By Wes Starratt, PE Published: September, 2004 More than just the land of hot tubs, Marin County may have the Bay Area’s first desalination plant. Yes, Marin is unique. Long ago, the growing City of San Francisco extended its water supplies from nearby reservoirs to the more reliable and abundant runoff of the Sierras, and […]
The Amazing Success of the Ferry Plaza Market and Its Future By GraceAnn Walden Published: October, 2002 Farmers’ markets are sexy. They seduce people. They bring them downtown at night. San Rafael did that. And since 1993, they have been bringing sophisticated San Franciscans to the Wharf—an area of the city where they formerly wouldn’t […]
By Paul Duclos Published: March, 2013 Any protagonist cast upon a storm-tossed sea will have some appeal to those of us who rely on ferries as our primary mode of transportation. But haven’t we all encountered the occasional rascal who deserves to be cast out of the boat when things get rough? That would be […]
