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BY CAPTIAN RAY Published: July, 2011 I sat down to write this column on Monday, the 6th of June. I didn’t finish it that day, but the delay didn’t change my mood—a mood sparked by two completely separate events that came together for me on this day and started me thinking. The first happened while […]
By Bill PicturePublished: August, 2011 Environmental impact was among the concerns raised when Target began the permitting process for three stores in two Bay Area cities—San Francisco and San Rafael. The Minneapolis-based chain’s plan to resuscitate downtown San Francisco’s consistently underperforming Metreon shopping arcade were met with little resistance. The store is slated to open […]
By Deb Self Published: July, 2011 America’s 33-year wait for the FDA to publish rules on sunscreen labeling ended in June—just in time for the apparent end of the rainy season. The new rules go into effect next year and will provide clear guidance for the most part on sunscreen manufacturers’ claims about effectiveness. Until […]
Published: July, 2011 Sausalito has always offered a wide range of tempting culinary options, whether it’s the highly lauded Sushi Ran on Caledonia Street, the waterfront Spinnaker, Poggio’s in the center of town or Le Garage at the Schoonmaker Marina. With over 35 restaurants in walking distance from the ferryboat landing and the new, late […]
Published: July, 2011 Boating Tips from the U.S. Coast Guard Capsizing is a leading cause of recreational boating deaths and injuries, and weather is often a contributing factor. But overloading and inexperience at the helm can also put a vessel in danger of overturning, especially in smaller craft that can be adversely affected by load, […]
By Patrick Burnson Published: July, 2011 The Port of San Francisco, which effectively ceded container operations to its crossbay rival, the Port of Oakland, many years ago, is getting back to basics. In an effort to attract more merchant vessel calls, it is soliciting interest from qualified respondents for developing and operating a bulk marine […]
Bay Crossings Staff Report Published: July, 2011 On June 6, the City of Vallejo held a ribbon-cutting ceremony to celebrate the completion of the Vallejo Transit Center at 311 Sacramento Street, which is a bus terminal and administration building that represents the first phase of the Vallejo Station Intermodal Facility. Speakers at the event included […]
Published: July, 2011 Last month, the next-generation AC45 catamarans—45-foot state-of-the-art vessels that are the precursors to the 72-foot boats that will compete in 2013—reveled in winds between 15 and 25 knots as they made their Bay Area debut in a series of test runs, helping America’s Cup Race Management advance its digital systems and refine […]
Published: July, 2011 Ghostly Cruise Take a cruise on Sunday July 24 aboard the historic Liberty Ship S.S. Jeremiah O’Brien from San Francisco to Suisun Bay’s Ghost Fleet, a collection of US Navy and merchant reserve ships created following World War II. In 2010 plans were announced to remove the Ghost Fleet in stages. The […]
Published: July, 2011 Offering spectacular views of the San Francisco skyline, the Marin Headlands and Mount Tamalpais, Angel Island is the largest island in San Francisco Bay. Local residents usually know where Angel Island is located—one mile south of the Tiburon Peninsula—but, surprisingly, most have never visited. Maybe that’s because the visitor’s center, in Ayala […]