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By Marjorie BlackwellPublished: November, 2006 This year’s Grand Award is equally shared by two neighborhood efforts to reclaim their streets from the blight and danger of heavy through traffic. Both projects involve thoroughfares in San Francisco, and both owe their success to countless volunteer hours on the part of community residents, and the professional expertise […]
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Published: October, 2006 Photos by Loren Earle-Cruikshanks. www.lecphoto.com
Beauty, Amanda Abreau, screams as her seacreature beast, Bryan Johnson, gets a little too close. Shot on location on the docks of the Hanjin Terminal in Oakland. See page 19. Photo by Loren Earle-Cruikshanks. www.lecphoto.com
Published: October, 2006 Gridley’s hopes of translating Fresno into offices or a museum never gelled, and time and rust overcame Fresno. As Bay Crossings went to press the wrecker’s ball was poised over Fresno; valiant efforts to save her by Gridley’s son, Phil Wright, and dedicated volunteers notwithstanding. Bay Crossings stepped in to preserve her […]
By JB PowellPublished: October, 2006 On Sept. 8, just days before arguments were to be heard in San Francisco Superior Court, local activist group Citizens to Save the Waterfront abandoned their lawsuit against Alcatraz Cruises, a subsidiary of Hornblower Yachts. The group had sought to block Hornblower from beginning their new ferry service to The […]
By Bill PicturePublished: October, 2006 What the City of Hercules, the San Francisco Bay Water Transit Authority (WTA) and the Union Pacific Railroad envision is a single terminal that will link ferry service and rail service with existing bus service in West Contra Costa County. If you arrive by bus or walk in from the […]
Published: October, 2006 So I see another equally queasy subject here that requires our attention. One that the media does not address adequately (it is not a PC topic). One that is clearly taboo to express openly. It is that of over-population. The issue of open space goes beyond the scope of just one geographical […]
Published: October, 2006 Bay Celebration is a two-deck, riverboat style vessel powered by twin diesels engines. Its two decks are comprised of a completely enclosed, climate controlled lower deck and a partially enclosed upper deck. There is room for dancing. Wheel chair access with dock level boarding. Full bar service and state-of-the-art sound system. Reserve […]
Published: October, 2006 Carsharing is a great complement to public transit, carpooling, bicycling or walking whenever you need a car – and one hourly rate covers gas, insurance and unlimited miles. Two carsharing vehicles are located in Jack London Square adjacent to the Wells Fargo ATM. Vehicle choices are a Honda Civic Hybrid and Honda […]