Sacramento agent accused of $6.3M scheme Nov 17, 2009
The investments included foreclosed properties and real estate in Georgia, Mare Island and Vallejo; a strip mall in Folsom; commercial property in El Dorado Hills; the production of a laptop computer stand called the Notefloat; and annuity, stock and foreign currency investments. Sassman made few, if any, of these investments and rarely paid the double- to triple-digit returns he promised, the Attorney General s Office said. (Sacramento Business Journal, CA)
Onetime Sausalito figure guilty in wine arson Nov 17, 2009
Investigators and people who know Anderson said the fire he started at the Wines Central warehouse - in what was once a submarine repair depot on Vallejo's Mare Island - was the final crash in the downward spiral of a former city commissioner who wrote a newspaper column under the name "Joe Sausalito.". The genesis of the case was Anderson's decision in the late 1990s to launch Sausalito Cellars, which offered collectors the chance to store premium wine in "protected solitude.". (San Francisco Chronicle -- Crime)
Port Chicago gains national park status Nov 12, 2009
Incredibly, the Navy immediately sent 258 black sailors to Vallejo to load munitions at Mare Island. The workers instead held a work stoppage, citing unsafe conditions. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Vallejo seeks to expand utility tax to cell phones Nov 3, 2009
"We don't use our cell phones a lot, but we think this gives the city a blank check," said retired Mare Island shipyard worker John Kocourek of Vallejo, who's been working against the measure. "We just don't think it's fair.". (San Francisco Chronicle)
Chester D. 'Jack' Beasley (10) Oct 31, 2009
By 1943, they took over operation of two eateries at Mare Island Naval Base. To meet the additional food needs, he decided to buy another ranch - this time in Sonoma. (Sonoma Index-Tribune, CA)
Rollins: Mom's generation and today's women Oct 22, 2009
His anti-aircraft artillery battalion was on its way to California to ship out but was suddenly reassigned to protect military installations in the San Francisco Bay area including Mare Island Shipyard in Vallejo, California, the largest submarine base on the West Coast ... He went to work the second day he arrived at Mare Island shipyard, the same place he had guarded during the war, and spent the next three decades building and repairing nuclear submarines ... She worked for the next 20 years... (CNN -- US)
Myrtle Eileen Cain Oct 9, 2009
After working for the Navy at Mare Island for one year, she went to work for Douglas Aircraft as a Rosie the Riveter for two years. When Allan came home from the war after three years, they moved to Montrose and made their home there, raising their two daughters. (Montrose Daily Press, CO)
Push for LNG pipeline from Oregon's Coos Bay Oct 5, 2009
But not like LNG. Fierce resistance already helped block proposals to build LNG import terminals in Eureka and Long Beach, on Vallejo's Mare Island and off the coast of Ventura County. Opponents tend to focus on safety. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Biggest winemaker to donate NY winery to college Sep 11, 2009
Fire at the Mare Island warehouse broke out on Oct. 12, 2005, destroying wine from 82 wineries and 43 private collectors. Damage has been estimated as high as $250 million. (Fresno Bee -- Business)
Accused wine arsonist's trial is set Sep 10, 2009
Wines Central was the name of the former military submarine repair depot on Vallejo's Mare Island where the fire broke out Oct. 5, 2005, soon after Anderson walked out. Anderson was in the process of being evicted from the warehouse, where he had rented space for his wine storage outfit. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Crime)
Vallejo woman dies in Hwy. 37 wreck Aug 15, 2009
Traffic was reportedly backed up as far as Lakeville Road on the west and Mare Island to the east. According to the Solano office of the California Highway Patrol, at about 4:20 p.m. Gurbax S. Sunak, 57, of Vallejo, was driving eastbound on Highway 37 when, because of unsafe speed, he rear-ended a vehicle driven by Maria Rosa D. Reyes, 49, of Vallejo, which caused Reyes' vehicle to veer into the westbound lane where it was hit head-on by a third car driven by Terrance F. Spink, 89, of Novato. (Sonoma Index-Tribune, CA)
John R. Harwell (33) May 22, 2009
John received an electrical certification from Santa Rosa Junior College and worked at Mare Island Naval Station, then moved to Santa Cruz. John later moved to Salt Lake City, Utah, where he owned and operated Clear Water Pool and Spa and then moved to San Diego where he and his brother, Donald, jointly ran Blue Water Pool & Spa. (Sonoma Index-Tribune, CA)
Evelyn G. (Vondrak) Hansen (588) May 4, 2009
She worked for many years at Hamilton Air Force Base and Mare Island as a keypunch operator. Evelyn was a member of St. James Parish, was involved with the Hospice Bereavement group and a volunteer at the Kaiser Clinic in Petaluma. (Sioux City Journal)
Artists reflect on the seder plate Apr 6, 2009
San Francisco artist Liz Mamorsky created the "Lazy Daisy Seder Plate" on a lazy Susan concept with casting components scrounged at Mare Island Naval Shipyard. "Everything I read of seder plates conveyed the notion of movement - passing over," she said. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Still waiting for takeoff Mar 1, 2009
In redeveloping the Mare Island Naval Shipyard in California, closed since 1996, LNR ran into some serious environmental and economic obstacles ... In 1997, the city of Vallejo selected Lennar Mare Island LLC - a joint venture that included LNR Property Corp. and Lennar Corp. - to lead the project as the master developer ... In June 2008, Lennar Mare Island LLC filed for bankruptcy. (Boston Globe)
Birders head to Siskiyou wetlands to see eagles Feb 17, 2009
"How can you not love this?" said retired Mare Island rigger and eagle aficionado Charlotte Ann Kisling, as the temperature dropped below 20. "It's so peaceful, and so awesome. I don't care about TV or movies - this is what I want to see.". (San Francisco Chronicle)
E. Alvey Wright, proponent of H-3, 100 Feb 10, 2009
Over a long and distinguished military career, Wright served as technical director of the U.S. Navy Research Laboratory, designed aircraft carriers and other warships, and served as production officer at Mare Island Naval Shipyard in California, and commander of the Charleston Naval Shipyard in South Carolina. Wright arrived in Hawai'i in 1964 to serve as commander of the Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard, a post he held for four years. (Honolulu Advertiser)
