Archives

December 2004

Get Down at the Hidive

There’s a hip new watering hole on the waterfront, directly beneath the Bay Bridge, next to Red’s Java Hut and immediately part of the pantheon of San Francisco’s great drink and gnaw hangouts. More...

Cool Places to Shop on the Waterfront…throughout the issue

Editor-at-Large Mary Swift and girl-about-the-waterfront Zannah Noe scour the waterfront for the coolest places to shop for those special somebodies on your Holiday shopping to-do list. More...

Making Cents for Ferries

Sales Tax measures designed to in part finance ferry route expansions passed in three out of four counties where they appeared on last November’s ballot. This month’s WTA pages lay out exciting plans and arrangements already underway to knit together a comprehensive regional water transit system for the Bay Area More...

Happy Holidays to the Men and Women of the Armed Forces!

It matters not the who and why they are there, simply they are. The Bay Crossings staff wish all the men and women embroiled in conflict around the world, best wishes for survival and a speedy end to the conflict that keeps you far from home during the holidays. More...

Hidive Restaurant, It’s Only a Step Away

By Paul Redman More...

MTC Trip Planner Unfriendly to Alameda’s Ferries

Guy Span More...

MTC Honors Excellence in Motion at 26th Awards Ceremony

The Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) honored a group of programs, organizations, and individuals from around the Bay Region on Wednesday, Sept. 22, at the Commission’s biennial awards ceremony. From a 21st century rail service modeled after Japan’s bullet trains to an empathic school bus driver, this year’s winners reflected the theme “Excellence in Motion.” More...

Bay CrossingsCommunity Calendar

HOLIDAY EVENTS More...

No Flu Shot? Could be No Worries, Mate!

Now available is an Aussie standby that could stand in and possibly someday replace the unanswered demand for mass inoculations of healthy people between at-risk ages of the very young and elderly with health problems for cold and flu season. More...

Cool Places to Shop on the Eastern Waterfront

By Zannah NOE More...

Bay CrossingsCuisine

Neptune’s Hazelnut Crusted Halibut More...

Let Your Light Shine on Angel Island

By Surrey Blackburn More...

Vallejo Ferry Chief Fired, Resigned or What?

Bay Crossings Staff Report More...

Help Save the Palace

By Mary Swift-Swan More...

Holidays at the Exploratorium

San Francisco’s Exploratorium is the world’s first and foremost hands-on science museum. Its store staff knows what kids of all ages with active minds would like when it comes to picking hot holiday items for nature lovers, the scientifically inclined, tinkerers, even artists, on anyone’s shopping list. For their top 12 selections… Or, go to their web site to find more cool stuff. All proceeds from the Exploratorium Store support the activities of the Exploratorium (www.exploratorium.edu/store). The Exploratorium is housed in the Palace of Fine Arts. More...

U.S. Coast Guard Honors BoatU.S. Emergency Beacon Rental Program

With eleven persons successfully rescued since May 2003, the U.S. Coast Guard Office of Search and Rescue recently honored BoatU.S. for its Emergency Position Indicating Radio Beacon (EPIRB) rental program. The program makes the $900 life-saving devices available at cost for $50 a week as a public service of the boating association’s Foundation for Boating Safety & Clean Water. A BoatU.S. EPIRB recently aided in the rescue of three persons 120 miles off Cape Hatteras, NC. More...

Libations

Christmas, South American Style More...