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Published: September, 2004 For many youth in India Basin and Bayview/Hunter’s Point, August 14th marked the first time they had experienced San Francisco Bay. America True Sailing Programs, Santa Cruz Fleet 240, City Kayak, Grand Prix Sailing Academy, the Dolphin Club, and The Mills Corporation joined together to give many disadvantaged children and teenagers the […]
By Mary Swift-Swan Published: September, 2004 Day, September 15th El Grito is the cry for independence, “Mexicanos, Viva Mexico!”, first given by respected Catholic priest Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla in Dolores, Guanajuato, in the early hours of September 16, 1810. He exhorted his Indian and mestizo* congregation to start the Independence movement to throw off […]
Published: September, 2004 Sausalito Yacht Club – Tuesday evening races 9/7, 9/21. Don Wieneke (415) 332-0186. Coyote Point Yacht Club – Wednesday evenings through 10/27. Mike Finn (408) 866-5495. Folsom Lake Yacht Club – Every Wednesday night through 9/29. John Poimiroo. Oakland YC in Alameda – Wednesday evenings through 9/15. Ted (510) 769-1414. Richmond Yacht […]
By Guy Span Published: September, 2004 Your curmudgeon, Guy Span, is off traveling America and enjoys taking the train, when he can. But he had the misfortune to encounter Amtrak Train No. 50, AKA the Cardinal. Now we are all aware that Amtrak has equipment shortages, capital funding problems, and an unsympathetic President Bush, who […]
Published: September, 2004 “Wilson Lacy has extensive experience in the maritime industry which will be of great benefit to the Port of Oakland in his new role as Director of Maritime,” said Port Board President Patricia A. Scates. She added, “We believe that his knowledge and experience in the industry will help maintain the Port […]
Published: September, 2004 The Port of Oakland, through the Oakland Museum of California, announced yesterday the artists approved to create artworks for three of the five public art projects planned for the Oakland International Airport Terminal Improvement Program. The Board of Port Commissioners unanimously approved Oakland artists Hung Liu and Alan Rath to create works […]
Date Passengers Originating From Time at SF. Ferry Building Marketplace Pax September 18, 2004 Berkeley 10:00a.m.- 12 noon 125 October 2, 2004 South San Francisco or Berkeley 9:55a.m. – 12:00 noon 125 October 2, 2004 Redwood City 10:30a.m. – 12:30 pm 125 October 9, 2004 South San Francisco 9:55a.m.-12 noon 125 October 9, 2004 Redwood […]
Published: September, 2004 The recent surge in popularity of the FasTrakTM system is driven in large part by the $1 toll discount available through October 31 to drivers who use FasTrakTM to pay their tolls on the Bay Area’s seven state-owned toll bridges. The discount went into effect July 1—the same day cash tolls on […]
By Mary Swift-Swan Published: September, 2004 Born on a farm in Maryville, Missouri, Shirley’s family moved to Colorado when she was just five years old. Shirley Kohlwes moved to San Francisco in 1960 after graduating from college. She learned to sail on the Bay in a Rhodes 19 out of Sausalito. She later owned a […]
Published: September, 2004 California Senate Bill 1078 (SB 1078) became law January 1, 2003. It provides that each governing body of a local publicly owned electric utility shall be responsible for implementing and enforcing a “renewable portfolio standard” to encourage renewable resources. The state legislature established an attainment target of 20% renewable energy by the […]