Published: September, 2001 Gavin Newsom, on the eve of his pre-wedding honeymoon, talks about his love for San Francisco’s waterfront (but not Fishermen’s Wharf), regionalism and the environment Fair to say that you love Fisherman’s Wharf? I love the waterfront, but I don’t love Fishermen’s Wharf. I remember walking down here with my grandfather when […]
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SAUSALITO…Exciting Times Ahead
By Rob Franco, Executive Director of the Sausalito Chamber of Commerce Published: September, 2001 THE FUN NEVER STOPS! You can have fun in Sausalito without having to do anything. Just sitting on the deck of one of Sausalito’s fine restaurants or cafes, looking out at the water or across the Bay at San Francisco is […]
Letters to the Editor
Published: September, 2001 Dear Editor: As the City Manager for the City of Benicia I was astounded to read the following in your August edition; "The City of Benicia is not interested in a ferry terminal…." Although it is true that the city is concentrating efforts on securing funding for a regional style intermodal train […]
Bay Crossings Journal The Boy, His Dad
By Bill Coolidge Published: September, 2001 A seagull meanders, about tree level around the outskirts of the grassy playfield. Blown off course by the northerly wind coming out of the estuary or just hanging around the green dumpster behind the fenced batters’ cage? My attention, though, is on the white spot rising up above the […]
Inside Story
Published: September, 2001 I am in Montreal to attend a family reunion. A first cousin is a cameraman at a big television station here and I ask him to let me tag after him one day at work. I’m curious about the contrast between producing television news and a small community newspaper like Bay Crossings. […]
Checkin’ out the Northern San Francisco Waterfront
By Nancy Salcedo Published: September, 2001 From the waves at Fort Point to the winds that blast through the Golden Gate in the summertime, the northern waterfront is as challenging as it is beautiful – no beginners here. As you walk north from the Ferry Building the elements account for more and more of your […]
Family members of the Alioto-Lazio Fish Company
Published: September, 2001 We’re the family members of the Alioto-Lazio Fish Company; actually the proper name is F. Alioto Company. But because we are one of the many of the Alioto clan, we needed to distinguish ourselves so we used our grandmother’s maiden name of Alioto and our grandfather’s surname of Lazio, making it the Alioto-Lazio […]
Fisherman’s Wharf: Beyond the Honky-Tonk
By GraceAnn Walden Published: September, 2001 Fisherman’s Wharf has at least two sides. There are the T-shirt shops, wax museum, and the ever-popular fast food outlets, but there’s also the museum at Aquatic Park, our working Wharf’s fleet of fishing boats, and there is a terrific array of restaurants to satisfy the most picky eater […]
Bay Crossings Bay Environment
By Teri Shore Bluewater Network Published: September, 2001 Will the ferries in our future be powered by fuel cells? Sun and wind power? Electric drives? Or tried and true, but dirtier, diesel? That’s what regional ferry planners are trying to determine. Top marine engineers hired by the Water Transit Authority (WTA) are now studying the […]
State Agency to Boating Community: Stop Worrying and Learn to Love BCDC
Published: September, 2001 Editor’s Note: our article about liveaborards, anchor-outs and houseboats excited many responses. Here is BCDC’s Executive Director Will Travis’ response to questions that were posed. BCDC says that the McAteer-Petris act, which established BCDC, defines floating homes or boats as land fill. Can you tell me where and how this interpretation was […]