Published: September, 2010 Bay Ship & Yacht, located in Alameda on San Francisco Bay, has completed hydro-blasting the hull and superstructure, and finished its seawirthiness inspection of, the decommissioned USS Florikan. The ship, shown above, was brought to the shipyard’s 388’ x 84’ drydock prior to being towed to Texas for scrapping. The Florikan will […]
BY PAUL DUCLOS Published: January, 2019 Last month the San Francisco Symphony announced that Esa-Pekka Salonen will become its next music director in September 2020. As the 12th music director in the symphony’s 107-year history, Salonen will succeed Michael Tilson Thomas, who concludes his 25-year tenure in July 2020. One of the most […]
By Mary Swift-Swan Published: July, 2004 Quinn’s Lighthouse Restaurant was first constructed in 1903 as the Oakland Harbor Entrance Lighthouse by the US Lighthouse Service. It cost $19,000 to replace the original 1890 structure, which had been badly damaged by marine borers. The building was first located on the north side of the entrance to […]
