Author: BAY CROSSINGS STAFF REPORT

Published: May, 2001 Enjoy a river cruise through the Sacramento Delta aboard the high-speed catamaran "Bay Breeze". Relax as the vessel follows in the wake of the majestic steam powered paddle wheelers that were the passenger ships of the Gold Rush. While you and your group cruise between the historic ports of Sacramento and San […]

By Bill Coolidge  Published: May, 2001 Just give me a little more time! I want to love the things as no one has thought to love them, until they’re real and ripe and worthy of you. Rainer Maria Rilke It was early February, 2001 that I noticed these black and white bobbers in five acres […]

Published: May, 2001 The 11th and final member has been named to the San Francisco Bay Area Water Transit Authority Board. Rocco Louis Mancinelli is a Senior Research Scientist at the SETI Institute in Mountain View The legislation creating the WTA specifies that Mancinelli’s spot be reserved to a trained biologist. A quick review of […]

Published: May, 2001 Ask Dr. Mom is a health advice column that will appear monthly in Bay Crossings. It’s a partnership between Bay Crossings and St. Luke’s Hospital/San Francisco, specifically their Millennium Occupational Medicine (MOM) program, headed by Dr. Clint Potter (a.k.a, Dr. Mom). Dr. Mom invites encourages your questions, which can be directed to […]

Published: May, 2001 During the Depression, make-work programs put many artists and writers to work on projects like the Federal Theater Project (Orsen Wells, amongst others). A look at any one of the many WPA murals in Post Offices across the country gives an appreciation for the kind of strong, socially conscious talent that was […]

By Steve Geller  Published: May, 2001 Bus riding isn’t free. If you want to ride a bus, you have to pay the fare. The classic way to pay is cash; drop your money into the fare box. Regular bus riders like me carry a monthly pass, and wave it jauntily at the driver. The driver […]

By Teri Shore  Published: May, 2001 It sounds crazy, but before long the Bay Area’s ferries could be running on veggie-power. Local ferry operators are taking notice of a clean, alternative fuel made from leftover restaurant grease and vegetable oils. The up-and-coming fuel is known simply as bio-diesel. Not only is it non-toxic, low polluting […]

Published: May, 2001 The 11th and final member has been named to the San Francisco Bay Area Water Transit Authority Board. Rocco Louis Mancinelli is a Senior Research Scientist at the SETI Institute in Mountain View The legislation creating the WTA specifies that Mancinelli’s spot be reserved to a trained biologist. A quick review of […]

New WTA Chief Tom Bertken Lets Us Know Where He’s Coming From – and Where’s He’s Taking Us Published: May, 2001 What made you want to run the WTA? For most of my long professional career I have been involved in building transportation facilities here in the Bay Area to provide better mobility to the […]

Published: May, 2001 Tiburon’s not hard to love, set like it is on the tip of the Tiburon Peninsula overlooking Raccoon Strait, Angel Island, and San Francisco. The surprise here is the strong sense of place. The town is very much lived in by its residents, and the experience is very real. Many people come […]