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Published: December, 2007 USA Today has described the SF/SPCA Holiday Windows at Macy’s as one of the 10 Great Places to Press Your Nose Against the Glass. This year, Holiday Windows at Macy’s will feature six, five-foot diameter snow globes set within a panorama of San Francisco landmarks. The globes will house the SF/SPCA shelter […]
By Joel Williams Published: December, 2007 The responses ranged from, It didn’t affect us at all, to We were completely shut down. Some companies shut down voluntarily, while others that were not directly affected noticed that no one showed up, even though the nice weather would normally have meant brisk business. The most poignant response […]
By Joe Curley Published: December, 2007 These are some of the key findings of a recent public opinion survey on transportation planning priorities commissioned by the Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC). The telephone poll was conducted as part of the outreach effort for Transportation 2035, an update of the long-range regional transportation plan for the San […]
By Joel Williams Published: November, 2007 On October 9th, the first shipment of sand and gravel from Vancouver Island arrived at the newly-constructed aggregate receiving, storage and distribution terminal owned by Eagle Rock Aggregates and located in the Port of Richmond. The Richmond Terminal, which was built with a budget of $27 million, is a […]
Published: November, 2007 On October 9th, Joel Williams photographed the CSL Acadian bringing the first shipment of sand and gravel from Vancouver Island to the newly-constructed aggregate receiving, storage and distribution terminal owned by Eagle Rock Aggregates and located in the Port of Richmond. The Richmond Terminal, which was built with a budget of $27 […]
Holiday Tree Lighting Ceremonies Published: November, 2007 A Green Holiday Season at Jack London Square Jack London Square has a better – and greener – way to light up the holidays at the annual Tree Lighting Ceremony on November 23rd. PG&E has replaced the tree’s 4,500 incandescent lights with energy-efficient LED (light-emitting diode) C-9 […]
https://www.baycrossings.com/Richmond_Nov2007.pdf Published: November, 2007 The Ford Point Building’s massive Craneway was open to the public for the first time in over 20 years when it served as a venue during Richmond’s first Home Front Festival By-the-Bay, which took place from September 28th through the 30th. The Craneway, a stunning 40,000 square foot space enclosed […]
U.S. Military Veterans to be Honored on the USS HornetPublished: November, 2007 On Veterans Day, Sunday, November 11, American veterans will be honored and will receive free admission and tours during a special Veterans Day ceremony at the USS Hornet Museum aircraft carrier at the former naval air station in Alameda. The event is open […]
By Joel Williams Published: November, 2007 The Great American Beer Festival (GABF) is one of the world’s largest and most prestigious beer competitions; it’s certainly the most important one in the United States. Over 100 professional beer judges evaluate more than 2,800 beers entered by almost 500 different domestic breweries. This October marked the 26th […]
By Scott Alumbaugh Published: November, 2007 Boats are like children. Not in what they are, but in what they do. They both are here on earth mainly to remind us—the adults and, ostensibly, the people in charge—that we are not the center of the universe. Now, we all know, intellectually, that we are not the […]