Published: July, 2003 Railroad passenger trains were in trouble years before they were nationalized. In 1950, the larger railroads operated some 147,511 passenger route miles. By 1968, that fell to 58,130. Operating losses were huge. On the famed California Zephyr domeliner service between Chicago and San Francisco losses, rose to $2.6 million in 1969 on […]
Published: August, 2008 With six main performance stages, the music programming will represent a wide range of genres, including rock, blues, reggae, jazz, hip-hop, world, soul and Latin music. Local acts will also be featured prominently, representing San Francisco’s vibrant cultural community. A unique array of on-site activities will be available at the Festival as […]
By Bill PicturePublished: February, 2008 The plan for the East Bay Green Corridor Partnership, a collaborative effort between the four East Bay cities, the University of California, Berkeley and the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, was announced at a news conference on December 3. At the conference, the mayors indicated that the first order of business […]
