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Photo courtesy S.F. 49ers Bridge Closure Prompts Ferry Operators to Expand Labor Day Weekend Service BAYCROSSINGS OAKLAND, CA — The Alameda-Oakland Ferry and the Vallejo Baylink Ferry will expand their services to help transbay September 2006 Volume 7, Number 8 travelers cope with the eastbound closure of the Bay Bridge during the upcoming Labor Day weekend. For more information Joyce Aldana, Publisher on the Bay Bridge closure, see page 18. For complete ferry schedules, see pages 36-37. Bobby Winston, Proprietor Michelle Moday, Editor ALAMEDA-OAKLAND FERRY LABOR DAY WEEKEND SERVICE ADVERTISING & MARKETING Saturday, Sunday and Monday, Sept. 2-4 Joel Williams, Advertising & Marketing Director Eric Shatin, Advertising Sales TO SF TO East Bay GRAPHICS & PRODUCTION Francisco Arreola, Designer / Web Producer Depart Depart Arrive Arrive Depart Depart Arrive Arrive ART DIRECTION Francisco Arreola; Michelle Moday Oakland Alameda Ferry Bldg Pier 41/39 Pier 41/39 Ferry Bldg Alameda Oakland STAFF WRITERS & EDITORIAL 8:00 AM 8:10 AM 8:30 AM *** 7:30 *** 8:10 8:00 Dianne Boate & Robert Meyer; Patrick Burnson; Bill Picture; 9:00 AM 9:10 AM *** 9:35 AM *** 8:35 AM 9:10 AM 9:00 AM Mary E. 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Fisherman’s Wharf S.F. Vallejo Ferry Terminal Ferry Bldg. Pier 41 Terminal Ferry Bldg. Ferry Term DEPART ARRIVE ARRIVE DEPART DEPART ARRIVE 1 BUS 7:00 AM 7:55 AM 8:10AM 8:55 AM Ferry 8:00 AM 8:55 AM 9:00 AM 9:55 AM Ferry 8:45 AM 9:45 AM 9:55 AM 10:55 AM Ferry 10:00 AM 11:00 AM 11:20 AM 11:30 AM 11:10 AM 12:30 PM Ferry 10:20 AM 11:20 AM 11:30 AM 12:30 PM Ferry 11:30 AM 12:30 PM 12:40 PM 1:40 PM Ferry 1:00 PM 2:00 PM 2:10 PM 3:10 PM Ferry 1:20 PM 2:20 PM 2:30 PM 3:30 PM 1 BUS 2:00 PM 3:00 PM 3:10 PM 4:10 PM Visit and shop the Ferry 3:00 PM 4:20 PM 4:00 PM 4:10 PM 4:30 PM 5:30 PM Bay Crossings store! Ferry 3:45 PM 4:45 PM 5:00 PM 6:00PM Located at the Ferry 4:05 PM 5:05 PM 5:15 PM 6:15 PM center of the Ferry 5:35 PM 6:35 PM 6:45 PM 7:45 PM Ferry 6:10 PM 7:10 PM 7:15 PM 8:15 PM Ferry Building Ferry 6:35 PM 7:35 PM 7:45 PM 8:45 PM Marketplace Ferry 8:20 PM 9:40 PM 9:20 PM 9:30 PM 9:50 PM 10:50 PM 1 BUS 9:30PM 10:30PM 10:30PM 11:30PM Vessel Capacity is 300 passengers; Baylink operates on a fi rst come fi rst served basis. 4 September 2006 BAYCROSSINGS www.baycrossings.com “Th e Voice of the Waterfront” 12 32 Editor’s story: “Honey, can you hear that? We’ve got bees,” she said. She was never was fond of bees. Like other things with legs that all-of-a-sudden hover in front of eyelashes or buzz by earlobes, they incited a knee-jerk reaction. Getting stung hurts. She had been daydreaming when the insect fl ew by - her concentration - interrupted. “Where is that... bug? I can still hear it.” - This month an interruption along the waterfront might have us try another route, rethink a plan, fi nd a solution or remain still. - She gained an appreciation for the bees after having to pay attention to where they were. “They’re busy. And, most don’t have manners,” as far as she could tell. “They’re also the pollinators; the protectors and catalysts for growth,” she Sonoma/Napa beekeeper guru, Serge Labesque tends to a hive and, said. as it appears, one of the resident bees keeps watch. Seasonally, it’s “That’s great, Honey,” he responded, not at all bothered prime time for lavender honey. See story on page 22. by the buzz. Photo by Bobby Winston. 6 September 2006 BAYCROSSINGS www.baycrossings.com WATERFRONT VIEWS Waterfront Activists Sue to Ground New Alcatraz Ferry BY JB POWELL ornblower Yachts’ upstream battle to land the lucrative Alcatraz ferry contract just got tougher. Labor groups Hhave already mounted legal challenges against Hornblower’s service agreement with the National Park Service, which is slated to take effect Sept. 25. Now, waterfront activists have jumped into the fray. Photo by Francisco Arreola Citizens to Save the Waterfront, a group that calls itself “a coalition of neighbors, environmentalists, and locally-owned restrooms at this time. But, according modes.” He also insisted that, in the that the company must obtain those businesses,” fi led suit on July 31 to block to the suit, Hornblower has not sought course of renovations, the company will permits before they can begin service. the new ferry service from setting sail approval for its planned renovations from seek and obtain all necessary permits. The hearing to resolve the issue is for “The Rock.” Since the island opened the proper regulatory agencies. But at the same meeting, Paul Scott of scheduled for Sept. 6 in San Francisco to the public in 1973, boats to Alcatraz In March, it did submit applications Citizens to Save the Waterfront argued Superior Court. have departed from the Fisherman’s to its landlord, the San Francisco Wharf area, about a half-mile north of Port Commission, to install portable Hornblower’s proposed launching site at toilets and complete some minor Take the tour at www.WaterfrontProject.org Pier 31½. paving improvements. The Port denied By operating out of Pier 31½, the Hornblower’s request, however, and suit alleges Hornblower would directed it to apply for permits from the exacerbate already snarled traffi c along San Francisco Planning Department.