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A Potomac Runs Through It

Published: October, 2005 Bay Crossings chartered former presidential yacht the Potomac last month to run a triangle cruise between Richmond, San Francisco and Oakland. Our excuse was to show off Richmond’s inexpressibly beautiful waterfront – longest of any jurisdiction on San Francisco Bay – to movers and shakers. A grand time was had by all.

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WTA Locks in Federal Money for Bay Area Ferry System Expansion

Published: October, 2005 San Francisco — The San Francisco Bay Area Water Transit Authority (WTA) announced that the recently passed federal transportation bill SAFETEA-LU designated the WTA as the recipient of $14 million for ferry boat and terminal construction, while greatly increasing the national fund which provides WTA with significant additional funding each year. For […]

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A Potomac Runs Through It

Bay Crossings chartered former presidential yacht the Potomac last month to run a triangle cruise between Richmond, San Francisco and Oakland. Our excuse was to show off Richmond’s inexpressibly beautiful waterfront – longest of any jurisdiction on San Francisco Bay – to movers and shakers. A grand time was had by all.

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BOOK REVIEW

19th Century Corsairs Challenged Homeland Security The Pirates Laffite By William C. Davis Harcourt; 706 PAGES; $28.00 By Patrick Burnson  Published: October, 2005 While the porous nature of America’s borders continues to be a hot issue in the post-9/11 era, Homeland Security is hardly a new concept. Students of history realize that this nation has […]

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BOATING EVENT

Published: October, 2005 Teaching New and Old "Sea Dogs" Safe Boating Skills The Peralta Sail and Power Squadron is presenting a public, safe-boating class on Wednesday evenings, beginning October 12. Norm Pennington, District Commander of the United States Sail and Power Squadrons of Northern California, will teach the course. He is also the education officer […]

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Chinatown Is Haunted

Flashlight tour illuminates neighborhood ghost stories By Bill Picture  Published: October, 2005 By day, the streets of San Francisco’s Chinatown are bustling with meandering groups of map-slinging tourists, and locals on their way from the market clutching pink plastic bags with the ingredients for that night’s dinner. But when the sun disappears behind Twin Peaks […]

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Late Harvest

By Dianne Boate and Robert Meyer  Published: August, 2005 Someone said that you cannot get just one new thing in your living room, or kitchen, without adding other new things, because the new thing can make the old things look bad by comparison. So please consider the leap you might be taking in becoming fond […]