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Published: December, 2002 For many years, Hercules was organized around one of the world’s largest dynamite manufacturing plants. In the early 1970’s, the Hercules Powder Company plant closed, leaving about 20,000 residents living in the eight square miles of Hercules and lingering remnants of dynamite manufacture. Due to a series of set-backs that drained the […]

Lawsuit-Happy David Schonbrunn Forces Bay Area to Reconcile Ideal of Air Quality with Addiction to Cars, Drives MTC Nuts–Court-Ordered $5 per Gallon Tax on Gas?   Published: December, 2002 David Schonbrunn is President and Founder of Transportation Solutions Defense and Education Fund, or TRANSDEF for short. Schonbrunn, 54 years old and formerly a video engineer, […]

By John Goodwin  Published: December, 2002 Bay Area residents will get an early Christmas present when the Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) officially activates its 511 phone- and Web-based traveler information system at a Dec. 6 ceremony in Walnut Creek. The new 511 number will join 411 and 911 on the list of easy-to-remember, three-digit phone […]

Published: November, 2002 Mid Winter Sailing Season Begins Recreation racing schedule Nov 2-9 – Bitter End Pro-Am Regatta (800)872-2392 Nov 2 – Golden Gate #1of 4 Fall- Winter 1st Sat of each mo. Nov 2 – Jack & Jill plus 1 Race Island YC, (510) 521-2980 Nov 2 – Midwinter series South Beach YC at […]

Party from Noon to 5 pm!   Published: November, 2002 Saturday Nov. 9th and Sunday Nov. 10th, Rosenblum Cellars winery, in Alameda, is having an open house from noon to 5pm each day. Enjoy a tasting of over 40 wines, including new releases, barrel samples and over a dozen different Zinfandels. Special art show by […]

Bon Appetit Wine & Spirits Focus to take place January 31 at Fort Masons’ Festival Pavilion   Published: November, 2002 San Francisco will celebrate its indigenous crustacean, the Dungeness crab, with a month-long series of culinary and cultural events in February 2003. Main Culinary Events in Month-Long Celebration Include "Crab & Wine Marketplace," "Challenge of […]

Published: November, 2002 Beginning Wednesday night, October 23, 2002, contractors will start installing the 4 foot, 6 inch high safety railing between the roadway and sidewalks. A 150-foot section of railing will be installed on the southwest side for final testing prior to the installation of the remainder of the railing. Installation will commence along […]

Nettie Kelly, Program Director Tall Ship Semester for Girls / Tall Ship Week for Women Published: November, 2002 I’m the program director for the Tall Ship Semester for Girls – an experiential education program on boats with a true academic thread woven in. I love the atmosphere that this program provides – learning that is […]

Published: November, 2002 Last month, staff and Board members of the Water Transit Authority (WTA) visited nine Bay Area counties to hear what the public had to say about the WTA’s Draft Implementation and Operations Plan (IOP) which promotes the expansion of existing Bay Area ferry routes and the creation of seven new routes throughout […]

By Mary Swift-Swan  Published: November, 2002 November is turkey month. In America, cooking turkey at Thanksgiving is a tribute to help given by the Indians who showed English colonists how to survive by growing crops and hunting for meat in the new world. Wild turkey was and is hard to successfully hunt. Fortunately Turkey is […]