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May
2004 |
1906
All Along the Waterfront
| According to
James Dalessandro, Author/Screenwriter of of the successful new
historical novel titled 1906, virtually everything known about the
1906 Earthquake is wrong. A city of 450,000 people was almost wiped
out by an earthquake and fire. Twenty-nine thousand of the city’s
standing structures incinerated. The official death count has been
478. Approximately 3,400 people died. Official accounts maintain no
one was shot for looting. In fact, dozens of eye-witness accounts
indicate that soldier’s and national guardsmen may actually have
shot several hundred people. And the story of the last stand against
the Great Fire that raged down to the waterfront is stirring.
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Destination
Sausalito |
| The
Miwok Indians lived along the shores of San Francisco Bay for centuries in
fishing camps and permanent villages. After many years of searching, San
Francisco Bay was “discovered” by Francisco Ayala, who chose for his
anchorage a spot with a great view on the northern shoreline of San
Francisco Bay. He renamed the Indian village Sauselito, which means “little
willow,” and claimed it for his European homeland of Spain. Both Indians and
Spanish soldiers are long gone from the busy world of 2004, but romance,
peace, and an air of discovery are alive and well in Sausalito. It’s the
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Everyone in the Estuary! |
| The Jack
London Aquatic Center, located within walking distance from Oaklands
ferry stop, offers a variety of opportunities for kids and their
families to learn to kayak or row. All equipment, including kayaks,
life-preservers, paddles, etc., is provided by the JLAC. No prior
experience is necessary and in most cases participants don’t even
know how to swim. It’s just one of a bevy of summertime water fun
opportunities detailed by Editor-at-Large Mary Swift.
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| Golden Cruise Ships Carry Cargo of
Problems |
| Some Greek philosopher
must have said that, “for every blessing, there is a price to pay.”
Certainly, with sunshine, come droughts … with rains come floods.
And probably such a philosopher would have added, that “the greater
the blessing, the greater the price to be paid.” Nowhere could it
more apply than to the case of the burgeoning cruise ship business
on San Francisco Bay. Much-need tourism and maritime dollars bring
in their wake serious environmental concerns.
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