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ArchivesMarch 2007 
Around the Bay in March 2007
Training season has begun for professional baseball. Oakland & San Francisco go to bat against each other on Mar. 11, 13, 30, 31. More... 
New Bay Bridge East Span:
Massive Foundation Piece Passes Through Panama Canal More... 
The Future of Traffic Congestion at Your Fingertips
TC has once again expanded its award-winning 511 traveler information service by adding a new Web-based feature that allows motorists to estimate the length of a trip in terms of minutes and hours before they hit the road. More... Coast Guard Search SuspendedUSCG, San Francisco, CA -- The U.S. Coast Guard suspended the search for Dr. Jim Gray at 5:30PM on Feb.1. After four solid days of searching an area of over 132,000 square miles in optimal search conditions, Coast Guard search and rescue units found no trace of Dr. Jim Gray or his vessel the Tenacious. More... Moving Ahead BlindlyLights play funny tricks on you at night when you’re sailing — especially in a busy area like San Francisco Bay. More... 
Dockside Dwelling: From Ship to Shore
A friend from New York came to visit, so naturally we took a boat ride. All the while my friend was filled with excitement, admiring the spires of the city landscape, the hills rising toward Mt. Tamalpais. We gazed out at Grizzly Peak and the Berkeley hills. More... WATERFRONT ACTIVITIES7-Mar More... 
Tale of Two Chalets
The Beach Chalet is located in San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park where the Park meets the Pacific Ocean at the Great Highway. Originally opened to the public in 1925, the building provided changing rooms and a lounge for beach goers and dining on the second floor with a spectacular view of the ocean and beach. More... Berkeley Receives $500 Million Nod to Lead Alternative Fuel Research ProgramIn Feb. 1, executives from BP announced at a press conference held on the UC Berkeley campus that the London-based energy giant has pledged $500 million over the next 10 years for an alternative energy research facility to be built here in the Bay Area. More... 
Alameda Dealership Recharging Short Journeys by Car with Electricity
Over 200 people traveled from all around the Bay Area to visit O’Connell Electric on Webster St., on Feb. 10. That’s the day the Bay Area’s only all-electric car dealer opened on the isle of Alameda. More... Green PointsSan Francisco International Airport has begun installing grid-connected, solar panels that help create power at Terminal 3. More... Keep the Delta CleanThe Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta system is the largest estuary on the United States Pacific Coast. More... Zapped Away to an Array of ZinWe said this a long time ago: We never met a Zinfandel we didn’t like. More... Thaddeus’ RuminationsA farm equipment auction is an event that most people have never had the pleasure of experiencing. These events tend to be for a small niche of people, and the number is only getting smaller. More... 
Raising the Curtain Once Again at Vallejo’s Empress Theatre
Since 1911, generations of Solano County residents have enjoyed an exciting stream of films and live stage performances at Vallejo’s own Beaux-arts theatre, The Empress, designed by local architect William Jones. More... 
Richmond’s Waterfront: A Place to Be for Industry
The bustling residential area around Richmond’s Marina Bay was once a thriving industrial mecca where the Kaiser Shipyards were located during WWII. More... 
Jack London Square Begins New Tradition with a “Crab Crawl”
JLS, Oakland, CA -- In celebration of the Bay Area’s Dungeness crab, one of our richest culinary treasures, Jack London Square presents its first annual Crab Crawl on Saturday, March 24 from 10AM – 5 PM. More... Extracting Money While on the RoadWhether by land and or by sea, when spring rolls around most of us are thinking about vacations and getaway weekends. Once again, technology comes to the rescue by keeping us in touch with friends, family and work via cell phones, personal digital assistants (PDAs), Blackberrys and notebooks. More... Working WaterfrontBlue & Gold Fleet has applied to the California Public Utilities Commission to increase its fares on the Tiburon/Sausalito and San Francisco runs. This is among the last surviving, private (non-subsidized) services in the state. More... 
All Hail, The Queen!
In Feb. 4, throngs of locals and tourists alike turned out to witness the Bay Area’s maiden call for the Queen Mary 2, the largest passenger liner ever to sail beneath the Golden Gate. More... 
Unusual Sighting of Pampanito
Presenting an unusual sight in the Alameda Oakland Estuary, the famed WWII submarine USS Pampanito paid a call to the Bay Ship and Yacht drydock facilities, where, with the assistance of a diver, she was slowly lifted out of the water and carefully positioned on blocks under water. Once out, the 300 foot long submarine looked more like a beached whale than the terror of the seas. More... |
