Pt. Richmond’s Wig-Wag Controversy By Jim Mallory Published: July, 2002 Wig-wag. According to the Random House Webster’s Dictionary the term means “to signal by waving a flag or lantern according to a code.” But to the residents of Pt. Richmond the term represents a threat to their civic identity. They say the wig-wag railroad grade […]
By Scott Hargisase Published: May, 2007 Blazyk is standing on the bridge of the Transquest, an ex-CIA spy vessel he purchased in 1997, dressed in white chinos, white top-siders, white long-sleeved shirt and a red Transquest ball cap. He gazes out across the Sausalito harbor. This ship has a lot of history, he says, and […]
By Bill PicturePublished: January, 2008 [The amendment] is ambitious, but I think it’s consistent with the values of our city, Newsom explained. If we want to meet our goal [of reducing greenhouse gas emissions in San Francisco by twenty percent below 1990 levels by the year 2012], we need to address all of the contributing […]
