Published: August, 2001 I went to the library to look up the exact meaning of the word "centurion." A centurion was the commander of 100 soldiers in a Roman legion, and there were 60 centurions to a 6,000-man legion. The highest post for a centurion was primus pilus, the leader of the first cohort of […]
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Richmond Greenway Receives $1.9 Million Capitol Funding Grant
Published: August, 2001 The Metropolitan Transportation Commission recently announced recommendation of $1.9 million in Transportation for Livable Communities (TLC) funding to construct a trail and greenway on 2.5 miles of abandoned Santa Fe Railroad right-of-way. The trail project, sponsored by the City of Richmond, Rails-to-Trails Conservancy, and the Community Youth Council for Leadership and Education […]
Bay Crossings Cuisine Quinn’s Boogaloo Jumping Prawns
Published: August, 2001 San Francisco Bay Area is legendary for thousands of fine restaurants and fresh innovative cuisine. Ferry Riders have the unique advantage of time, to or from destinations like the office, to consider what or where might be a good plan for an important part of the day – dinner. When in the […]
Bay Crossings Bus Rider’s Journal
By Steve Geller Published: August, 2001 I spend a lot of time waiting for a bus. Generally, I’m not in much of a hurry, so I browse a newspaper, watch the traffic roaring by or just think. Every so often, I’ll look off in the busward direction, hopefully. It always makes me feel good when […]
Bay Crossings Journal
By Bill Coolidge Published: August, 2001 Those wiley long-beaked sleeks, a dim lassoed image on the horizon, unfolding and then a quick reweaving, almost like watching a game of ‘crack the whip’ but airbound. These cocky black and white birds are called ‘skimmers.’ Their wings, set further back on their lean bodies, form a zig-zag […]
Bay Crossings Bay Environment
By Teri Shore Bluewater Network Published: August, 2001 For decades, sailors and other free spirits have set anchor in the protected waters of Richardson Bay off the Sausalito waterfront. Over the years, yachts, houseboats and other unusual craft have developed into an eclectic fleet populated by people who are clearly, and often defiantly, independent. Sadly, […]
Working Waterfront In their own words
Pip Elles Published: August, 2001 I had the wonderful privilege of being Government Contract Liaison for the Blue & Gold Fleet. That meant being Blue & Gold’s liaison to all of the government agencies Blue & Gold works with as a marine operator, including the National Park Service for the Alcatraz Ferry, the City of […]
Cover Story My Richmond
By Jim Mallory Published: August, 2001 Jim Mallory was a Richmond ferry rider Richmond. It’s a 55-square mile city on the northeastern corner of San Francisco Bay whose history and its future is as inexorably tied to boats of all kinds, including ferries, as the tides that lap its shores. In fact, Richmond owes its […]
Letters to the Editor
Published: August, 2001 Dear Editor: I just wanted to take a moment to say how great the recent articles on Vallejo are. Thanks so much. Tony Intintoli Mayor of Vallejo A Two Thanks Salute! Dear Editor: First of all, thank you so much for giving the North Bay Water Commuters honorable mention in the Checkin’ […]
On Our Cover
Published: August, 2001 Joe Oakes, author of this month’s The New Centurions, has been guiding swims from Alcatraz for more than twenty years. During that time he has led more than ten thousand swimmers across the icy waters of San Francisco Bay and has done the swim him self "39 times, I think. Maybe one […]