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Published: May, 2004 Tinkering! A Summer Devoted to Tinkering July and August, 2004 This summer, the Exploratorium presents Tinkering!, an exhibition and multifaceted series of special events that invites tinkerers and would-be tinkerers and all those inadvertent thumb smashers out there to converge on the Exploratorium and try their hand at what they should never […]

Published: May, 2004 Harith Aleem has been the Aquatic Program Coordinator for the last two years. He started swimming when he was 7 years old. Harith said, “I grew up at the pool.” His first job was interning at the pool. From that honorable beginning, Harith worked through all the different jobs available. What Harith […]

Published: May, 2004 Some Greek philosopher must have said that, “for every blessing, there is a price to pay.” Certainly, with sunshine, come droughts … with rains come floods. And probably such a philosopher would have added, that “the greater the blessing, the greater the price to be paid.” We talked with John Marks, the […]

Published: May, 2004 The Jack London Aquatic Center (JLAC) offers a variety of opportunities for kids and their families to learn to kayak or row. All equipment , including kayaks, life-preservers, paddles, etc., is provided by the JLAC. NO PRIOR EXPERIENCE IS NECESSARY. Except as noted below, PARTICIPANTS DO NOT NEED TO KNOW HOW TO […]

Published: May, 2004 Sausalito The Miwok Indians lived along the shores of San Francisco Bay for centuries in fishing camps and permanent villages. After many years of searching, San Francisco Bay was “discovered” by Francisco Ayala. Ayala chose for his anchorage a spot with a great view on the northern shoreline of San Francisco Bay. […]

Published: May, 2004 Author James Dalessandro Scores a Hit with Historical Novel J ames Dalessandro is the author/screenwriter of 1906. In 1998, with an outline and several chapters of the novel under his belt, James went to Hollywood, and within 24 hours was in the middle of a bidding war between Warner Bros. and director […]

By Mary Swift-Swan  Published: April, 2004 She sits with her bright red hull against the gray docks at the very end of Oakland’s public wharf area. Look west of Jack London Square and Relief can be found there. It is a pleasant walk of 100 yards or so from Oakland’s Ferry Dock, past Teddy Roosevelt’s […]

Published: April, 2004 The history began in 1851 when notable sailors from New York won a race in England finishing so far in the lead, the Queen was told, that there was no second place. The America’s Cup evolved into the most prestigious match race in the world. Challengers now compete in a round robin […]