Holiday By The Bay is month-long celebration throughout Sausalito filled with twinkling lights, heartwarming traditions, waterfront magic, and unforgettable community spirit. Here are some highlights: Now Through December 7 Sausalito Village Intergenerational Art Show at Sausalito Center for the Arts, 750 Bridgeway. Friday, December 5 Holiday Tree Lighting Ceremony at...
The American Red Cross is offering free installations of smoke alarms in floating homes on January 24. These alarms have 10-year batteries and can cut the risk of death from home fires in half. If the last time you got new smoke alarm batteries was during the previous Red Cross...
Jim Woessner of Issaquah Dock sends along this tribute to his long-time neighbor Rachelle Dorris: One of the pillars of the waterfront community, Rachelle Dorris, passed away last Saturday, November 29th. Rachelle was a 40-year resident of the waterfront, the majority of those years living on Issaquah Dock. She was...
HERE ARE SOME OF THE ITEMS THAT WERE DISCUSSED AT THE NOVEMBER 11 FHA BOARD MEETING. MORE DETAILS WILL BE REPORTED LATER IN THE FLOATING TIMES. Lynn Lester has retired as Liberty Dock rep after years of service with Taylor Ray and Kathryn Soter stepping in as the new Dock...
Two years of planning for sea level rise was swept away when the Sausalito City Council rejected the draft shoreline adaptation plan. According to the Marin IJ, last Tuesday the Sausalito City Council sent the 168-page plan plan back for more work, deeming it incomplete. The plan had also drawn criticism...
We’ve written before about the historic Record Plant studio that flourished here in the 70s. A play that just closed at the Curran Theatre called Stereophonic is loosely based on one of the legends of that storied venue: the tumultuous 1977 Fleetwood Mac sessions that produced the multi-platinum album Rumours...
Last Friday, about a dozen members of the Sausalito Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors toured all three docks in Kappas Marina, ending up with a wine down aboard the Fairy Tale on West Pier, hosted by Julie Durbin and Ed Lopez. The tour grew out of interest expressed by...
The Working Waterfront Celebration last Saturday brought together the maritime community, showcasing their innovations, creations, and art to highlight the maritime industry’s contributions to the community and the environment. The event, held outside the Bay Model, welcomed a steady stream of visitors who enjoyed live music, fresh fish tacos, soft...
As we reported previously, Wilford Welch of East Pier has written an autobiography entitled A Wild Journey — values and circumstances that shaped a life. Tomorrow, he’ll be reading from the book at Sausalito Books by the Bay starting at 6:00 p.m. Then on Friday, November 21, at 6:00 p.m....
On Saturday, November 15, the Sausalito Working Waterfront Coalition (SWWC) will highlight the Marinship community’s shipwrights, fabricators, artists and more who will be offering information on their industries’ innovations, creations, technology, history and works of art. Enjoy live music and fresh fish tacos from noon to 3:00 p.m. at the...