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Head to the BeachPublished: June, 2011 In its 57th year, the North Beach Festival is considered one of the area’s original outdoor Festivals. The event is situated in the historic North Beach District, known to locals and visitors alike as San Francisco’s Little Italy and the home of the famed beat generation. The Festival site […]
Published: May, 2011
Published: May, 2011 This spring, three U.S. Coast Guard vessels—the 175-ft. buoy-tender George Cobb; the 225-ft. cutter Hickory and the 110-ft. cutter Edisto—joined the long list of U.S. Coast Guard vessels that have undergone periodic maintenance and repair at Bay Ship & Yacht in Alameda on San Francisco Bay. “Work on the Cobb […]
By Patrick BurnsonPublished: May, 2011 The Port of Oakland and the rest of the state were given some good news last month about exports in the year’s first quarter. California’s shippers began 2011 by posting their highest outbound totals ever for the month of January, according to an analysis by Beacon Economics. In the […]
BY WES STARRATTPublished: May, 2011 For over 100 years, the Dutra companies have been building and maintaining the vital levees in California’s Delta, through which much of California’s water flows en route from the snow-capped Sierras to the Pacific Ocean—with stops along the way to irrigate the state’s thirsty farmland and its thriving cities. Today, […]
BY RONALD LIGHTPublished: May, 2011 The docks. Ships. Rail and trucks. Images of moving cargo readily come to mind when we think of the working waterfront. The Port of Oakland is a busy, bustling hub of cargo transport conveying, among other things, a steady stream of containerized consumer goods from China to distribution warehouses […]
Published: May, 2011 About six weeks after the1906 earthquake and fire devastated the City, George R. Lawrence took this 130-degree panoramic photo from high above San Francisco Bay. Lawrence’s camera was 49 pounds, and he made it airborne by attaching it to 16 linked kites. He activated the shutter with an electric current delivered along […]
BY BILL PICTUREPublished: May, 2011 Every month, hundreds of men and women file through the hiring hall at the Sailors Union of the Pacific Building in San Francisco’s South of Market neighborhood hoping to join one of the region’s union-manned ferry crews. After a thorough drug screening, recruits must complete 720 hours of training in […]
By Captain RayPublished: May, 2011 It’s easy to recognize that some vessels plying the waters of San Francisco Bay are work boats. Tugs and barges transport bulk cargos—fuel, gravel, fill, and dredging spoils—cheaply. Tankers arrive almost daily with crude oil for our refineries. Tour boats carry visitors on narrated historical and scenic tours. Ferries shuttle […]
Published: May, 2011 In appreciation of the U.S. Armed Forces, Club Nautique Sailing School and Yacht Charter Company is hosting a sailing regatta in which all branches of the military will be competing on individual boats to claim bragging rights and take home the perpetual trophy. Club Nautique has invited the Navy, Army, Air […]