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Published: June, 2004 The school year draws to a close. It seems that graduation from all grades of school have their enduring rites marking change. TP snow wound artfully through the front yard trees and bushes may go on forever. It is plastered all over the home of cute boy by a group of girls […]
By Guy Span Published: June, 2004 Due out of dry dock here in San Francisco on June 7th is an American passenger ship, the Pride of Aloha. Formerly the Norwegian Sky, she becomes nationalized at a quiet ceremony on the 7th, after which she is scheduled to Pier 35 the same day to take on […]
Published: June, 2004 “It is more about fun than fast,” says founder John Arndt of the San Francisco Bay Area. “Summer Sailstice is a sailing event where old friends reunite and new friendships are formed. The date is June 20th. The format is to just go sailing on the longest day of the year and […]
Published: June, 2004 According to local truckers, the Port of Oakland trucker’s strike was brought on by the independent truckers getting squeezed by rising fuel prices and stable haulage rates. In many ways, the independent truckers and small companies are much like migrant workers. The large steamship lines lease their own terminal facilities and use […]
Published: June, 2004 Commuter Check Services Corp. (CCSC) of Englewood, New Jersey, and Commuter Benefits Management, Inc. of Oakland, California announce a new enhancement to the popular Commuter Check program. The new program, Commuter Check Direct, enables Commuter Check vouchers to be ordered online and delivered to employee homes. In many U.S. cities, Commuter Check […]
Published: June, 2004 The 150’ San Francisco Spirit is an elegant lady. She is berthed at Pier 9 along the Embarcadero just 5 piers west of the Ferry Building. The San Francisco Spirit and her 100-foot little sister, the California Spirit berthed at Pier 39, are primarily used for Corporate and private events arranged by […]
By Mary Swift-Swan Published: May, 2004 Group of action-oriented people able to make decisions and take responsibility got ferries restarted on the Bay after ferryboats were outlawed as transport near or under any bridges on San Francisco Bay to give the bridges a boost to recover costs. Communities in our state have taken a series […]
Published: May, 2004 Author James Dalessandro Scores a Hit with Historical Novel J ames Dalessandro is the author/screenwriter of 1906. In 1998, with an outline and several chapters of the novel under his belt, James went to Hollywood, and within 24 hours was in the middle of a bidding war between Warner Bros. and director […]
Published: May, 2004 Harith Aleem has been the Aquatic Program Coordinator for the last two years. He started swimming when he was 7 years old. Harith said, “I grew up at the pool.” His first job was interning at the pool. From that honorable beginning, Harith worked through all the different jobs available. What Harith […]
Bay Crossings Staff Report Published: May, 2004 OAK Airport Expansion Local officials broke ground on a $110 million airport expansion project that will add five new boarding gates to Oakland’s terminal number two, the current home of Southwest Airlines. BART Lay Offs BART plans to lay of some 53 workers in July, including some 16 […]