Published: May, 2006 Wine.com, a popular Internet wine merchant, is establishing its headquarters and main distribution facility in the 517,000 square foot Ford Point Building. After an extensive site search throughout the East Bay, Wine.com signed the 53,280 square foot lease agreement for the site to replace its existing facility on the Oakland Army Base. […]
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Believe it or Not… Hunter’s Point Redevelopment Plan Keeping Strong Community Base
By Bill PicturePublished: May, 2006 Thirty-two years after its closure by the Navy and seven mayors later, the first phase of redevelopment at the Hunter’s Point Shipyard is finally underway. The Navy released the first of six parcels of land to The City in Jan. 2005 after completing a reported $350 million cleanup of toxic […]
Cheers for Beer
By Dianne Boate and Robert MeyerPublished: April, 2006 Some people are quite content to buy their necessities and luxuries, but there is another part of the population that enjoys the process of making things themselves. With Dianne being part of the latter group, it is no wonder she was attracted to find out about how […]
So, You Want to be a Brewer?
By Joel WilliamsPublished: April, 2006 Prior to 1978 it was illegal to brew beer at home for personal consumption. We can thank California Senator Alan Cranston for introducing legislation to legalize homebrewing, and President Jimmy Carter for signing it into law. Homebrewers brew home beer because domestic beer lacks the rich malty taste they like, […]
Riding the Sail
By Whit PoorPublished: April, 2006 Is the winter season loosens its grip on the northern hemisphere, we wait in anticipation of the coming seasons. Clothes are bought and houses are cleaned, as the gloom of winter is replaced by wild, warming, ever-changing spring. Daydreams take flight. Our bodies become restless in their quest for activity, […]
North Coast Wave Rider
Can’t catch a wave if you’re not fit to paddle By Alex KolovyanskyPublished: April, 2006 If you haven’t noticed, the last couple months it’s been raining cats, dogs and even a few snowmen in the usually fair city of San Francisco. That doesn’t bode well for a chance to hit the water and surf. What […]
Bay Area Sailing Season Begins on the “Potomac”
Published: April, 2006 Presidential yacht, Potomac, Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s famed Floating White House will participate in Opening Day on the Bay on Sun., April 30. Some 250 recreational and special interest boats will participate in this year’s festivities. Join us aboard the Potomac, which is a National Historic Landmark, for a 3 ½-hour cruise (10:30AM-2PM) […]
Boating for Bragging Rights
By Bill PicturePublished: April, 2006 Aspot of bad luck kept Johnnie Owen from participating in last year’s Opening Day on the Bay, a judged parade of theme-decorated boats that helps kicks off the official boating season here in the Bay Area every April. The Walnut Grove resident, a member of the Encinal Yacht Club in Alameda […]
View from the Helm: A taste of the boating life at Boat Fest ’06
By Ed & Pam McGrathPublished: April, 2006 The boat business is really all about people. That’s our philosophy. We love boats, boating and boaters! We make our living finding boats for folks and finding folks for boats. In fact, twice a year, we gather our listings, power and sail priced from $30,000 to $2-million, and […]
Two Fireboats Save the Waterfront
By Wes Starratt, PEPublished: April, 2006 San Francisco is a city surrounded on three sides by water and on two sides by major earthquake faults. The City has two fireboats, the Phoenix and the Guardian. They are docked at Firehouse No. 35 at Pier 22½, which is located directly under the Bay Bridge. Between earthquakes, […]