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Published: May, 2004 You don’t have to travel halfway around the world, to experience the wonders of Africa. Safari West is teeming with diverse African wildlife at 3115 Porter Creek Road in Santa Rosa. There are giraffe, cheetah, lemurs, nyala, watusi, zebra, plus other African mammals and birds all in your own backyard of Santa […]
By Mary Swift-Swan Published: May, 2004 Randy Repass, who started and remains a guiding and driving force in West Marine, placed an ad in the electronic sailing magazine Scuttlebutt and with the popular San Francisco sailing magazine Latitude 38. West Marine has become the largest boating supply retail chain in the country. It started with […]
Published: May, 2004 Knigge has held a variety of positions in the hotel industry in San Francisco, most recently at the Palace Hotel as Director of Sales & Marketing, and in the same capacity previously at the Pan Pacific and Sir Francis Drake hotels. Prior to these positions, he worked as Regional Sales Manager for […]
By Guy Span Published: May, 2004 We all know that BART and SamTrans have had a little tiff over the high cost of the airport extension. SamTrans agreed to pay the extra costs because it was never in BART, that is, on a tax contributing basis. And at the time it seemed a fair treatment. […]
Published: May, 2004 The Illinois Street Intermodal Bridge Improvement Project will provide a 0.66-mile direct freight rail, vehicle, pedestrian, and bicycle access route across Islais Creek between the Port’s largest cargo terminals, Pier 80 and Piers 94-96, replacing the current circuitous inefficient 3.3-mile freight route. These terminals also serve as berthing facilities for the U.S. […]
By Cynthia Goss Published: May, 2004 Strong sales and strong attendance marked the 9th annual Pacific SAIL EXPO (PSE), the largest sailboat show on the West Coast that concluded Sunday, April 18 at Oakland’s Jack London Square. Over13,000 people attended the five-day event, which represents a 7% increase over last year’s attendance. This crowd also […]
Published: May, 2004 Carrie Doyle-Karasyov and Jill Kargman talk about The Right Address. The story sears through the upper crust of New York’s glittering Park Avenue scene to dish the dirt on the ladies who lunch, the gents who club, and the desperate climbers who will stop at nothing to join the back-stabbing, champagne-sipping, socialite-eat-socialite […]
Published: May, 2004 Sausalito is hosting San Francisco Bay Fest on May 1st and 2nd. McGrath Pacific’s ninth annual maritime festival featuring local tall ships Hawaiian Chieftain and Ka’iulani. There will be maritime seminars, free food, and sea music, plus the largest display of brokerage yachts on the West Coast. Held at historic Liberty Ship […]
Published: May, 2004 Mr. Wong said, “I am certain that Mayor Newsom will continue the work to enhance the Port’s scenic waterfront revitalization that has occurred in the past seven years. I want to thank Port staff, the Port Commission and Mayor Willie Brown for the opportunity to serve as executive director.” As Executive Director, […]
Published: May, 2004 Author James Dalessandro Scores a Hit with Historical Novel J ames Dalessandro is the author/screenwriter of 1906. In 1998, with an outline and several chapters of the novel under his belt, James went to Hollywood, and within 24 hours was in the middle of a bidding war between Warner Bros. and director […]