Music for People & Thingamajigs: Hot, homemade Sep 19, 2008
He accompanies her with his glass vessels on Saturday at the Headland Center for the Arts in Sausalito ... 944 Fort Barry, Sausalito. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Essentials: This weekend's live music picks Sep 19, 2008
944 Fort Barry, Sausalito. (510) 444-1322. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Fresno Art Museum recognizes the work of artist June Schwarcz Sep 11, 2008
Schwarcz, who lives in Sausalito, came upon her art of choice by accident. In 1954, some friends were taking enamel classes at the Denver Art Museum and introduced her to the medium. (Fresno Bee)
Female perspective informs art shows Sep 7, 2008
This season's exhibits, running Friday through Nov. 2, include works by June Schwarcz of Sausalito, the museum's Council of 100 Distinguished Woman Artist for 2008. As an effort to study and celebrate the evolution of women's art in California, the council, a support group at the museum, has honored 20 distinguished women artists since 1988. (Fresno Bee)
CHP: 2 Sea Lions Rescued, Will Be Evaluated Sep 6, 2008
Sea Lions Headed To Sausalito's Marine Mammal Center ... Both sea lions will be brought to the Marine Mammal Center's headquarters in Sausalito for evaluation and any necessary treatment, Oswald said. (NBC 11, CA)
RocketBoat Preparing for Blastoff at PIER 39 Sep 6, 2008
The company provides regular ferry service to Sausalito, Tiburon, Angel Island, Vallejo, Alameda and Oakland, and also runs motorcoach tours to some of the most picturesque sites in Northern California. More information can be found at. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Newswatch, Police/Fire Sep 2, 2008
COURTESY MAST PHOTOGRAPHY INC. / 2007 Roz Savage tests her boat, the Brocade, in San Francisco Bay near Sausalito, Calif. in preparation for her first attempt to row across the Pacific Ocean. (Honolulu Star-Bulletin)
Slow Food menu draws crowds of tasters Sep 1, 2008
-- A Sierra Club-sponsored Slow Hike from San Francisco to Sausalito is scheduled for Monday. Free. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Labor Day Getaways Aug 30, 2008
Other suggestions: Bicycle Sunday at Canada Road in Woodside; Nimitz Way at Tilden Regional Park in Berkeley to bay lookouts; kayak Sausalito to Angel Island; Mount Diablo Summit lookout; Pierce Ranch to see bull elk collecting harems; Sky Trail (mid-afternoon, after fog clears) at Point Reyes National Seashore. Tom Stienstra's Outdoors Report can be heard Saturdays on KCBS (740 AM) at 7:35 a.m., 9:35 a.m. and 12:35 p.m. E-mail Tom Stienstra at. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Crime)
Defeated pol is life of the party Aug 22, 2008
(Tan, the eye of the coming hurricane of talks and events surrounding the opera, for which she wrote the libretto, lives in Sausalito with her husband, Lou DeMattei. In a one-page interview, Marin magazine asked her what bothers her about life there. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Drilling for Hot Rocks: Google Sinks Cash into Advanced Geothermal Technology Aug 21, 2008
org hopes that Sausalito, Calif. based can begin to develop the answer with the $6. (Scientific American)
Google puts $10M in geothermal technology Aug 20, 2008
25 million, will help finance EGS company AltaRock Energy Inc of Sausalito, California. Other investors in the company include some of the top Silicon Valley venture capital firms. (EETimes)
Art collector buys David Ireland's house Aug 17, 2008
Wilmans knew Ireland's work primarily through her involvement with the Headlands Center for the Arts in Sausalito, whose interiors Ireland treated much as he had those in his own house. "Then at a February event at California College of the Arts," Wilmans said, "in conversation with Ann Hatch and others, the question of the house's fate again came up. It was then a couple of weeks away from being put on the market. She asked if I'd like to come and see it. ... So the next day Ann ... showed me... (San Francisco Chronicle)
There's Platinum in the hills Aug 17, 2008
Heath Ceramics, based in Sausalito, reflects the ideas of Edith Heath, a child of the Great Depression, who valued conserving material and energy and making things last ... Heath Ceramics, 400 Gate Five Road, Sausalito 94965; (415) 332-3732, Ext. (San Francisco Chronicle)
GREEN IN THE HILLS Aug 14, 2008
With a "green can be beautiful and sexy" mantra, he was able to attract artsy local businesses interested in the same thing, especially Mark Rogero, owner of Concreteworks in Oakland, and Cathy Bailey, proprietor of Heath Ceramics in Sausalito. They provided new ideas for beautiful fire-resistant siding made of recycled kiln shelves, and locally produced tiles and counters for the kitchen and bathrooms. (San Francisco Chronicle)
It's better than sex, they say Aug 13, 2008
Sausalito, California, resident Andy Kurtzig, 35, finds his pleasure on a plate. The CEO of JustAnswer. (CNN -- US)
Home values hold in few places in Bay Area Aug 12, 2008
The handful of areas where home prices increased "tend to be some of the nicer parts that have higher-priced real estate - southern Marin County, such as Tiburon and Sausalito; many parts of San Francisco County; and places that have benefited from (proximity to) successful technology companies such as Palo Alto and Cupertino," Humphries said. As has been well documented, the areas hit hardest are exurbs such as eastern Contra Costa County, where scores of homes were built in recent years. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Business)
Sea Lion Climbed Onto Ferndale Family's Boat Aug 7, 2008
Marine mammals affected by the toxin can display erratic, aggressive behavior and often become disoriented, said Mieke Eerkens, spokeswoman for Marine Mammal Center in Sausalito, Calif. Traxler said the same sea lion in May opened her mouth and charged at a woman, her young son and their dog on Jacksons Beach, near Friday Harbor. (KIRO TV, WA)
Scooters, Shuttles Replace Mercedes, Maserati for Silicon Valley Commuters Aug 7, 2008
To hit less congestion, he leaves 30 minutes earlier for his 50-mile commute from Sausalito to Cupertino. He also monitors his car's miles-per-gallon readout. (Bloomberg)
Wily sea lion slips aboard family's Wash. sailboat Aug 6, 2008
Marine mammals affected by the toxin can display erratic, aggressive behavior and often become disoriented, said Mieke Eerkens, spokeswoman for Marine Mammal Center in Sausalito, Calif. . (Albany Times Union)
Porpoise Deaths Unexplained Off California Waters Aug 5, 2008
"This is the time period every year where we do see porpoises and dolphins washed up ashore, it does happen," said Jim Oswald, a spokesman for the Mammal Center in Sausalito, across the bay from San Francisco. "There are a few more numbers this year.". (Planet Ark, United States)
Gov abuses state workers Aug 2, 2008
DAVID AINLEY Sausalito. This article appeared on page B - 4 of the San Francisco Chronicle. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Opinion)
ESCONDIDO: Rolling into spotlight Jul 30, 2008
The race also will include original host cities Sacramento, Santa Rosa, Sausalito, San Jose, Modesto, Solvang, Santa Clarita and Pasadena. Cami Mattson, the chief executive officer of the San Diego North Convention and Visitors Bureau in Escondido, said she lobbied race promoter AEG, owner of the Staples Center and other sports facilities, to bring the race to North County after hearing the group was interested in San Diego County. (North County Times)
Gordon's 'Spaced Out' shows '60s influence Jul 27, 2008
Houseboats in Sausalito and communes in Sebastopol and Sonoma were soon sporting makeshift cupolas and spires ... Visionary architects such as Sim Van der Ryn, who lived on a houseboat in Sausalito, advocated the era's morphed surrounding as a means to change oneself. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Science sites for families Jul 26, 2008
Location: 557 McReynolds Road, Sausalito ... Marine Mammal Center (Marin Headlands, 1065 Fort Cronkhite, Sausalito; ). (San Francisco Chronicle -- Science)
Palo Alto skipped for 2009 Tour of California Jul 24, 2008
Beginning in Sacramento, the 2009 Tour of California heads to Santa Rosa, dashes down the coast from Sausalito to Santa Cruz, cuts from San Jose to Modesto, then works its way south, finishing Feb. 22 in San Diego. It will be a different race, with no prologue and an extra day. (Palo Alto Online, CA)
Tour of California expanding Jul 24, 2008
Sausalito again will be a start city, but this year for the first time, the peloton will head south across the Golden Gate Bridge for a run down the coast to Santa Cruz, another new host city. Stage 4 will go from San Jose to Modesto, reversing this year's tough haul over the Sierra Road and Mount Hamilton climbs. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Sports)
Sacramento gets stage one of the Amgen Tour Jul 24, 2008
New this year to the race is a crossing of the Golden Gate Bridge, which racers will cross on day three during a race from Sausalito to Santa Cruz. Reader Comments. (Sacramento Business Journal, CA)
Amgen Tour cyclists will cross Golden Gate next year Jul 24, 2008
For the first time riders will cross the Golden Gate Bridge during a stretch of the race linking Sausalito and Santa Cruz ... Other host cities include Sacramento, Santa Rosa, Sausalito, San Jose, Modesto, Solvang, Santa Clarita and Pasadena. (San Francisco Business Times, CA)
Cycling: Santa Cruz to host stage of 2009 Tour of California Jul 24, 2008
The stage begins in Sausalito, north of San Francisco, and will, for the first time, take riders across the Golden Gate Bridge and down the coast to Santa Cruz. City and race officials Wednesday said they hadnt yet pinned down the exact route of the race, but it seemed likely riders would move south down Highway 1. (Register Pajaronian)
Woman's idea saves thousands of Nepalese girls Jul 23, 2008
(07-21) 20:17 PDT -- Olga Murray of Sausalito had been volunteering for five years in Nepal, helping abandoned and disabled children get an education, when she read something in the newspaper that she couldn't believe ... She spends six months a year in Nepal and the rest of the year in her Sausalito home ... Nepalese Youth Opportunity Foundation 3030 Bridgeway, Suite 123 Sausalito, CA 94965. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Baby, it's cold outside Jul 23, 2008
-- Sting had lunch at the Balboa Cafe last week; Eddie Izzard, who played the Orpheum over the weekend, had dinner at Poggio in Sausalito, and a few nights later Daniel Craig was at the bar there; and Nicole Richie, with baby in tow, was seen at Tacubaya on Fourth Street in Berkeley, reports Andee Brown. -- Neil Young hosted a showing of "CSNY Dj Vu," a documentary about Crosby, Stills, Nash 's anti-war tour, at the Sundance Kabuki on Thursday night. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Bright Eyes' Conor Oberst Captures Nomadic Spirit With First Solo Album In 13 Years, By John Norris Jul 22, 2008
Where that record found Conor crossing the country, ending up and hooking up here and there, the new album sticks with that nomadic approach, with songs that take our hero from Utah ("Moab") to Florida ("Cape Canaveral") to California (the Deadhead-friendly "Sausalito"). The troubadour from smack-dab in the middle of the nation has never much cared for staying in one place. (VHI.com -- Music News)
Venture capital deals fall in 2nd quarter Jul 19, 2008
-- Federated Media Publishing, Sausalito, online ad network for blogs and media Web sites: $50 million. Source: National Venture Capital Association and PricewaterhouseCoopers. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Business)
Obituaries: Raquel Anselma Wilson(1926-2008) Jul 17, 2008
She is survived by her sons Roy E. Wilson III of the Bay Area, Dean Wilson of Crescent City; daughter Leslie Wilson Muela of Sausalito; grandchildren John Muela, Nicole Muela and Xochitl Alicia Gonzalez, Robert, Wyatt, Lily and Abby Wilson; and great-grandson Owen Moebius. She was preceded in death by her husband, Roy E. Wilson, Jr., and her sister, Ann Reeder. (Daily Triplicate)
Volunteers Rescue Trapped Sea Lion Jul 8, 2008
Crews from the Marine Mammal Center in Sausalito tried to rescue the sea lion twice before, but a spokesman for the center says they couldn't catch the 6-foot, 200-pound juvenile mammal. Spokesman Jim Oswald said veterinarians will evaluate the animal at the center before releasing it into the ocean. (KCRA 3, CA)
Marine Mammal Center Rescues Trapped Sea Lion Jul 8, 2008
If workers are able to safely corral the sea lion, the animal will be taken to the Marine Mammal Center in Sausalito for a checkup and several days of observation before being released back into the wild, Oswald said. Related Articles: Find out more about , , and. (NBC 11, CA)
Sea lion trapped in creek in Santa Clara Jul 7, 2008
Crews from the Marine Mammal Center in Sausalito tried to rescue the sea lion that day and then again on July 1, but a spokesman for the center says they couldn't catch the 6-foot, 200-pound juvenile mammal. People watching the sea lion Sunday say it was swimming frantically in all directions, looking for a way out of the channel. (Fresno Bee -- State)
Celebrate The Fourth Jul 5, 2008
Bay Model Visitor Center, 2100 Bridgeway, Sausalito ... Sausalito's Fourth of July Extravaganza ... Dunphy Park, Bridgeway and Napa St., Sausalito. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
Memorial Services Set For Veteran Bay Area Fire Chief Jun 30, 2008
said Powers collapsed around 12:20 p.m. while talking with other fire district employees at the Sausalito station on Spencer Avenue. He was with the district for 23 years, Giannini said. (NBC 11, CA)
Changs folk dancers celebrate 70 years Jun 28, 2008
The Messers, a Sausalito couple who met on a dance floor 60 years ago, have been hoofing for 15 with Changs International Folk Dancers, the oldest continuously running folk dance club in the country. For the next two hours, they stepped, stamped and clapped through a string of Bulgarian, Turkish, Hungarian, American and Russian numbers. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Letters to the Editor (June 24) Jun 26, 2008
So now a chiropractor in Sausalito can buy a top of the line Hummer for that $102,581 and then claim a $75,000 deduction for capital equipment, an $8,274 post-Sep. 11 bonus capital equipment deduction and a first-year depreciation allowance of $3,861. (Corvallis Gazette Times, OR)
IT Salaries: Glassdoor Reveals Tech Pay Figures Jun 25, 2008
Based in Sausalito, Calif. and funded by $3 million from , Glassdoor is run by former managers from Expedia and Zillow. (Datamation)
'Marin/Scapes 2008: Creating a Landscape of Hope' Jun 25, 2008
Ben Farnham, a widely recognized watercolorist from Sausalito, painted Napa Street Pier, Sausalito for this year's show poster. He is actively involved in prominent artists groups such as the California Watercolor Association, The Marin Society of Artists, and the Marin Watercolor Society. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Despite drought, backyard pools popular Jun 22, 2008
-- Eric Blasen, Blasen Landscape Architects, Sausalito. (415) 332-5329. (San Francisco Chronicle)
California Drops Plan To Spray For Apple Moth In Bay Area Jun 20, 2008
Friday, June 20, 2008, 6:27 am. Get breaking news, daily headlines and more. (NBC 11, CA)
Green.view: Why does Berkeley have so many Priuses? Jun 17, 2008
Of 349 places in California, the ten greenest are Albany, Berkeley, Fairfax, Belvedere, Piedmont, Mill Valley, Larkspur, Portola Valley, Sausalito and Palo Alto. Folsom and Bakersfield rank near the bottom. (The Economist)
Crude's 697% Rally Passes Dot.Com Craze as Economy Spurs `Bubble' Worries Jun 14, 2008
5 billion in February of that year, data from in Sausalito, California show. The flood helped boost the price-to-earnings ratio on shares of Irvine, California-based to 617 in March 2000, according to Bloomberg data. (Bloomberg)
The Inside Scoop: North Beach musician gets keys to Washbag Jun 12, 2008
However, Bijan, who lives in Sausalito, isn't giving up on Marin. Toast, his breakfast/lunch/dinner place in Mill Valley (31 Sunnyside, at East Blithedale), is doing well enough to prompt him to open a second location in a new development in Novato. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Annual burn relay nets $68K Jun 6, 2008
The Relay starts in Healdsburg and travels south to Sausalito, making stops at several fire departments along the way. At each stop, more trucks are added to the procession and the respective departments present the AARBF with a check from the firefighters in support of burn prevention and treatment efforts. (Sebastopol Sonoma West Publishing, CA)
The din of dining Jun 5, 2008
Gaylord's Restaurant, Sausalito. Huynh, Walnut Creek. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Federated Media Partners with Outside Lands Music and Arts Festival Jun 4, 2008
Source: Federated Media Publishing. Highly Anticipated Music Festival to Expand Online Exposure and Integrate Technology into Festival Experience. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Green values at Contemporary Furniture Fair May 29, 2008
Lulan's Eve Blossom showed handwoven silk fabrics, made in various Asian countries, alongside chocolates made in South Africa, presented by Cameron Sinclair of Architecture for Humanity in Sausalito. Lulan has helped to rejuvenate small weaving centers whose master craftsmen were languishing, and Sinclair, typically involved in rebuilding communities in areas devastated by war, earthquakes or tsunamis, has turned his attention to small industry that can help underdeveloped communities as well. (San Francisco Chronicle)
CHP Identifies Golden Gate Bridge Crash Victims May 23, 2008
SAN FRANCISCO -- The California Highway Patrol said three Sausalito residents and a San Francisco resident were involved in the three-vehicle crash on the Golden Gate Bridge on Wednesday afternoon ... Clark's Passat sideswiped a northbound 2000 Volkswagen Passat driven by Brian John Gerritsen, 38, of Sausalito, and then collided head-on with a northbound 1995 Honda CRV driven by Grace M. Dammann, 61, of Sausalito, according to the CHP.. (NBC 11, CA)
Pentagon's insatiable thirst for oil May 10, 2008
BEVERLY CHERNER Sausalito. Ignoring reality. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Opinion)
Goodby, Silverstein agency celebrates 25 years May 8, 2008
John Butler, Mike Shine and Greg Stern, now with the agency that bears their names in Sausalito, were at Goodby, Silverstein in the early 1990s and were the first of many to leave to start their own agency. Butler, the creative director at his agency, thinks the strength of Goodby, Silverstein is "their ability to listen to clients and come back with something that works for the client and the agency.". (San Francisco Chronicle -- Business)
Waiting for their ships to come in Apr 23, 2008
Mechanical problems have kept the Hawaiian Chieftain on shore in Sausalito ... The Hawaiian Chieftain was getting repaired Monday in a Sausalito marine yard. (Daily Triplicate)
Tall Ships delayed Apr 20, 2008
One of the Tall-Masted Ships may not arrive until Thursday and the other won't depart from Sausalito until Tuesday morning, due to gale force winds and repairs ... The Hawaiian Chieftain received its parts from Europe late Friday and remains in Sausalito, pending repairs. (Daily Triplicate)
AARP The Magazine's National Spelling Bee to Take Place June 14th in Cheyenne, Wyoming Apr 19, 2008
The spellers are: Kate Karp, 59, copy editor, Long Beach, CA Nancy Friedlander, 61, teacher, San Diego, CA Carol Fleming, San Francisco, CA Joan Saxton, 66, physician, Sausalito, CA Norman Zucker, 61, physician, Sebastopol, CA In the AARP The Magazine-sponsored bee, the 50+ aged spellers are allowed to miss three words before being knocked out of the competition. The day begins with a written competition in the morning, narrowing the field to the top 15 who go on to compete in the oral spelling... (PR Newswire)
Ships will arrive Apr 19, 2008
The Hawaiian Chieftain was still anchored in Sausalito, awaiting repairs and a mechanical part to continue her voyage, Follansbee said. "The Hawaiian Chieftain is still under question, because they are awaiting parts from Europe," he said. (Daily Triplicate)
A marathon runner who wants to honor 9/11 victims Apr 18, 2008
Chris Lundy, 37, Sausalito - 2:41:14. Kate O'Neill, 27, Palo Alto - 2:36:15. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Sports)
Bay Area designers have long had green outlook Apr 17, 2008
In June, Freed and partner Tom Sargent, a principal of Equity Community Builders, will unveil their latest eco-resort: Cavallo Point, a collaboration with the Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy and the National Park Service at Fort Baker in Marin County, near the northern foot of the Golden Gate Bridge and just minutes from Sausalito. This costly project (historic preservation as well as certification in Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design, known as LEED, are not cheap) includes... (San Francisco Chronicle)
End of coast's 150-year-old fishery looms Apr 13, 2008
His boat is called Josephine and is 40 feet long, built of wood by the long-vanished Pasquanucci Boat Works in Sausalito. "I never had a job on land. I'm not educated, though I know how to handle boats and men. What will I do now? Be a doctor?". (San Francisco Chronicle)
Columbia Sportswear is poised to leave its longtime Portland advertising agency and work with a California firm Apr 10, 2008
UPDATED: :05 a.m. PDT, April 10, 2008. by 04/05/2008 3:59 p.m. PT. (OregonLive, OR -- Business)
SF Changes Olympic Torch Route At Last Minute Apr 10, 2008
Mac Sutherlin, 30, and Duane Martinez, 27, both of Sausalito, and Hannah Strange, 29, of Oakland, were arrested by California Highway Patrol officers Monday after climbing the bridge and displaying banners that read "One World, One Dream, Free Tibet 08.". All were released from jail by Wednesday morning. (NBCSandiego.com, CA)
