BY SEJAL CHOKSI-CHUGH Published: June, 2019 As the dust settles from the whirlwind transition of the California governor’s office, it’s a relief that the state has squashed the Delta tunnels water project. The proposal for massive twin tunnels through the Delta was an expensive infrastructure project—deceptively named “WaterFix”—that would have caused irreparable harm to […]
BY JOEL WILLIAMS Published: June, 2019 There’s an old boating joke: “The best two days a boat owner has are the day he buys a boat and the day he sells it.” The obvious idea behind the joke—that owning a boat is both expensive and a hassle—has a lot of basis in fact. […]
BY BILL PICTURE Published: June, 2019 At the end of April, the Port of Oakland adopted a strategy for minimizing the impact of port-related truck traffic on the surrounding neighborhood. Port officials are now meeting to flesh out a detailed work plan. The West Oakland Truck Management Plan tackles everything from keeping truck […]
Published: June, 2019 As summer kicks off in the Bay Area, the Jack London Square waterfront is the ideal location to enjoy the sunshine with a variety of waterfront activities, dining options and events. California Canoe & Kayak is a one-stop shop for waterfront fun, providing rentals of kayaks, canoes, paddle boards, and […]
Published: June, 2019 Free Hot Dogs for Kids Vallejo’s Savage & Cooke Distillery will be sponsoring a summer promotion at all Saturday home games for the Vallejo Admirals minor-league baseball team. All kids 10 and under will receive a free hot dog meal including chips, a drink and a Rice Krispies Treat when accompanied […]
BY PAUL DUCLOS Published: June, 2019 If most ferry riders are able to attend only one performance of San Francisco Opera’s summer season, our pick is Rusalka, which is about a water nymph inspired by the Hans Christian Andersen story The Little Mermaid. And while readers might already know the opera’s signature aria, “Song […]
Published: May, 2019 This month, Blue & Gold Fleet is celebrating 40 remarkable years of ferry and water excursion services on San Francisco Bay. The company was founded by Roger Murphy and developer Warren Simmons at the same time as PIER 39 launched operations in 1979. The company started by providing pleasure cruises from PIER […]
BY PATRICK BURNSON Published: May, 2019 As this column has recently documented, the ocean carrier industry remains in the throes of a seemingly unending cycle of rate erosion, vacant sailings and dysfunctional relationships with shippers and other stakeholders. But there have been exceptions to this sorry state of affairs, with one outstanding example […]
BY MATT LARSON Published: May, 2019 As Blue & Gold Fleet celebrates its 40th anniversary, Alvin Haymon is celebrating his fourth year with the company as a deckhand and looking forward to his first as a captain. He recently completed his captain’s evaluation, so by the time you read this, Haymon may be up […]
BY DAN ROSENHEIM Published: May, 2019 Last month’s court ruling dismissing an attempt to block toll increases on seven regional bridges will likely reopen the spigot for billions of dollars in Bay Area transportation projects. The money could include upwards of $100 million in direct funding for the Water Emergency Transit Authority (WETA), […]