Published: August, 2006 Hold on to your chilidogs Indy Car is here. Learn about the gear, the rules, the points and the physical exptremes drivers endure, learn the Indy Car song and sing it as you endure the traffic on the way to the race. Sun., Aug. 27, 12:30PM. www.indycar.com The air & wine […]
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Watching for Shapes and Signals in the Fog
By Kimmie HaworthPublished: July, 2006 The Topsail schooner, Californian appeared out of the mist like a ghost from the past. With her square sails and impressive size, it was obvious she was not of this century, and the fact that we had no prior indication of her presence made the experience all the more eerie. […]
View from the Helm: Oh say can you see
By Ed & Pam McGrathPublished: July, 2006 There are numerous 4th of July fireworks displays around The Bay. All you have to do is plant yourself or be floating in the right place. It’s pretty exciting to be out on the water watching the sky explode into a dazzling display of lights. Well, that is, […]
West Oakland Flames
THE CRUCIBLE PREPARES FOR THE SIXTH ANNUAL FINE ARTS FESTIVAL By Bill PicturePublished: July, 2006 For residents of West Oakland, the sky-scorching flame-bursts and heavens-reaching lightning-crackles lighting up the night sky above Seventh Street on July 14 & 15 can mean only one thing – it’s time, once again, for The Crucible’s annual Fire Arts Festival. […]
Change in the Air
Published: July, 2006 Thousands of Bay Area travelers in June to rode public transit free of charge on the first Spare the Air Day of the 2006 summer smog season. The free transit offer is designed to get drivers out of their cars on hot days with potentially high levels of air pollution. The Metropolitan […]
Bar Forecasting for Bay Area Boaters
By Shawn Weagle and Mark Strobin, National Weather ServicePublished: July, 2006 The National Weather Service San Francisco Bay Area Forecast Office is working together with the Coast Guard and the local marine community to make the waters outside the Golden Gate safer for mariners. A new marine forecast has been developed for the San Francisco […]
Vallejo Baylink Ferry Celebrates Anniversary, Fetes 6-Millionth Passenger
Published: July, 2006 Vallejo’s storied Baylink Ferry threw itself a bash June 15th to mark 20 years of service and pulled passenger Jess Manibusan out of line to honor him as the six millionth passenger. Vallejo service actually stretches back over a hundred years, but its modern incarnation is due to the fiery activism of […]
Solano Vote Axes Fourth Vallejo Ferry
By Kristen BolePublished: July, 2006 Not everyone gets to celebrate 20 successful years in business by having investors cut their funds. But that’s the fate that voters just handed the Vallejo Baylink Ferry system. Solano County voters resoundingly defeated Measure H in the June 6 election, which would have raised the county’s sales tax a […]
Hunter’s Point Tests Tall Redevelopment Plans
By Bill PicturePublished: July, 2006 A red flag went up recently for those keeping an eye on the goings-on at the Hunters Point Shipyard, when Kofi Bonner, president of Lennar’s Northern California urban land division, indicated that the Miami-based developer wished to make changes to the already agreed-upon plan for the first phase of redevelopment. […]
GREEN LIGHT FOR OAK TO 9TH
By Kristen BolePublished: July, 2006 The Oakland City Council has given a green light to the controversial Oak to 9th development project on the city’s waterfront just south of Jack London Square. The project, which aims to convert 64 acres of unusable maritime land into a mixed-use waterfront neighborhood, landed the approval after five years […]