Browsing: Sausalito

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Colorful Sausalito Houseboat for Sale: $1.33 Million

Many, many years ago, I lived in Mill Valley, California, and commuted to work as an editor of Saturday Review in San Francisco. It was the best commute I’ve ever had (and I’ve had a lot – in Chicago, Philadelphia, Washington, D.C., and New York). I rode my bike on a bike path from downtown Mill Valley past the Sausalito waterfront and then took the ferry to the Ferry Building in downtown San Francisco, where it was just a short walk to the office. The views from the ferry, of the Golden Gate Bridge, Alcatraz, Angel Island, The City (as San…

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Sausalito Cracks Down on Boaters Anchoring Out in Richardson Bay, Just Across from San Francisco

There’s trouble in Richardson Bay, just across the Golden Gate from San Francisco and directly off the well-photographed, steep hillside town of Sausalito. The local police have been placing bright orange warning stickers on the decks of dozens of “anchor out” boats there – boats that have been anchoring there for free, often for many years. “Warning,” the stickers say. “The Sausalito police may remove any vessel which has been left in city waters for 72 hours.” A local police lieutenant told The San Francisco Chronicle, “We’ve been getting more and more complaints, more reports of thefts and other problems.” Another…