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By Mary Swift-Swan Published: March, 2004 When winter’s grip loosens in the sunshine of spring, vegetables and lighter dishes never tasted so good. Clothes never fit so tight either. So how to get back in shape yet feed the family something really good? A quick medley of vegetables and chicken, accompanied by a light salad, […]
Published: March, 2004 Many tenants at the Alameda Point former navy base are behind in their rent owing the city some $900,000. The biggest deadbeat is the USS Hornet that owes some $370,000 for its $8,500 a month berth with parking. That puts the Hornet some 3.6 years behind on its rent. But the city […]
By Mary Swift-Swan Published: March, 2004 Blue & Gold Fleet is the largest ferry and passenger excursion vessel operator on San Francisco Bay. They have grown slowly and worked hard to provide dependable and environmentally sensitive service to the greater Bay Area. The Blue & Gold Fleet transports more than 4 million commuters, residents, and […]
Published: March, 2004 The San Francisco Bay Area Water Transit Authority (WTA), along with several San Mateo County co-sponsors, including the Water Transit Advocates for San Mateo County, Port of Redwood City, San Mateo County Harbor District, Harbor Bay Ferry Service, and Oracle Corporation, hosted two events to promote ferry service to that county February […]
Did the Blue Angels Fly the Coop in a Huff? By Guy Span, S.D. Published: March, 2004 Fleet Week is a San Francisco tradition dating back to the arrival of the Great White Fleet in 1908, when the city feted the sailors and officers for a week, while here for re-supply. It was re-inaugurated in […]
Published: March, 2004 On Thursday, January 29, 2004, Sabrina Hernandez took the oath of office joining the Board of Directors of the Golden Gate Bridge, Highway and Transportation District (District). Hernandez is a newly appointed director representing the City and County of San Francisco and fills the seat left vacant by former director Robert McDonnell […]
Bay Crossings Staff Report Published: March, 2004 Bay Crossings performed an assessment of all Interstate Highway toll bridges to find out what others are paying to cross. As a result, we came up with two measurements: the average toll cost and the average toll cost per mile. And since anyone can lie with statistics, we […]
By Amy Kemper, Owner/Manager of Fitness In Tiburon Published: March, 2004 How lucky people of the Bay Area and visitors are to have such easy access to the beautiful town of Tiburon! By ferry it only takes 17 minutes to get from San Francisco to Tiburon with its plethora of panoramic views and array of […]
Published: March, 2004 The build-out of the ferry fleet will require about 2,000 man years of trade labor. This may not seem like much, but this work is the key to significantly more work; super yachts are very similar as regards processes and techniques and a number of builders (notably Derecktor, in Mamaroneck, NY) have […]
By Dianne Boate and Robert Meyer Published: March, 2004 Mr. Bill Samuels, Jr. President, Maker’s Mark Distillery Loretto, Kentucky Dear Mr. Samuels: We met briefly a couple of years ago when you hosted a Maker’s Mark event here in San Francisco at the Waterfront restaurant on the Embarcadero. It was a dark and stormy night […]