Published: July, 2004 Could you imagine that public agencies would play games with federal tax dollars, so that there would be less federal income, make transit purchases cost twice as much, and allow the local agency to pocket some of the proceeds? There is a supposedly legal way to do this and here’s how it […]
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Bay Crossings Staff Report Published: July, 2004 Golden Gate Bridge District Cuts Jobs The Golden Gate Bridge District announced its intention to eliminate another 31 positions, including one vessel captain and some nine deckhands. Timetable service changes allowed the district to make the cuts which are all part of its attempt to close the gap […]
Introducing Alan Leon
Published: July, 2004 Alan Leon is an artist, muralist, Fulbright scholar, teacher, world traveler, kids’ camp director, and yogi. He has lived in San Francisco and Oakland for the last 14 years. He is presently working on a book about creativity. His basic modus operandi is the love of looking around, interpreting, discovering, and documenting […]
CUESA Boss Lisa Capozzi Fires up Farmers’ Market Educational Programs
Published: July, 2004 “My classmates and I used to call it ‘Paris Island’,” Ms. Capozzi says, a tongue-in-cheek reference to the rigorous discipline instilled there in the young chefs-to-be. The similarities between the South Carolina boot camp for the U.S. Marines did not end there, either. “And I was one of only three women in […]
Introducing Monique Moyer
Published: July, 2004 Bay Crossings: It’s no secret that the Port of San Francisco is facing pretty big challenges. How did Mayor Newsom talk you into taking this job? MONIQUE MOYER: I don’t think I can reveal that. But it took a lot of back and forth with the Mayor; I’ll admit to that. BC: […]
Summertime Fun
Published: July, 2004 In summer for an hour or a weekend everyone can be a kid again. There are so many fun things to do all around the Bay Area it might be best to flip 2 coins, NSEW. Mark Twain said July was the coldest winter in San Francisco but with 11 micro-climates choose […]
Letters to the Editor
Kudos to Guy Span Published: July, 2004 Dear Editor: I enjoy reading the articles by Guy Span in Bay Crossings. Even though I live in San Francisco and have very little occasion to ride the ferries, I’m very interested in expansion of water transit options. I am a member of a committee that has been […]
Once in a Blue Moon
Published: July, 2004 First Moon Blue Moon 1990-12-02 1990-12-31 1993-09-01 1993-09-30 1996-07-01 1996-07-30 1999-01-02 1999-01-31 1999-03-02 1999-03-31 2001-11-01 2001-11-30 2004-07-02 2004-07-31 2007-06-01 2007-06-30 2009-12-02 2009-12-31 Due to the infrequency of two full moons in a month, the expression “once in a Blue Moon” is oft said with good reason. A Blue Moon is connected with […]
Snag at Skaggs
By Susan P. Williams Published: July, 2004 Skaggs Island, a former Navy base in eastern Sonoma County that served as a communications center during the Cold War, provoked a tug of war recently between the Navy and the Department of the Interior. The two agencies tried to reach an agreement on terms for transferring the […]
New Golden Gate Ferry Schedules Effective July 1, 2004
Published: July, 2004 Golden Gate Sausalito and Larkspur Ferry (GGF) schedules will change on Thursday, July 1, 2004, saving $875,000 in annual operating cost while preserving virtually the same level of services as presently provided. The new July 1 schedules were developed with extensive public outreach resulting in receipt of 1,100 responses to an aboard […]