By courtesy of the US Air Force, a C5A plane will arrive from Italy at Moffett Field any day now, carrying a coil for the BaBar detector. Scheduled arrival is sometime between Nov 25 and Dec 1. The BaBar coils weighs about 15 tons and is about 4 meters in diameter.
Local hotels have raised their prices, driven up by market forces, they say.
Contact Ute Hayes in SLAC housing if you know of someone who has a room to rent for a few days or a few weeks.