It’s Appletime Dianne Boate and Robert Meyer Published: October, 2005 Now, it’s the time of year to change into our autumn clothes, colors, and choose from menus of hearty foods and warming drinks. We have taken a particular shine to apple lore and all the amazing things made from apples. Dianne took a flying trip […]
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Sample HALL Wines from the Barrels of the 1885 Winery
Published: October, 2005 When visiting our tasting room here in St. Helena, many guests depart without ever realizing that just a short stroll away sits a part of Napa Valley history quite literally carved in stone. Founded in 1885 by a seafaring captain named William Peterson, the Hall winery site has a long and rich […]
Chinatown Is Haunted
Flashlight tour illuminates neighborhood ghost stories By Bill Picture Published: October, 2005 By day, the streets of San Francisco’s Chinatown are bustling with meandering groups of map-slinging tourists, and locals on their way from the market clutching pink plastic bags with the ingredients for that night’s dinner. But when the sun disappears behind Twin Peaks […]
BOATING EVENT
Published: October, 2005 Teaching New and Old "Sea Dogs" Safe Boating Skills The Peralta Sail and Power Squadron is presenting a public, safe-boating class on Wednesday evenings, beginning October 12. Norm Pennington, District Commander of the United States Sail and Power Squadrons of Northern California, will teach the course. He is also the education officer […]
BOOK REVIEW
19th Century Corsairs Challenged Homeland Security The Pirates Laffite By William C. Davis Harcourt; 706 PAGES; $28.00 By Patrick Burnson Published: October, 2005 While the porous nature of America’s borders continues to be a hot issue in the post-9/11 era, Homeland Security is hardly a new concept. Students of history realize that this nation has […]
WTA Locks in Federal Money for Bay Area Ferry System Expansion
Published: October, 2005 San Francisco — The San Francisco Bay Area Water Transit Authority (WTA) announced that the recently passed federal transportation bill SAFETEA-LU designated the WTA as the recipient of $14 million for ferry boat and terminal construction, while greatly increasing the national fund which provides WTA with significant additional funding each year. For […]
Berg Views Port Sonoma as a Transit Hub
Published: August, 2005 When Bay Crossings, upon hearing that the $286 billion Federal Transportation and Highway Bill includes $20 million for the proposed ferry terminal at Port Sonoma at the mouth of the Petaluma River, we reached into our files and found this unpublished interview with Skip Berg, one of the owners of that property, […]
Wharf Fishermen Protest First Rent Increase in Two Decades
By Wes Starratt, Senior Editor Published: August, 2005 For years, the Port of San Francisco stayed away from any thought of raising rents for the fishermen at the city’s number one tourist attraction, Fisherman’s Wharf. In fact, it has been 20 years, since the fishermen last received an increase in their berth rents, which are […]