MY LIFE GIVEN BACK TO ME By Bill Coolidge Published: August, 2002 Staring down into the dark shrouded waters of Alameda estuary, I held my breath and slowly exhaled. The backdrop of dawn clipped the top of the Oakland Hills. Two coots and one cormorant were drifting with the outgoing tide. I could hear the […]
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Editorial Raise all the Damned Bridge Tolls to $5
Raise all the Damned Bridge Tolls to $5 Published: August, 2002 Three cheers! The Golden Gate Bridge toll has been raised to $5! But more needs to be done. SUV fetishists were appalled that the Golden Gate Bridge District would suggest they pay their fair share. When the usual attempts to bully and shout […]
Letters tothe Editor
Published: August, 2002 Dear Editor: A whacko tax-the-poor-to-feed-the-rich lunatic here. First of all, there are incentives for people not to drive as much, ever hear of a carpool? Second, I scream down the bridge toll because it is a (expletive deleted) plan. Even raising the toll to five dollars won’t solve the financial problem the […]
Jack London Square Gets Hip
Published: August, 2002 Ferries Connecting with Buses, Trains and BART Because four separate modes of public transportation converge upon or near Jack London Square, ferries, buses, trains, and BART, the Water Transit Authority (WTA), a regional ferry-planning agency, understands that Jack London Square can be a model for making good transit connections. When the California […]
What’s Doing in the Carquinez Strait
Published: August, 2002 Second Annual Series of Events to Showcases the Carquinez Strait On Saturday, August 3, the second annual Celebrate the Strait kicks off with a trio of boat cruises. At 2:30pm and 3:30pm the 100-foot catamaran Bay Breeze departs the Vallejo Ferry Dock for a Bridge-to-Bridge adventure. The trip from the Napa River […]
Take the Jeremiah O’Brien to Sacramento
By Wes Starratt, P.E. Senior Writer Published: August, 2002 The Jeremiah O’Brien is one of the 2,751 Liberty Ships built during World War II about which Winston Churchill wrote, "Without the supply column of Liberty Ships that endlessly plowed the seas between America and England, the war would have been lost." At the outset of […]
Why not a Floating Bay to Breakers?
Bay Crossings sez "Bring ’em on" for San Francisco’s Southern Waterfront By Nancy Salcedo Published: August, 2002 Where in the world is Islais Creek? It turns out it’s right where we want it to be," assures Julia Viera, founder of Friends of Islais Creek. In only ten years, this grass roots king pin has helped […]
Twenty-Fourth Annual World Footbag Championships To Be Held In San Francisco August 8 – 11
Published: July, 2002 You may think of it as “hacky-sack,” but the name of the sport is footbag — and the world’s most amazing practitioners will converge on San Francisco in early August for one of the most unusual and captivating athletic competitions of the year. It’s the 24th Annual World Footbag Championships Footbag […]
Working Waterfront In their own words
Bill Xavier Published: July, 2002 Owner of Perfection Marine Yacht Sales I am an engineer/scientist by trade. Before I started selling boats full time, I worked at Lawrence Livermore Laboratory for 18 years, then for EG&G – a company that supported Lawrence Laboratory. I’m an Oakland native and have worked on the Estuary about 30 […]
TakingWaterTransitto the Streets
Published: July, 2002 Albany and Berkeley residents are more than just enthusiastic about bringing ferry service to their communities. In fact, some want it so much they’ll even set up ironing boards at the Bay Bridge Toll Plaza to distribute materials promoting the benefits of expanded service. Linda Perry, a member of Friends of […]