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By James FisherPublished: August, 2006 If non-profit group Historic Ships Memorial at Pacific Square has its way, Vallejo Baylink Ferry riders may soon be treated to views of the battleship USS Iowa as they arrive at the Vallejo ferry building. The group has been working to obtain the IOWA to create a museum for the […]
Published: August, 2006 73 Local Arts Groups and Artists to Receive Support Oakland.CA – The Oakland City Council approved $1.1 million in fiscal year 2006-07 grants to Oakland-based nonprofit organizations and individual artists through the City’s Cultural Funding Program. The Cultural Funding Program will distribute $1,180,262 in grants ranging from $4,000 to $74,140 to 73 […]
Published: August, 2006 The Oakland Metro Operahouse is a black-box theater located the corner of 2nd St. and Broadway, downtown, just one block from Jack London Square. Oakland Metro opened on Dec.1, 2001 with the Oakland Opera Theater’s production of Gertrude Stein’s Four Saints in Three Acts. This non-profit arts space / live performance venue […]
Seascape One, Future Living Designed to Serve, Sail, Sustain By Bill PicturePublished: August, 2006 For the last fifteen years, Bay Area resident David Grassi has dreamed of one-day creating his own floating utopia. Inspired by the all-in-one experience afforded by today’s cruise ship lines, Grassi’s Seascape One project is a floating community with thousands of […]
Published: August, 2006 Point Reyes, CA – Gas prices at or above $3 a gallon, sweltering heat, need a break from work, looking for a place to relax and reenergize? Point Reyes is just the tonic you’re looking for. Only a short drive from San Francisco and other communities in Northern CA, Point Reyes is […]
By Brenda KahnPublished: August, 2006 No fare! Thanks for sparing the air. That’s the upbeat message that greeted transit riders throughout the nine-county San Francisco Bay Area during a three-day smog alert in late June. The free-ride promotion proved to be so popular that the Metropolitan Transportation Commission and the Bay Area Air Quality Management […]
By John GoodwinPublished: August, 2006 With the Bay Area’s fleet of ferries, buses and railcars rapidly aging, local streets increasingly pockmarked by potholes and congestion at the region’s most notorious freeway bottlenecks going from bad to worse, the upcoming November statewide election — and its nearly $20 billion transportation infrastructure bond measure — certainly comes […]
Denise’s Top Picks for Best Places Around the Bay to Begin Living the Ultimate Waterfront Lifestyle By Denise DohognePublished: August, 2006 There’s nothing like the serenity of relaxing at home at the end of the day, sipping a glass of wine, while watching the sunset over the water. Or as enjoyable as having friends and […]
By Scott HargisPublished: August, 2006 When you first walk into the Grandstands at Infineon Speedway, in Sonoma, your first impression is that it’s much like any other sports venue. You walk through a dimly lit, concrete tunnel lined with food vendors, souvenir stands and filled with families clutching their tickets and looking for the restrooms. […]
By Kimmie HaworthPublished: August, 2006 Have you ever wished you could be out on the water on a beautiful day? Seeing all of the boats that cover the bay on weekends is one of the joys of living in the Bay Area. Well now, you can be part of the action, and for very little […]