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Published: June, 2011 Not widely considered an extreme sport, sailing is about to gain a whole new audience as the new America’s Cup reveals just how heart-pounding the sport can be. Connecting viewers to the racing in a way that has not been previously possible, the America’s Cup will transform the way people see the […]
BY CAPTIAN RAYPublished: June, 2011 For years now, I’ve had a front-row seat to one of the great construction projects of my lifetime: I have been able to watch close-up the construction of the new eastern span of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge. As a sailing instructor, I have the opportunity to sail to Clipper […]
By Bill PicturePublished: June, 2011 The City of San Francisco is once again putting its money where its ever-greener mouth is. San Francisco has set some of the country’s most aggressive carbon emission reduction goals for itself, committing to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to 20 percent below 1990 levels by next year. To help meet […]
By Bill PicturePublished: June, 2011 The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) committed nearly $500,000 of a $20 million grant awarded for San Francisco Bay water quality improvement to a project that will transform an ordinary block in San Francisco’s often-overlooked Bayview neighborhood into one of the City’s most sustainable and resident-friendly stretches. Construction crews […]
Deb Self Published: June, 2011 Much of Baykeeper’s work focuses on strengthening or maintaining clean water laws and regulations related to toxic pollutants and other contaminants capable of compromising the health of San Francisco Bay. We do this work by engaging in policy and regulatory processes, as well as conducting outreach, research and education. When […]
By Kati SchmidtPublished: June, 2011 Taking a break from animal features this month, Aquarium of the Bay’s partner, The Bay Institute, is encouraging individuals to take action against a newly introduced bill that would eliminate or weaken most protections for an already collapsing Bay-Delta ecosystem. Congressman Devin Nunes, the southern San Joaquin Valley Republican lawmaker […]
Published: June, 2011 Every Saturday 9:30AM – 11:30AM, 12:30PM – 2:30PM & 2:30PM – 4:30PM – Introduction to Sailing Course – OCSC Sailing, Berkeley, 510-843-4200, www.ocscsailing.com This two-hour skippered charter is designed to provide folks who are considering getting into sailing with a real glimpse of the sport, our club and our people. Cost is $40. June 5 9AM – 5PM […]
Published: June, 2011 Imagine a moonlight night, great music and dance lessons with top-notch instructors—for free. Well, all this is available to you this summer at Jack London Square. Back by popular demand, Dancing Under the Stars returns each Friday night at 8:30 p.m. beginning June 3 and running through August 26. Jack London Square […]
By Paul DuclosPublished: June, 2011 The Steins Collect: Matisse, Picasso, and the Parisian Avant-Garde reunites the unparalleled modern art collections of author Gertrude Stein, her brothers Leo and Michael Stein, and Michael’s wife, Sarah Stein. Jointly organized by the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA), the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, and the […]
By Wes Starratt, PEPublished: June, 2011 For more than 133 years, the Dutra family has been associated with dredging: first of the Sacramento Delta and San Francisco Bay and more recently for bodies of water stretching from Alaska to the Gulf of Mexico. They have also established what is most likely the first and only […]