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Published: September, 2001 The southern portion of the new San Francisco Ferry Terminal looks to be open for business in early September, meaning a change in location for East Bay ferryriders getting on and off their vessels. And that’s not the only surprise ferryriders may encounter in September. With a BART strike looming, ferryriders are […]

Published: September, 2001 Ico-own Compass Rose Yacht Charters. I started the business about 12 years ago with a yacht I had for private use at the time. I had no plan to create a charter business, but then my first yacht, Camelot, proved to be very well received by my friends and clients. They asked […]

Published: September, 2001 Editor’s Note: our article about liveaborards, anchor-outs and houseboats excited many responses. Here is BCDC’s Executive Director Will Travis’ response to questions that were posed. BCDC says that the McAteer-Petris act, which established BCDC, defines floating homes or boats as land fill. Can you tell me where and how this interpretation was […]

By Teri Shore Bluewater Network  Published: September, 2001 Will the ferries in our future be powered by fuel cells? Sun and wind power? Electric drives? Or tried and true, but dirtier, diesel? That’s what regional ferry planners are trying to determine. Top marine engineers hired by the Water Transit Authority (WTA) are now studying the […]

By GraceAnn Walden  Published: September, 2001 Fisherman’s Wharf has at least two sides. There are the T-shirt shops, wax museum, and the ever-popular fast food outlets, but there’s also the museum at Aquatic Park, our working Wharf’s fleet of fishing boats, and there is a terrific array of restaurants to satisfy the most picky eater […]

Published: September, 2001 We’re the family members of the Alioto-Lazio Fish Company; actually the proper name is F. Alioto Company. But because we are one of the many of the Alioto clan, we needed to distinguish ourselves so we used our grandmother’s maiden name of Alioto and our grandfather’s surname of Lazio, making it the Alioto-Lazio […]

By Nancy Salcedo  Published: September, 2001 From the waves at Fort Point to the winds that blast through the Golden Gate in the summertime, the northern waterfront is as challenging as it is beautiful – no beginners here. As you walk north from the Ferry Building the elements account for more and more of your […]

Published: September, 2001 I am in Montreal to attend a family reunion. A first cousin is a cameraman at a big television station here and I ask him to let me tag after him one day at work. I’m curious about the contrast between producing television news and a small community newspaper like Bay Crossings. […]

Published: September, 2001 Dear Editor: As the City Manager for the City of Benicia I was astounded to read the following in your August edition; "The City of Benicia is not interested in a ferry terminal…." Although it is true that the city is concentrating efforts on securing funding for a regional style intermodal train […]

Published: September, 2001 Gavin Newsom, on the eve of his pre-wedding honeymoon, talks about his love for San Francisco’s waterfront (but not Fishermen’s Wharf), regionalism and the environment Fair to say that you love Fisherman’s Wharf? I love the waterfront, but I don’t love Fishermen’s Wharf. I remember walking down here with my grandfather when […]