By Wes Starratt, Senior Editor Published: July, 2005 From the former shipbuilding capital of the world in Richmond, to suburbia rising from an old dynamite plant at Hercules, to Oakland, with its lonesome container cranes, and down to the South Bay’s Working Waterfront at Redwood City, you never know what you will find around San […]
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Try a Ferry: Get Hooked
Published: July, 2005 San Francisco Bay Area Water Transit (WTA) Lures Commuters Onto Ferries "Pssst. Hey Buddy. The first one’s free!" No, the WTA isn’t peddling candy or drugs; the addiction they are promoting is very benign. It won’t give you cavities or ruin your life. As part of an aggressive marketing campaign, the WTA […]
The Nature of the Bees
An interview with Serge Labesque, Beekeeper By Bobby Winston, Editor Published: July, 2005 It isn’t yet, but here’s to beekeeping becoming the next yoga. There’s reason for hope, given the raft of books and articles that have appeared lately: "Robbing the Bees" by Holley Bishop and "The Secret Live of Bees" by Susan Kidd, […]
EVENTS, ART & ENTERTAINMENT
Published: July, 2005 ALAMEDA The Alameda Civic Light Opera presents "Man of La Mancha" Kofman Auditorium 2200 Central Ave. July 9 – July 24 "Man of La Mancha," a musical based on the life of Spanish author Miguel Cervantes and his enduring creation, Don Quixote, opens the Alameda Civic Light Opera’s "Summer of Dreams" season […]
Exploratorium
Published: July, 2005 The Nobel Prize: 100 Years of Creativity July 14 – October 2, 2005 Every American child is taught to dream big — to become President, go for the gold, win the Nobel Prize. In a 5,000-square-foot West Coast premier exhibition, the Exploratorium presents a historic overview of the Nobel Prize, which was […]
Artillery Punch
A summertime drink fit for an admiral By Dianne Boate and Robert Meyer Published: July, 2005 No matter how you use the word punch, it clearly means packing a wallop in one direction or another. Since it is summertime, perhaps you would like to astound your guests with something new that is an old, old […]
BAY STYLE BAY BEAUTY
By Lisa Klassen, staff writer Published: July, 2005 Finding an excellent spot to get beauty work done when you don’t know the establishment can be very hit or miss. Any of us who’ve suffered the results of a bad haircut, nail job…or worst of all, a bad wax job, can testify to that! To help […]
Cutting off Water Supplies to California Homes and Farms
Is enough being done to prevent it? Would a peripheral canal be a solution? By Wes Starratt, Senior Editor Published: July, 2005 Last June, 23 million persons throughout in southern California, as well as Santa Clara Valley, Contra Costa County, and other parts of California were cut off from their water supplies for several days […]
Thinking Inside the Cargo Box
Modernized Port: a battle for the mythical town of Oakland (part II) By W. Graham Claytor Published: July, 2005 In 1911, the city of Oakland had finally secured the rights to its own waterfront, after some 61 years of legal wrangling with Horace Carpentier and the hated Southern Pacific Railroad. The question was what to […]
Exploring in June
Published: June, 2005 World Environment Day June 4 & 5 World Environment Day in San Francisco is actually for five days, June 1-5, with city-wide festivities that include special events focusing on urban environmental issues. The Exploratorium gets into the act on June 4 and 5, with films on water (a pure element) and hands-on […]