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By John Goodwin Published: May, 2007 The Bay Bridge will be closed to traffic in both directions over the three-day Labor Weekend to perform a crucial step in the replacement of the bridge’s East Span. Caltrans crews will demolish some 350 feet of the original upper deck roadway just east of the Yerba Buena Island […]
By Patrick BurNson Published: May, 2007 SF Air Cargo Association Staging Annual Airline Fair San Francisco Bay Area manufacturers of high-end and/or perishable commodities are invited to attend this year’s Airline Fair, said Nolan Pahud, editor of the SFACA newsletter. While most of the association’s members comprise air cargo carriers and freight forwarders, shippers are […]
By Karin Betts Published: May, 2007 The news is spreading and Bay Area drivers are catching on — not only will a FasTrak® toll tag help you battle toll plaza traffic on the region’s bridges better than the speediest sports car, but you can conveniently pick one up at the grocery store! With the help […]
Published: May, 2007 In the big belly of a former CIA spy vessel, theTransquest, which is docked in Sausalito and working at 100 percent. See story p. 20. Cover photo by Scott Hargis. www.scotthargis.com
By Scott Alumbaugh Published: May, 2007 Sometimes the best part of sailing is getting off the boat, not because you’re seasick, or sick and tired of sailing, which does happen to everyone now and then, but because you’ve reached wherever it is you were heading. And, if you are the skipper and have done your […]
Published: May, 2007 Every 10AM – 4:30PM — Basic Keelboat 1, Spinnaker Sailing, San Francisco, 415-543-7333, www.spinnaker-sailing.com. Sat/Sun Come and experience the thrill of sailing on the San Francisco Bay with this introductory 12 hour, 2-day course that will familiarize you with all of the fundamental aspects of sailing on the bay. Call for Pricing. […]
By Scott Hargisase Published: May, 2007 Blazyk is standing on the bridge of the Transquest, an ex-CIA spy vessel he purchased in 1997, dressed in white chinos, white top-siders, white long-sleeved shirt and a red Transquest ball cap. He gazes out across the Sausalito harbor. This ship has a lot of history, he says, and […]
By Joel Williams Published: May, 2007 Notoriety came quickly for Russian River Brewing Company, just two years after the company was started by Korbel Champagne Cellars in Guerneville. The honorable title of Small Brewing Company of the Year was bestowed upon them at the 1999 Great American Beer Festival. And to top it off, that […]
By Thaddeus Barsotti Published: May, 2007 Keeping the right amount of plant food in the soil and in a form available for a plant to use is one of the main responsibilities for any farmer. This is a task for every farmer, but a task made more difficult for the organic farmer. When we talk […]
By Michelle Slade Published: May, 2007 Tucked away at the very end of a busy, light-industrial street in San Leandro is the Davis Street Station for Material Recycling and Transfer, a recycling division of Waste Management. It sits on a landfill that once butted up against the water at the top end of the Alameda […]