Bay Farm Island Lagoon

Bay Farm Island Lagoon
View from Baywood Village looking across to Oyster Pond

Bay Farm Island Lagoon 2010

Bay Farm Island Lagoon 2010

Monday, April 5, 2010

The Only Written History of Bay Farm Island

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  1. My name is Jacqueline Manibusan. I am a CSUEB graduate student and a full time wife, mother, and employee – HELP!

    I spent many years working in a non-profit organization providing psychosocial education to adjudicated youth both in jail and on probation teaching at-risk youth what their parent's should've taught them about life, how to make the correct choices, and how change poor thinking that leads to prison terms.

    I currently work full time for the Alameda County Superintendent of Schools which is very a demanding position but very educational at the same time.

    I aspire to be on the speaking circuit giving motivational speeches, sharing my experience, strength, and hope with others. I'm a trained mediator, anger management facilitator, and a domestic violence counselor - and also have trained others in these skills.

    Some day, I'll run for public office - I'm just not sure which one yet. I am considering running for the Mayor's seat in my hometown of Alameda - but only time will tell. I may run for office in Hawaii - which is where my husband and I plan to move someday.

    My husband and I have been married for 20 years! I am blessed with a 35 yr. old step-son & four grandchildren, a 29 yr. old daughter, a 27 yr. old married, step-daughter who’s in the Air Force (HuaaaH!), one more grand son who is almost 2 yrs. old - and the love-of-my-life is my 16 yr. old son.

    Life is really good right now and it has been for a while. Thank you God!

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  2. Bay Farm Island is also referred to as Harbor Bay Isle is separated from the Island City of Alameda by an estuary and connected to the Oakland Airport by landfill. In the early days, Bay Farm Island was farmland with asparagus as the principal crop, therefore it was dubbed "Asparagus Island". In addition, there were large oyster beds which regularly supplied restaurants in nearby San Francisco. Today, there is a chain of lagoons where several housing developments are built that sit on land that was once farmed.

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