Published: November, 2004 Alameda Rosenblum Wine Cellars is a great place to enjoy the day or visit while holiday shopping. It is always fun to go to the source. Rosenblum Cellars, located next door to the Alameda ferry docks, is where grapes are crushed and wine is bottled. There are picnic tables outside for sunny […]
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Golden Gate Ferry Joins Coast Guard And Local Law Enforcement To Initiate New Ferry “Ride Along” Program
Published: November, 2004 The new program partners uniformed law enforcement personnel with Coast Guard Sea Marshals to increase law enforcement presence on the San Francisco Bay ferry systems. The program enables both on- and off-duty law enforcement officers to ride Golden Gate ferries and Blue and Gold Fleet ferries to aid in maintaining a constant […]
511 Driving TimesSM Expands Coverage Area, Adds S.F., Peninsula, North Bay Routes
Published: November, 2004 The expanded 511 Driving TimesSM coverage, available free of charge on the phone at 511 or on the Web at www.511.org, is expected to bolster travelers’ already high satisfaction with the Bay Area’s 511 service. A recent survey of callers shows that overall satisfaction with the 511 system rose to 92 percent […]
Waterfront Living: Alameda’s Bayport
Published: November, 2004 The Bayport Alameda residential community is a winner, but you have to be lucky to own one of the new homes. Currently, interested parties must first visit the sales office to receive a packet of instructions that detail the process of becoming a pre-qualified buyer. Only pre-qualified buyers are allowed to register […]
BCDC Socks It to Violator
Published: November, 2004 Hanson Aggregates Mid-Pacific, Inc. paid $373,000 to BCDC (the San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission)–the California state agency responsible for protecting the San Francisco Bay and providing public access to the Bay shoreline–to settle alleged violations by Hanson of the California law administered by BCDC. The amount is the largest paid […]
Fleet Week Raises More Questions Than Answers
Published: November, 2004 This was our first Fleet Week without the Blue Angels (not counting 2001, where the entire event was cancelled). Attendance was lighter than last year, and Edward Leonard, volunteer head of San Francisco Fleet Week Committee, Inc. attributed that drop to the missing angels. But the Air Show Network (the for-profit contractor) […]
Vallejo Ferry Chief Dismissed
Published: November, 2004 Pam Belchamber, the longtime director of the Vallejo Ferry Service has been suddenly and unexpectedly dismissed. City officials are mum but sources tell Bay Crossings that the contretemps concerns a contracting matter and a rankling relationship between Belchamber and Vallejo’s lame duck City Manager. The move was highly unexpected and left veterans […]
California History On-Line
Published: November, 2004 The Anne T. Kent California Room, as part of the Marin Civic Center Free Library, was created in the Fall of 2001 from a collection kept in the San Rafael courthouse basement. The California Room is named after Anne T. Kent, for her many contributions beginning in the 1920s. Anne was instrumental […]
Marin Group Sierra Club Events
Published: November, 2004 November 4, Thursday. The Lakes. An easy hike around Bon Tempe and Lagunitas lakes. Carpools from Fairfax Parkade at 9:30am. Back by 1pm. Rain cancels. Park Fee. $5/car. Gas $1. Richard Watson. 415/461-9255 November 7, Sunday. Limantour Beach (really!) and Muddy Hollow. With lunch on the beach. Recent rain alters route. Bring […]
Bay CrossingsOn the Cover
Published: November, 2004 The role of Ferry Ambassador comes with a pass good for lifetime free travel on Golden Gate ferries. Duties call for fathomless good cheer and tireless helpfulness. A resident of San Anselmo, Mr. Barbour also can be regularly spotted aboard other ferries as well. Photo by Dennis Anderson