Published: October, 2006 Blue Angels Soon you’ll begin to hear the roar, look outside and catch a glimpse of the Blue Angels racing in the sky during Fleet Week. The Blue Angels demonstrate their precision piloting in an always-impressive air show right above the Bay. Northern waterfront. Sat. Oct. 7, 2:30-5PM & Sun., Oct. 8, […]
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Bus Filters Remove Tons of Soot From Bay Area Air
By John GoodwinPublished: October, 2006 The involved agencies gathered in late September at Treasure Island to announce the approach of the project’s completion. The featured speaker was San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newson, who reported that San Francisco Muni has retrofitted all 424 of its targeted diesel buses. Newsom framed the Bay Area’s Clean Diesel Bus […]
Brew Review
Magnolia Brewery By Joel WilliamsPublished: October, 2006 Magnolia, located on the corner of Haight and Masonic in a Victorian built in 1903, opened in 1997 after extensive construction to the building’s cramped and neglected basement that houses the brewery. The pub is small but the interior woodwork that was installed around the 1920s beautifully complements […]
Lower Costs Expected to Put More Drivers on FasTrak®
By John GoodwinPublished: October, 2006 We’re responding directly to demand from motorists who don’t use the toll bridges as part of their everyday commute, said Rod McMillan, director of Bridge Oversight and Operations for BATA. We’ve heard from drivers all over Northern California, and they’ve consistently told us they’re interested in FasTrak but they’re reluctant […]
The Great Cork Debate
By Dianne Boate & Robert MeyerPublished: October, 2006 Real corks can break off halfway out, plastic corks won’t go back in and a screw top suddenly on view can create a new kind of bottle shock. So is that bottle shock warranted? And is the cork the best way to seal the bottle? The 17th century […]
That’s Wharf Entertainment
The escapist, the businessman and the outlaw By GraceAnn WaldenPublished: October, 2006 I’ve always enjoyed the street performers at Fisherman’s Wharf. But the one I remember more than any other is the Automatic Human Jukebox. Grimes Poznikov was a bright musician-street performer, who made the best use ever of a cardboard refrigerator box. I remember […]
Remember the ENIAC
Electronics over mechanics, when the computer became ballistic By Mary E. ShacklettPublished: October, 2006 The future of technology is so predominant that we seldom reflect on the history of computing, and what sparked its development in the first place. The ENIAC computer was developed over 50 years ago at the University of Pennsylvania as part […]
Internationally Renowned Underwater Photographer to Speak at The Northern California Underwater Photographic Society
Published: October, 2006 Bradley is an internationally renowned underwater, wildlife and nature photographer who has had his work published by: National Geographic Television, Nature’s Best Magazine, the Aquarium of the Pacific, Friends of the Sea Otter, the Monterey Bay Aquarium, Boy’s Life Magazine and Fine Living Network. Bradley has dedicated his time to create compelling […]
Grand Living Today at Richmond’s Marina Bay
Published: October, 2006 Currently, there are three existing condominium home communities and another three, either proposed or under construction, around the Marina Bay area. When completed, the six communities will represent almost 1,800 homes. Marina Bay, The Shores at Marina Bay and The Cove at Marina Bay are three waterfront condominium home communities that are […]
Questing for Ocean Everest in a Winged Submarine
To that question posed by Ecclesiastes three thousand years ago — Who can fathom the depths of the abyss? — only two men have the right to answer: Captain Nemo and I. — from Jules Verne’s novel, 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea. By Dan SankeyPublished: October, 2006 In the 136 years since Verne wrote his […]