By Guy Span Published: June, 2004 A number of freighters have small accommodations for passengers and if you want to get an intimate look at life on the sea, this should be considered. The ships are mostly container and bulk carriers who have this accommodation due to a quirk in the laws governing most ports. […]
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New Pedestrian/Bicycle Lane Opens on Carquinez Bridge
Published: June, 2004 Led by California Highway Patrol officers on bicycles, a crowd of bicyclists were the first to cross the bridge via the new path, followed by pedestrians. The 12-foot-wide path hugs the western side of the suspension bridge connecting Solano and Contra Costa counties along Interstate 80. The completion of the 1.6-mile-long path […]
Port of Oakland and Unicold Celebrate Grand Opening of Unicold’s New Transload Facility
Published: June, 2004 Port of Oakland and Unicold celebrated the grand opening of a new transload facility for Unicold Corporation at the seaport Monday, April 05, 2004. Port of Oakland Executive Director Tay Yoshitani said, “Unicold has been at the Port of Oakland since 1992 and we’re proud to be a part of the process […]
Wooden Boat Show, Arrg Maties!
Published: June, 2004 It will be held once again at the beautiful Corinthian Yacht Club located at the foot of Main Street in Tiburon. The event has been drawing bigger and bigger crowds every year. It is a wonderful day of fun for the entire family. Well known for their annual Master Mariners Regatta held […]
Port of Oakland to Sell Airport Business Park Parcel to Small Local Business
Published: June, 2004 “We are very pleased that we can complete this transaction,” said Board President John Protopappas. “We believe that the plans that RMT has fits with the other uses in the Park and is a win for Oakland since RMT is relocating the business here,” added Protopappas. “I believe that this sale will […]
Pacific Cup 2004 Leaves June 26th
Kids raring to go as the official Communications Vessel Published: June, 2004 The Sea Scout Ship 669 Steeves, a 65-foot diesel trawler, will serve as the communications vessel for the 2004 West Marine Pacific Cup race from San Francisco to Kaneohe Bay on Oahu, Hawaii. The Steeves will accompany over 65 race boats to Hawaii, […]
Bay CrossingsBay Round Up
Bay Crossings Staff Report Published: May, 2004 OAK Airport Expansion Local officials broke ground on a $110 million airport expansion project that will add five new boarding gates to Oakland’s terminal number two, the current home of Southwest Airlines. BART Lay Offs BART plans to lay of some 53 workers in July, including some 16 […]
Tiburon on the Move
By Mary Swift-Swan Published: May, 2004 Group of action-oriented people able to make decisions and take responsibility got ferries restarted on the Bay after ferryboats were outlawed as transport near or under any bridges on San Francisco Bay to give the bridges a boost to recover costs. Communities in our state have taken a series […]
Kaboom 2004
Published: May, 2004 Saturday, May 22, 2004, KFOG radio station is again presenting “Kaboom.” The day includes music and food on Piers 32-34 as well as evening fireworks. It’s better than July 4th with simulcast music and usually little to none of the chilly white kind of fog. Piers 32-34 will be loaded with white […]
Alta Mira – A New View
By Mary Swift-Swan Published: May, 2004 Is it possible to reinvent one’s self? It is for Tom Cole, the new General Manager of the Alta Mira Hotel of Sausalito. When Tom turned 40 he left a 20-year corporate management career by answering an ad to become the manager of a small boutique bed and breakfast […]