How did the Rodeo Ave. exit off 101 Southbound become the Off Ramp to Nowhere?
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Back in July 2023 I wrote a newspaper column about Forbes Kiddoo and his fantasy isle which floated in Richardson’s Bay in the 80s. Then I got a big surprise!
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Few shoppers at Gene Hiller Menswear realize there’s a jail cell in the basement of the store.
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To borrow a phrase from the sixties, if you remember the notorious dry docks of Richardson’s Bay. . . you were probably never aboard them.
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Next time you’re enjoying tequila sunrise, don’t forget: that delicious cocktail was created right here in Sausalito.
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The last train pulled out of Sausalito on Thanksgiving Day, 1971 ending 96 years of service here.
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The Ice House moved to Bridgeway and Bay Streets in 1993, but it almost never got there at all.
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Despite long odds, Rumors came true in Sausalito in 1976.
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What weighs 4500 pounds and can dive a mile deep in the open ocean? It’s not a submersible.
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The Alta Mira Hotel, perched high on Bulkley Avenue, was once the grande dame of Sausalito hotels, known for Sunday brunches featuring Ramos Gin fizzes.
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Otis Redding’s famous song (Sittin’ On) the Dock of the Bay was inspired by Sausalito. But do you know the reason why Redding was sittin’ on one of our docks?
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The ferryboat Berkeley has had a long and varied history, some of it here in Sausalito…
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Did you know that Gumby got his start in Sausalito? Well,almost…
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Throughout Sausalito’s history, lots of things have happened, but just as interesting is a long list of things that DIDN’T happen here.
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Marinship, which changed the face of Sausalito forever, became operational in just a few months in early 1942.
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The Floating Homes Community celebrates the 32nd anniversary of it annual Open Homes Tour on September 30.
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It took a California Supreme Court decision to integrate the workforce at Marinship during WW II.
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Imagine Sausalito owning its own airport.
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If he had been treated better, Hearst might have built his castle right here.
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When the Chamber of Commerce disappeared off its own map!
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Can you imagine Coney Island in Richardson’s Bay?
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From Sausalito to the World Series.
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What we call Bridgeway today was known as Water Street until the Golden Gate Bridge came along.
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Did you know that our little village is as old as San Francisco?
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The name Cavallo Point is part of our oldest local history. . .
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