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Published: May, 2003 An interview by Senior Editor Wes Starratt with Tony Withington, president of the Amalgamated Transit Union, Local 1575 … the Golden Gate Bus Drivers, and a member of the Board of Directors of the Water Transit Authority. BC: Tell our readers something about yourself and your union. I was born and brought […]
Published: May, 2003 Slam poets, hip-hop artists, and local youths raise their voices in poetry that speaks to community, and the everyday issues that they face. Poets from Youth Speaks and local youth organizations will be asked to participate. Five youth poets will raise their voices to empower, teach, and tell it like it is. A […]
Published: May, 2003 The opening of San Francisco’s new, waterfront Argonaut Hotel–delayed for more than a year due to fire–is now slated for August 2003, Kimpton Hotels & Restaurants announced today. Housed in the historic Haslett Warehouse, the Argonaut Hotel will be located at the corner of Jefferson and Hyde Streets in the San Francisco […]
Published: May, 2003 Sundays Brunch Tues-Thurs Friday PM Saturday PM 10:30 am-2:30pm 6pm-9:30pm May 2nd & 9th May 3 Simon Russell Simon Russell Dave Mathews Tomas Michaud Piano Piano Blues Band Latin Jazz Great line-up of a variety of music on Friday and Saturday nights, call for schedule
Published: May, 2003 First, it was San Francisco’s famed Union Iron Works established in the 1850s for building heavy machinery for California’s gold mines. As mining waned, however, the Iron Works cast about looking for other markets. Railroads and shipping seemed to be good answers, and in 1885, Union Iron works launched the first steel […]
Published: May, 2003 David Clark was kind, always a helpful and patient friend and beloved by all sides in the maritime community, including the writers and editors of this publication. He will be deeply missed. There was never a time when we were writing about Golden Gate Ferries or about anything related to ferries and […]
By Bill Coolidge Published: April, 2003 Stephen Stills and David Crosby don’t tuck their shirts into their pants anymore. Wide chested men, both. They sport their California rags with pride. David’s face has taken on a pink flora patina. Stephen has a raspy beard. His gray hair doesn’t flow in silken white curvelets like David’s. […]
Published: April, 2003 Wearing yellow t-shirts emblazoned with the slogan, "Labor Keeps Transit Moving," a coalition of Bay Area labor unions and transit activists known as TransitWorks kicked off the rally for a one-dollar toll increase on state bridges to fund new transit projects. Labor leaders and rank and file met with Bay Area legislators […]
Published: April, 2003 "We’ve taken Aqaba," mutters a crusty Peter O’Toole when he encounters a tad bit of difficulty ordering a lemonade with ice at the British officer’s club in Cairo because of his turban and robes, filthy and tattered after crossing the Sinai to report his victory. The small port town he had recently […]
Published: April, 2003 At 16 love and sex fused an exquisite tunnel I was pulled through the faint opening like an injection of morphine to the heart. We settled into the comfort of a daybed in her basement out of the way, from her parents and mine As we leaned in, curved, our […]