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Published: May, 2006 ALAMEDA COUNTY FAIR June 23 – July 9 Pleasanton Come play a game and win a prize for your sweetie, then watch the opening night fireworks. Carnival open Noon until midnight during June. Looking ahead to July 3 … disco king Boogie Man, KC and the Sunshine Band will perform. ACCORDION […]
By Kristen BolePublished: May, 2006 At midnight on a high tide, a cruise ship enters the Bay, sliding through the Golden Gate as hundreds of cargo ships have done since the Gold Rush. The passengers who are awake can see the world-famous bridge illuminated above them as they enter the calm waters. They round the […]
By Kristen Bole Special to Bay CrossingsPublished: May, 2006 Local activists are once again crying foul on the San Francisco Waterfront, this time over a pending contract with Hornblower Yachts Inc. for an eco-friendly ferry service for the Alcatraz Island tours. And in true San Francisco fashion, the outcry is coming from the least expected […]
Published: May, 2006 May 6 9:30AM – Bolinas Beach Clean up, Cold Water Surf Club, Sebastopol, 707-824-4360, www.coldwatersurfclub.com The Cold Water Surf Club invites everyone concerned about the environment to join us in a beach clean up at Bolinas Beach. Clean up will be followed by free surf lessons for all participants. Bring lunch and […]
Published: May, 2006 Ausually quiet sailing from Vallejo to San Francisco on the M/V Solano ferryboat turned into a rescue mission for its captain and crew on Sunday. As the Solano neared Angel Island, Capt. Todd Nelligan noticed something that he felt needed further investigation, said Kevin Donnelly, a Baylink employee. The boat was near […]
By Nat LincolnPublished: May, 2006 Bay area residents take note, Spring is finally here, and that means Kiteboarding season is here. Already, my phone is ringing, e-mails are pouring in and I am running around getting everything ready for what will be the biggest year ever in a new and evolving water sport. I teach […]
An exciting component that has been taking shape through the Mayor’s Blue Greenway Task Force is an Art Trail element along San Francisco’s southern waterfront. The Blue Greenway Art Trail will incorporate Mayor Newsom’s innovative temporary public art concept as exemplified by the David Best Temple at Hayes Green and Michael Christian’s Flock at […]
By Joel WilliamsPublished: May, 2006 I brewed my last batch of beer in 1999, and I’ve left the whole brewing scene behind me. But, I still feel the pain in my back each morning that reminds me of the physical toll brewing has taken on my body. However, while going through years of old photos […]
By Dianne Boate and Robert MeyerPublished: May, 2006 We think the Bay Area has just about everything a person could want, but there’s something missing: a Nobu Matsuhisa restaurant. Nobu was mentioned in an article we wrote about the growing trend of sake and sushi restaurants (Bay Crossings Sept. 2003). At that time, the Nobu […]
By Scott HargisPublished: May, 2006 One foggy morning around the turn of the 20th century, Seamus McGrath arrived at work drunk. This, according to those who knew him, was not unusual. Seamus was a drawbridge tender, assigned to one of the drawbridges on San Francisco’s busy waterfront. As he lit his pipe, he heard a […]