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Published: December, 2004 Our hope is that the innovative ideas and techniques generated by this year’s winners will spark similar efforts around the region,” said MTC Executive Director Steve Heminger. The Grand Award this year goes to Caltrain’s new Baby Bullet train service, which began in June 2004 and slashes Peninsula commute times by making […]

Published: December, 2004 Locals often talk about new business development in the South of Market area in the abstract, as if it were actually in a completely different city than San Francisco. So insulated are we in our isolated trips to a baseball game at SBC Park—or the ever-less-frequent night out at a techno-music club—from […]

Published: December, 2004 It matters not the who and why they are there, simply they are. The Bay Crossings staff wish all the men and women embroiled in conflict around the world, best wishes for survival and a speedy end to the conflict that keeps you far from home during the holidays.

Published: December, 2004 Four counties around the Bay Area region considered sales tax measures for transit on their November 2004 ballots, including Contra Costa, Marin, San Mateo, and Solano. These measures, requiring a 2/3 vote for passage, passed in all but Solano County. Successful passage of the measures in San Mateo and Contra Costa Counties […]

Published: December, 2004 Christmas and Hanukah are the best known annual holidays in December. Plus, kids of all ages the world over are sending out their lists for Santa Claus to grant their wishes. Shopping after work and on weekends for family and friends, clients and suppliers, and the household pets can be a daunting […]

Published: November, 2004 The extended Bay Crossings family, including those who toil at both our newspaper and in our Ferry Building retail store along with those who love and tolerate them, got together at San Francisco’s Butterfly restaurant at Pier 33 for no good reason whatsoever. The forensic evidence follow.