California Wine Country Tours

Port Oakland Ranked Fourth Tier

By Guy SpanPublished: November, 2006 There are four levels (tiers) of ports rated by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), from Tier 1 ports carrying the greatest risk (and earning the most DHS dollars) to low-risk Tier 4 ports like Albany, NY or Mount Vernon, IN. So what Tier do you suppose DHS has applied […]

Year of the Salmon!

Published: May, 2003 "This is a great season, a fantastic season to be fishing by the Farallone Islands! The counts of salmon returning up the rivers have topped 800,000. Attracted by notable ocean upwellings, plus all the rain washing excellent salmon food to sea has contributed to an increased salmon run for 2003 in our […]

Mobility Milestone: 511 Phone Service Logs Millionth Call

Published: October, 2003 Mikal Mekki calls 511 every morning, sometimes more, to check on Bay Area traffic conditions. So the odds were good that the millionth call to the region’s popular, toll-free travel information service would come from his cell phone. Sure enough, when the meter clicked past the million-call mark this past Tuesday morning, […]