Published: February, 2007 Crossword by Graham Claytor
Author: BAY CROSSINGS STAFF REPORT
21st Amendment Breaks Craft Brewing Tradition
By Joel WilliamsPublished: February, 2007 Shaun O’Sullivan, Head Brewer at 21st Amendment in San Francisco, remembers a day in the year 2001 when one of his employees happily remarked how great it was that the place was packed at 2:30 in the afternoon. It sounded like great news for the new establishment. Actually, it was […]
Big Porch View at Century-Old West Point Inn
By Michelle ModayPublished: February, 2007 It’s about two miles from the Pan Toll Ranger Station on Panoramic Hwy., in Mill Valley, on a wide, easy-grade path where red Manzanitas grow near green volcanic rock, cold streams and dark patches of the tall California trees. Hawks circle overhead with just a slightly better view of the […]
Touro’s Two-Year Plan for a Sustainable University in Vallejo
Baycrossings Staff ReportPublished: February, 2007 In Sept. 2006, the non-profit university with 29 campuses worldwide, proposed a plan to the City of Vallejo to develop the north end of Mare Island (a 191 acre site) as a sustainable university community, with related light industry and health research centers. Their vision is to build one of […]
Bay Area Setting the Business S-BAR
By Bill PicturePublished: February, 2007 Sustainability is the buzzword du jour among business world higher-ups, particularly corporate types, for whom the Holy Grail, as indicated by many large companies’ recently revised mission statements, is achieving zero-impact status, that is, doing business without negatively impacting the world around them. But what does that entail? What does […]
Thaddeus’ Ruminations
By Thaddeus BarsottiPublished: February, 2007 I will always remember my mother pointing out the gently sloping hills in the Capay Valley, golden and painted with shadows from the sun and oak trees that sporadically embellish the landscape. She pointed to the spots where the hills were flat enough to farm, yet, still well above the […]
You Can’t Drive on It Yet, But Skyway Deck Is in Place
By Karin BettsPublished: January, 2007 Orange-vested workers and the media looked on as the final wing-shaped segments were lifted into place 100 feet above the Bay, completing the elevated roadway and marking a key milestone both for the bridge workers and for the Toll Bridge Program Oversight Committee (TBPOC), made up of representatives from Caltrans, […]
Dockside Dwelling: From Ship to Shore
Cruising on Smaller Ships for Business and Adventure By Denise DohognePublished: January, 2007 Because the ships are smaller (typically carrying 200 passengers or less) and have shallower drafts, they can go where large ships can’t. This provides the most important benefit of small-ship cruising — the ability to experience the destination in an intimate, colorful […]
The NorCal Water’s Edge
Published: January, 2007 Safety Advice from Local U.S. Coast Guard Rocky Shores and Rising TidesThe California coastline has many steep, rocky cliffs as well as many rocky areas in dangerous surf zones. Surf zones are areas of coastline that experience regular heavy surf conditions, which make it difficult or impossible to get back ashore if […]
Capitol Corridor Success Marks Trends in Alternative Transportation
Published: January, 2007 In 2006, Capitol Corridor, which serves 17 stations along the 170-mile rail corridor between the Sierra Foothills, Sacramento, the San Francisco Bay Area and Silicon Valley/San Jose, celebrated several important successes, including its largest service expansion ever, its 10 millionth train passenger and the completion of $60 million in track improvement projects […]