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BC Staff Report Published: November, 2013 Bay Crossings this month debuts a recurring section focusing on important concerns regarding commuter ferry service for Alameda. The City of Alameda’s two ferry services, operating from Gateway Alameda and Harbor Bay, are standout successes by every significant measure—ridership levels, community support and importance to the local economy. Alameda’s […]
Published: November, 2013 California State Assemblyman Bonta arrived to talk ferries with Bay Crossings behind the wheel of his own car. A very used car. Bonta’s car key was broken in two and he wrangled the severed parts into the ignition to—somehow—get the car to start. Two well-worn child car seats in the back testified […]
By Bill Picture Published: November, 2013 Keen to make its Alameda-based operation more environmentally friendly, Bay Ship & Yacht Company has recycled and repurposed a submersible floating dry dock built by the Navy in the 1970s. HMB-1, as it was dubbed by its designers, features a retractable roof that not only allows Bay Ship & […]
By Deb Self Published: November, 2013 Will millions of gallons of raw and undertreated sewage get spilled into San Francisco Bay this rainy season? Baykeeper will monitor reports of spills and get that information out to the public in our interactive online map at www.baykeeper.org. Rainy-season sewage spills and overflows have contaminated the Bay for […]
Published: November, 2013 Are you putting your boat away for winter soon? The Boat Owners Association of the United States (BoatUS) reminds recreational boat owners to take special precautions with E-10 gas and to review their insurance policies before they put their boat to bed for a long winter’s nap. Otherwise, they may be in for trouble […]
Published: November, 2013 The pavement on the Bay Area’s nearly 43,000 lane-miles of local streets and roads remains in "fair" condition, with the typical stretch of asphalt showing serious wear and likely to require rehabilitation soon. Data released last month by the Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) puts the region’s 2012 pavement condition index (PCI) score […]
Published: November, 2013 A gift of $25 million from the S. D. Bechtel, Jr. Foundation to the Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy will lead the way for park enhancements at the very heart of the Presidio. This milestone gift was the largest cash gift ever contributed to a national park and came in conjunction with […]
By Paul Duclos Published: November, 2013 Tickets are still available for the S.F. Opera’s The Flying Dutchman, which is performed on November 3, 7, 12 and 15. This is a new production of Richard Wagner’s libretto and composition sung in German with English supertitles. In Wagner’s first masterpiece, a ship’s captain is condemned to endlessly travel […]
By CaptaIn Ray Published: November, 2013 The excitement of the 34th America’s Cup completely overshadowed the fact that September 19 was Talk Like a Pirate Day. With all the drama and pageantry of the America’s Cup behind us, it’s time once again to have a little fun with the nautical origins of common English words […]
Published: November, 2013 November 2 6:30PM – 9PM – 2014 Tahiti Flotilla Planning Party – OCSC Sailing, Berkeley, 510-843-4200, www.ocscsailing.com For some just the words "French Polynesia" conjure up images of romance and beauty. Come for hors d’oeuvres and drinks and meet like-minded sailors interested in sailing the magnificent islands of the Tahitian Leewards, among them fabled […]