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ArchivesJuly 2001 Checkin' out VallejoCheckin' out Vallejo More... Letters to the EditorSave Carl Moyer Fund More... 
Cover Story Checkin’ Out Vallejo
Historic, downtown Vallejo is often overlooked by out-of-towners. Six Flags Marine World on the outskirts of town draws plenty of visitors, but few make it downtown and to the waterfront-the real Vallejo. More... 
Headed Out
Monday June 18, 2001, Jack London Square Amtrak Station: Kazue Iguchi, 20 (left) and Chiho Torii, 19 (right) of Washington are on their way to Grand Canyon, Arizona. Originally, both of them are from Saitama, Japan. Currently, they are studying economics at Eastern Washington University. For summer vacation, Kazue says, "I want to travel as many places as possible. More... 
Bay Crossings Interview
In late 1996, the Vallejo’s City Council recognized Mayor Anthony Intintoli’s hard work over many years to expand and improve Vallejo’s ferry system by naming the catamaran, M/V Intintoli in his honor. Bay Crossings correspondent Wes Starratt recently sat down with Mayor Intintoli for an interview. More... 
Working WaterfrontIn their own words
Adult Programming Coordinator, Oakland Department of Parks & Recreation More... 
The People Power Behind the Vallejo Ferry
Transportation Superintendent Pamela J. Belchamber is a formidable ferry and transit activist who can be justly proud of her accomplishments in creating and building the Vallejo ferry into a system that more than 5,000 people count on year-round to commute to work and countless more use for ball games, afternoon shopping, and much more. More... 
SUCCESS OF VALLEJO AND ITS FERRIES: LOCATION, LOCATION FOR THE PAST 150 YEARS
The importance of Vallejo’s location was apparent even before the city’s founding. General Mariano Vallejo, the last Mexican Governor of California, realized that the little settlement was a natural transportation hub where land meets water at the gateway to the Bay Area from the great central valley. He was so enthusiastic about the area that he offered some of his own land and even succeeded in making Vallejo the capital of the State of California, at least for one year. To General Vallejo, Vallejo was the "true center of the state." More... 
Vallejo’s Baylink Ferry Service Looks Forward
The right location, the right people, a dedicated group of riders, and a long series of significant events came together during the past fifteen years, resulting in the creation of the most dynamic ferry service on San Francisco Bay today. From a modest beginning in 1986, ferry service between Vallejo and San Francisco has grown to today’s highly successful Vallejo Baylink. More... 
Let’s Ride The Ferry From Vallejo
Some 2,500 people do every weekday! More... 
New Fishermen’s Wharf Hyde Street Harbor Opens
New Fishermen’s Wharf Hyde Street Harbor Opens More... A Picaresque History of the Port of OaklandIncredible as it seems, the town had been incorporated, the city council duly elected and the waterfront appropriated by Carpentier before most of the residents were aware that Oakland existed. More... Why not a Ferry for both Cargo and People Connecting Bay Airports?So, goes the thinking of John Glover, Director of Strategic Planning for the Port of Oakland, which operates the Oakland International Airport. More... Waterfront DiningDining Finds in Vallejo More... 
WTA People
Steve Castleberry Manager of Systems Planning, Bay Area Water Transit Authority
What made you want to work at WTA? More... SUMMER FUN IS SAUSALITOBy Rob Franco, Executive Director of the Sausalito Chamber of Commerce More... 
Bay Crossings Riders of the Tides
Tugboats on the Bay More... 
Bay Crossings Journal
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