By Brenda Kahn Published: December, 2011 Aided by the giant Left Coast Lifter crane, crews in October placed the last deck section on the new Bay Bridge East Span’s signature element, the soaring self-anchored suspension span (SAS). The operation was a major milestone for the SAS, whose twin decks now meet up with the twin […]
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Explosive November Rattles West Coast Ports
By Patrick Burnson Published: December, 2011 If shippers thought Halloween was scary, they only had to wait a few days to realize what real horror was. The month of November got under way with a bang—literally—as a number of inbound refrigerated containers exploded at three different ports on the West Coast, killing three mechanics. While […]
USS Iowa Moved to Richmond Harbor
Published: December, 2011 The battleship USS Iowa was towed to her temporary berth at Richmond Harbor’s Pier 3 in late October with a volunteer crew from Suisun Bay and the Port of Benicia. U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary facility vessel The Yellow Boat with coxswain Tommy Holtzman and crew from Flotilla 35 in Sacramento accompanied the […]
Holiday Kitchen Tips for Preventing Bay Pollution
By Deb Self Published: December, 2011 Ah, the holidays. Gathering with friends and family—turkey, roasts, gravy, buttery homemade desserts, sewage . . . . Sewage? Yes, unfortunately. For San Francisco Bay, the holiday season comes with a surge of pollution from sewage. A major reason is the cooking and cleanup of rich holiday meals. […]
Holiday Lights and Fireworks to Brighten Bay Area Waterfronts
Published: December, 2011 Three different waterfront holiday events—in Sausalito, Oakland and San Francisco—will bring seasonal cheer to the Bay Area throughout December. The Sausalito-on-the-Waterfront Foundation and the Sausalito Yacht Club will present the 24th Annual Sausalito Lighted Boat Parade and Fireworks on Saturday, December 10 at 6 p.m. Spectators can get a great view from […]
Captain Jason Covell
By Matt Larson Published: December, 2011 The ferry to and from San Francisco is one of the most reliable methods of transportation in the Bay Area. You know when it arrives and when it departs. You know where it’s going and how long it’ll take to get there. But sometimes, it’s easy to overlook the […]
The USS Potomac
By Captian Ray Published: December, 2011 In June of this year, I wrote about the USS Jeremiah O’Brien. She’s a fully functional liberty ship—now berthed at Pier 45 in San Francisco—that was at Normandy on D-Day. But San Francisco Bay has several other historic ships accessible to the public. This month I’d like to tell […]
Earth-Friendly Redevelopment in Mission Bay
By Bill Picture Published: December, 2011 In November, the team responsible for the rebirth of San Francisco’s Mission Bay area unveiled two new pieces of the ongoing project—one finished and one nearly completed—that will further help connect a long-neglected part of San Francisco to both the waterfront and the rest of the City. The San […]
U.S. Team Gets Double Win in San Diego
Published: December, 2011 The third stop of America’s Cup World Series landed in San Diego Bay November 12-20, the first American stop in the series. The racing promised to be close and it delivered, with ORACLE Racing Spithill securing the event’s first-ever double win. The opening day of the San Diego match racing championship featured […]
State, Federal Governments Launch Unique Effort to Eliminate “Nurdles” from Bay
Published: December, 2011 The San Francisco Bay Regional Water Quality Control Board (Regional Water Board), State Water Resources Control Board (State Water Board) and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency have launched a first-in-the-nation enforcement effort to eliminate the discharge of pre-production plastic into the waters of California. The collaborative enforcement effort is being done under the […]