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By Paul Redman Published: July, 2004 There are over eighty farmers’ markets spread across the entire Bay Area, and many look alike. But since the newly refurbished Ferry Building in San Francisco has become the veritable ground zero for enlightened gourmands and politically-correct shoppers in the Bay Area, it should come as no surprise that […]
Published: July, 2004 Bay Crossings: It’s no secret that the Port of San Francisco is facing pretty big challenges. How did Mayor Newsom talk you into taking this job? MONIQUE MOYER: I don’t think I can reveal that. But it took a lot of back and forth with the Mayor; I’ll admit to that. BC: […]
BY PRISCILLA TRIPP Published: July, 2004 The Belvedere City Council last week named Anne Kasanin as Citizen of the Year and Wendy Buchen as Citizen Emeritus. They were chosen unanimously by the Citizen of the Year Committee, which consists of past designees, and was chaired this year by Justin Faggioli. Both long-time Belvedere residents, Kasanin […]
By Mccabe Coolidge Published: June, 2004 The tide is coming in, swirling movement in coastal waters lapping on shore as gull and egret sun themselves. The cormorant slowly unfolds her wings, standing on an abandoned dock on the lee side of this island, is drying her feathers. Into this quiet repose comes a splash, a […]
By Dianne Boate and Robert Meyer Published: June, 2004 Leaving from San Francisco on a winery January day, we stepped out of the plane in Capetown, 35 hours later, into brilliant South African summer sunshine. This trip was not just a holiday. We were there to explore as much of the wine country as could […]
By Mary Swift-Swan Published: June, 2004 Societies since the dawn of time have given names to the full moons to keep themselves organized for the seasonal changes and to help teach the young to prepare in advance for what is to come. Names applied to full moons of each calendar month are generally of a […]
By Guy Span Published: June, 2004 The cost of the new Martinez Bridge has swollen to over $1 billion dollars, due to fish mitigation, weak sub-structure rock, and building material cost increases. This raised the estimates from a 2001 view, which priced the bridge at $652 million. To pay for the increased costs, its looks […]
Published: June, 2004 Led by California Highway Patrol officers on bicycles, a crowd of bicyclists were the first to cross the bridge via the new path, followed by pedestrians. The 12-foot-wide path hugs the western side of the suspension bridge connecting Solano and Contra Costa counties along Interstate 80. The completion of the 1.6-mile-long path […]
Jane Wolff is the author of Delta Primer: A Field Guide to the California Delta. After studying documentary filmmaking and getting a graduate degree in landscape architecture, she worked in a landscape architecture office in San Francisco. A traveling fellowship took her to the Netherlands to study the history of land reclamation. That experience led […]
Published: June, 2004 Jane Wolff is the author of Delta Primer: A Field Guide to the California Delta. After studying documentary filmmaking and getting a graduate degree in landscape architecture, she worked in a landscape architecture office in San Francisco. A traveling fellowship took her to the Netherlands to study the history of land reclamation. […]