Governor Davis Signs Groundbreaking Bill to Reduce Auto-Related Global Warming Pollution Published: August, 2002 Governor Davis has signed into law the first bill in U.S. history to regulate global warming pollution from cars and light-duty trucks, ending a contentious two-year campaign. Assembly Bill 1493 puts California at the forefront in reducing greenhouse gas emissions, […]
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Ferry Service Headed Back to Richmond
By Jim Mallory Published: August, 2002 The group selected to turn Richmond’s old Ford assembly plant into a $55 million waterfront center for creative and performing arts says it will bring ferry service back to Richmond. "We know we need a ferry boat and we put our money where our mouth is," said Assembly Plant […]
California Canoe and Kayak Hosts 9th Annual Race for Treasure
Benefit for Lake Merritt Scholarship Fund Published: August, 2002 California Canoe and Kayak presents a race for canoes and kayaks welcoming paddlers of all kinds August 3rd at Jack London Square. New this year will be a Teen Challenger for kids ages 13-17. Proceeds support the City of Oakland’s Lake Merritt Camp Scholarship Fund. […]
Alameda Legacy Home Tore
Published: August, 2002 Alameda is home to an extraordinary collection of Victorian masterpiece homes. The "isle of style" was for many years home to a gritty naval air base but since that closed has been a beacon for eager home-buyers. The Alameda Legacy Home Tour is an annual event that offers a peek behind the […]
Jack London Square: A New Transit Gateway to Oakland
Ferries Connecting with Buses, Trains and BART Published: August, 2002 Because four separate modes of public transportation converge upon or near Jack London Square, ferries, buses, trains, and BART, the Water Transit Authority (WTA), a regional ferry-planning agency, understands that Jack London Square can be a model for making good transit connections. When the California […]
Why not a Floating Bay to Breakers?
Bay Crossings sez "Bring ’em on" for San Francisco’s Southern Waterfront By Nancy Salcedo Published: August, 2002 Where in the world is Islais Creek? It turns out it’s right where we want it to be," assures Julia Viera, founder of Friends of Islais Creek. In only ten years, this grass roots king pin has helped […]
Working Waterfront In their own words
By Max Cumming, Yacht skipper of the Mari-Cha III Published: August, 2002 The Mari-Cha III is here in Alameda to do a bit of maintenance and prepare for the Pacific Cup race to Hawaii—a biannual event from San Francisco to Oahu. She’s a head-turning boat. A lot of the really big super yachts aren’t really […]
Take the Jeremiah O’Brien to Sacramento
By Wes Starratt, P.E. Senior Writer Published: August, 2002 The Jeremiah O’Brien is one of the 2,751 Liberty Ships built during World War II about which Winston Churchill wrote, "Without the supply column of Liberty Ships that endlessly plowed the seas between America and England, the war would have been lost." At the outset of […]
Tracking the Transit Taliban
For Whom The Bridge Tolls Tracking the Transit Taliban By David Fear Published: July, 2002 I’m slowly creeping across the Golden Gate Bridge towards Marin County, cursing myself for somehow forgetting about the bridge’s legendary rush hour crawl. The steady pace of 5.5 mph seems too much for some of my fellow drivers, who begin […]
Ferry Building Update
Published: July, 2002 Here the fourth in our continuing series of behind-the-scenes peeks of the renovation of the jewel of San Francisco Bay’s waterfront, the Ferry Building. Once again, our guide is Project Manager Dylan Berry.The realized vision in computer simulation, from the office level looking down at the food court storefronts. Photo courtesy of […]