so loud they were afraid to go outside to look, fearing the…
Nursing College transforms South San Francisco Elementary School
Nursing College transforms South San Francisco Elementary School The health care industry is one of the fastest growing businesses in the United States as CNN reported on March 13, 2013; ‘Call it the silver tsunami. Roughly every eight seconds, a…
Celebrate Asian Hertiage Month
Mark those calendars and come join us in celebrating Asian Heritage Month May 17
Bike Commuter of the Year Nominations Due By Monday April 22nd
CATCH A RIDE – LET’S ROLL! April 1-May31st choose a SMARTER way to Commute to work (bicycle, carpool, vanpool, ferry, transit, or walk) a minimum of EIGHT times – PLEDGE NOW & WIN! Earn a $40 incentive, Weekly raffles, Grand…
Care Home on Acacia Robbed Thursday
A fake utility worker ripped off a nurse at the senior care home on the 400 block of Acacia Thursday April 11, 2013 around 3:30pm. South San Francisco Police report the ‘utility worker’ as a white male adult, approximately 50…
Portola Pharmaceuticals seeks $115 million IPO – Ron Leuty Reporting
Portola Pharmaceuticals Inc. will seek $115 million in one of biotech’s largest IPOs this year. Ron Leuty Reporter- San Francisco Business Times The South San Francisco drug developer, long seen as a prime candidate for an initial public offering, said…
South San Francisco’s Sister Cities Committee – JOIN NOW!
Have you ever been interested in working in Japan? Well tonight the South San Francisco’s Sister Cities meeting includes a guest speaker telling us about the JET program. This is an opportunity for college grads to work for a year…
Fire station 63 re-opens while station 65 awaits full staffing
Desperately needing retrofit and renovations, the Fire Station in Buri Buri was closed in November 2011 as a FEMA grant was used to bring this station, known as the ‘Bunker’, up to today’s safety standards. The November 2012 dedication of…