By Lisa Klassen Published: April, 2005 Sometimes we can be just a little careless about how we treat our waters. The effects of polluting oceans aren’t as immediately visible as say, dropping garbage on the ground, and it’s a lot harder to tell when we’ve been abusing the ocean’s abundance. Just because we can’t always […]
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Bay Crossings Calendar
Published: March, 2005 Mar 1-31 Spirits Soar at the Alameda Marketplace Starting with First Friday and running through the month of March, enjoy “Shared Spirits” at the Alameda Marketplace, featuring artist Barbara Davis. She explores the shared spirit of spaces and the beings that inhabit them. Barbara’s paintings are mixed-media works with layers of acrylic […]
Limits for No Limit
Published: March, 2005 Liquid gold of San Francisco Bay has turned to silver, but the fleets come back for more. December to March, the stiff limits for the fleet keep carefully managed herring schools healthy in San Francisco Bay. There are 388 permits given out on a limited schedule for weekday fishing only, in designated […]
b.a.y. fund is Red Hot
Published: March, 2005 The Red Hot Ball on Friday, February 25, was a first-class hit in its fourth year, raising more than $40,000 to benefit the children of the b.a.y. fund, as well as their summer enrichment program. The Red Hot Hip Hop, which occurred two hours prior to the ball, allowed the children of […]
By the Ways
Published: March, 2005 Ever watched steaming oak ribs inserted into the spine of an old wooden boat? Or witnessed the pouring of molten bronze into a sand mold? These are just a few of the traditional processes that are employed by the skilled shipwrights here on the Sausalito waterfront. But there is more to it […]
Libations BEER
Published: March, 2005 We have talked off and on about writing about beer. But when it comes down to doing it, the size and scope of the subject is formidable. It has been around a long, long time and almost every country in the world makes it. Line up ten people about their favorite beer […]
Bay Crossings Working Waterfront
Published: March, 2005 The newest winery in Alameda, located near the estuary shore leading to San Francisco Bay, is Hello Wines. The new winery has a perfect location for day tripping and home-bound ferry travelers. The Alameda ferry dock is their next door neighbor. John Caracciolo is the owner of Hello Wines. At 36, John […]
Bay Crossings Cuisine
Published: March, 2005 On the west side of Alameda, on the eastern corner of Central, is The New Zealander, Webster Street’s newest restaurant, bringing a bit of down-under to the Bay Area. The building was built in 1879, and became Croll’s in 1885. Windows facing Webster and Central give it an open feeling. Maori and […]
Alameda’s Westside Renaissance
Published: March, 2005 Progress began when Sherry Stieg became the executive director of West Alameda Business Association (WABA) in 2003. The WABA redesign of Webster Street began in1996, addressing changing needs and updating the look of Webster Street in the wake of the Navy’s departure. “It hit a wall and became stalled,” said the former […]
Port of San Francisco Hosts Cruise Symposium
Published: March, 2005 With the City’s cruise business at record levels, the Port of San Francisco co-hosted a symposium aimed at building relationships between the City’s visitor industry and the cruise lines calling San Francisco. Over two hundred people, representing more than a hundred Bay Area businesses, attended the event at the Hyatt Regency Hotel […]