Join Our New Fitness Partner Program
We want to pair blind athletes with sighted guides for a wide variety of athletic endeavors – anything from working out at the gym and biking, to running the next half marathon. Interested? Sign Up Here!
Author: Lisamaria Martinez
BART Weekend Travel Delays
There will be minor delays on the Pittsburg/Bay Point line due to track maintenance on the following weekends: August 19 to 22 and August 26 to 29 Start: 9:00 p.m. Friday End: 4:00 a.m. Monday Passengers traveling northbound will experience an estimated 15- to 20-minute delay during the hours work is being performed. Passengers traveling … Continue reading BART Weekend Travel Delays
Wake Up Your Energy and Stretch Into Your Power
Wake up your energy and stretch into your power at Nancy Yates’ special monthly yoga workshop on Saturday, August 20 at the LightHouse, 214 Van Ness Avenue, San Francisco. Contact Brandon Young at 415-694-7372 or byoung@old.lighthouse-sf.org to reserve a spot in advance. Or drop by on Saturday to sign up. There is a suggested donation … Continue reading Wake Up Your Energy and Stretch Into Your Power
Attention, All BART Riders Who Use Red Tickets
By the end of December 2011, red BART tickets for disabled travelers will be discontinued and replaced by the Regional Transit Connection (RTC) ID/Clipper card created for passengers with qualifying disabilities. This card is specially encoded to automatically calculate discounted cash fare or monthly pass fare each time you use it. How do you get … Continue reading Attention, All BART Riders Who Use Red Tickets
Wine Tasting in the Dark
Hoby Wedler, the UC Davis chemistry doctoral student who led our 2011 Enchanted Hills Chemistry Camp, is now doing experiments with organic chemistry. He is deeply curious about how food and beverage flavor and aroma relate to science. For those of you who may be interested in broadening your own chemical knowledge, check out “Tasting … Continue reading Wine Tasting in the Dark
Tuesday, August 16! Got Apps? LightHouse Technology Seminar
If you have an Android or iPhone, come hear about the coolest accessible applications available for your phone. Tune in:
* via http://lbvi.staging.wpengine.com.com/listen.m3u
* via conference call 1 (641) 715-3300. Guest code 453058#
* Attend in person
National Braille Test to be Held at the LightHouse
The National Literary Braille Competency Test will be administered by the National Blindness Professional Certification Board on Thursday, October 13, 2011, at the LightHouse for the Blind, 214 Van Ness Ave., San Francisco. The test is used to measure the level of a person’s ability to read and write contracted literary braille. Candidates who fulfill … Continue reading National Braille Test to be Held at the LightHouse
Alice Chavez Pardini Education Advancement Grant
The San Francisco Chapter of the California Council of the Blind will give a grant of up to $2,500 to a legally blind Bay Area student who can best demonstrate the need to improve his or her educational or employment opportunities. The 2011 Alice Chavez Pardini Education Advancement Grant will be awarded to a legally … Continue reading Alice Chavez Pardini Education Advancement Grant
Video Magnification—For Some Bigger is Better
Adaptations, the LightHouse store, provides a full line of hand-held magnifiers to assist with spot reading. But many times, hand-held magnification isn’t enough. To provide you with assistance in finding possible alternate solutions, Adaptations and our low vision training services can help. That’s because there really is no substitute for holding a device in your … Continue reading Video Magnification—For Some Bigger is Better
Courts Rule in Favor of JetBlue
In a closely watched case against JetBlue Airways, United States federal judge Joseph Spero ruled on August 3, 2011, that state anti-discrimination laws do not apply to airline websites and kiosks Brought by the California Council of the Blind and three blind JetBlue customers, the case pertained to access barriers on JetBlue’s website and the … Continue reading Courts Rule in Favor of JetBlue