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Published: May, 2006 ALAMEDA COUNTY FAIR June 23 – July 9 Pleasanton Come play a game and win a prize for your sweetie, then watch the opening night fireworks. Carnival open Noon until midnight during June. Looking ahead to July 3 … disco king Boogie Man, KC and the Sunshine Band will perform. ACCORDION […]
Published: May, 2006 May 6 9:30AM – Bolinas Beach Clean up, Cold Water Surf Club, Sebastopol, 707-824-4360, www.coldwatersurfclub.com The Cold Water Surf Club invites everyone concerned about the environment to join us in a beach clean up at Bolinas Beach. Clean up will be followed by free surf lessons for all participants. Bring lunch and […]
Published: May, 2006 Ausually quiet sailing from Vallejo to San Francisco on the M/V Solano ferryboat turned into a rescue mission for its captain and crew on Sunday. As the Solano neared Angel Island, Capt. Todd Nelligan noticed something that he felt needed further investigation, said Kevin Donnelly, a Baylink employee. The boat was near […]
By Nat LincolnPublished: May, 2006 Bay area residents take note, Spring is finally here, and that means Kiteboarding season is here. Already, my phone is ringing, e-mails are pouring in and I am running around getting everything ready for what will be the biggest year ever in a new and evolving water sport. I teach […]
An exciting component that has been taking shape through the Mayor’s Blue Greenway Task Force is an Art Trail element along San Francisco’s southern waterfront. The Blue Greenway Art Trail will incorporate Mayor Newsom’s innovative temporary public art concept as exemplified by the David Best Temple at Hayes Green and Michael Christian’s Flock at […]
By Joel WilliamsPublished: May, 2006 I brewed my last batch of beer in 1999, and I’ve left the whole brewing scene behind me. But, I still feel the pain in my back each morning that reminds me of the physical toll brewing has taken on my body. However, while going through years of old photos […]
By Dianne Boate and Robert MeyerPublished: May, 2006 We think the Bay Area has just about everything a person could want, but there’s something missing: a Nobu Matsuhisa restaurant. Nobu was mentioned in an article we wrote about the growing trend of sake and sushi restaurants (Bay Crossings Sept. 2003). At that time, the Nobu […]
By Scott HargisPublished: May, 2006 One foggy morning around the turn of the 20th century, Seamus McGrath arrived at work drunk. This, according to those who knew him, was not unusual. Seamus was a drawbridge tender, assigned to one of the drawbridges on San Francisco’s busy waterfront. As he lit his pipe, he heard a […]
Published: May, 2006 One of the Bay Area’s most diverse, vibrant and accessible Artists’ Open Studios takes place the weekend of May 6 & 7 in Benicia. Benicia Artists’ Open Studios, in its 13th consecutive year, is free to the public and features over 75 studios and art venues open 10AM to 5PM. Visitors may […]
By Brenda KahnPublished: May, 2006 For the 260,000-plus drivers traversing the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge each day, the only sign that a major construction project is under way is the line of giant red cranes standing at the ready. But just below motorists’ line of sight, work on the new East Span has been proceeding […]