Published: May, 2003 Wanted for short-term occupancy with an option to colonize: quaint, oceanfront property in the equatorial region, new world. Should have multiship port with navigable river access to interior. Prefer a native population of savages for exploitation and forced labor, possible Christian conversion, eventual extermination. Room for two major raw materials, gold preferred. […]
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Freeway Service Patrol Logs 1 Million Assists
Published: May, 2003 A stranded motorist and the veteran Freeway Service Patrol (FSP) tow truck driver who came to his rescue together helped the roving tow truck service reach its 1 millionth assist on Monday, March 24, 2003. Steve Kinsey, chair of the Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) Service Authority for Freeways and Expressways (SAFE), which […]
Vermeer Chocolate Martini
Published: May, 2003 As we live in an age of instant access to nearly everything, it is almost unbelievable that since the discovery of chocolate in Mexico in 1519 by Cortez more than 200 years would pass before the first chocolate processing factory would be in operation in England. You can begin to feel good […]
What the AC Transit Bus Driver Knows
Published: May, 2003 Carry things in our arms or back-packed in a canvas lump, lunches we will eat later at work, newspapers, CDs, a thermos, survival packs swung over a shoulder as we climb the stairs to our favorite seat hoping it’s empty, the one nearest the door, in the back, or on the Bay […]
Oakland Arts Focus
Published: May, 2003 Slam poets, hip-hop artists, and local youths raise their voices in poetry that speaks to community, and the everyday issues that they face. Poets from Youth Speaks and local youth organizations will be asked to participate. Five youth poets will raise their voices to empower, teach, and tell it like it is. A […]
Music Calendar – May 2003
Published: May, 2003 Sundays Brunch Tues-Thurs Friday PM Saturday PM 10:30 am-2:30pm 6pm-9:30pm May 2nd & 9th May 3 Simon Russell Simon Russell Dave Mathews Tomas Michaud Piano Piano Blues Band Latin Jazz Great line-up of a variety of music on Friday and Saturday nights, call for schedule
How Do Bus Drivers Feel About Golden Gate’s Financial Problems?
Published: May, 2003 An interview by Senior Editor Wes Starratt with Tony Withington, president of the Amalgamated Transit Union, Local 1575 … the Golden Gate Bus Drivers, and a member of the Board of Directors of the Water Transit Authority. BC: Tell our readers something about yourself and your union. I was born and brought […]
THE IRAQ WAR READER
Published: May, 2003 Three weeks into the war, Saddam Hussein’s control over Iraq has crumbled. The question now is: Was that the easy part? America now has responsibility to keep order in Iraq, put a new government in place, and get the economy and oil fields running again. Long-repressed people, including the country’s Shiite majority […]
Wine Festival by the Bay
Published: May, 2003 Stroll along the quaint picturesque main street of Tiburon May 17th to Point Tiburon Plaza for the first big community wine tasting event of the 2003 season. The Tiburon Wine Festival is sponsored by the many businesses of Tiburon through the Chamber of Commerce. The annual Festival is in its 20th year. […]
Judge Orders Carnival Cruise Line to Stop Illegal Dumping
Published: May, 2003 In settlement of a lawsuit against cruise lines by environmental groups, Carnival Cruise Lines admitted to illegally dumping ballast water into California ports and was ordered by a judge to stop unlawful practices that threaten to spread aquatic invasive species to coastal waters. The lawsuit, filed in April 2002 in Los Angeles […]