News from the Community and the Natural World.

Presents news briefs on issues related to the community and nature in the San Francisco Bay Area, California, as of September 2003. Entry of a southern resident killer whale in Monterey Bay; Reviews three books about beaches and tidepools; Information on guided tourist encounters with great white sharks; Plans of the urban environmental education and youth empowerment organization Literacy for Environmental Justice to build in San Francisco's Heron's Head Park an eco-efficient Living Classroom and gardens, including a garden of plants traditionally used by the area's original Ohlone inhabitants; Treasure Island development; Open space requirements versus affordable housing in the Dougherty Valley development in San Ramon. INSET: More Dams Coming?.