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By Sejal Choksi, Baykeeper and Program DirectorPublished: July, 2009 A few months ago, this column focused on once-through cooling, a harmful technology in use at three Bay Area power plants. Once-through cooling plants kill fish and marine life as they pull in Bay water to cool heated machinery. In response, we received this inquiry: “My […]
BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF THE NORTH BAY By Jill RodbyPublished: July, 2009 Big Brothers Big Sisters currently provides mentors to over 1,500 Youth in the North Bay counties of Marin, Napa, Sonoma and Solano. Every day, volunteers from the North Bay are helping change the lives of youth that are faced with […]
Published: July, 2009 Wacky Waterfront Stories Offbeat and little known stories about the San Francisco Southern waterfront will come to life on Tuesday, July 14. The tales will detail how bums repeatedly caused a wharf to burn, why writer Jack London was ripped off when he ordered a yacht, and where severe anti-Chinese feelings made […]
Published: June, 2009
By Karin BettsPublished: June, 2009 The San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge will be closed in both directions over the Labor Day weekend in September 2009 to accommodate an operation critical to the construction of the bridge’s new East Span. The bridge will close as early as the evening of Thursday, Sept. 3, and reopen in time […]
By Patrick BurnsonPublished: June, 2009 The Oakland Board of Port Commissioners took a bold step to address community and environmental concerns about impacts on air quality from its maritime operations last month when its seven members voted unanimously to adopt and implement a “Maritime Air Quality Policy Statement” and “Early Actions” to reduce air pollutant […]
Published: June, 2009 Every Saturday 12PM – 2PM or 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 $30. June 6 9AM – 5PM – Anchoring Clinic, Club Nautique, […]
By Teri GardinerPublished: June, 2009 Cycling advocates, the San Francisco Bicycle Coalition (SFBC) and City leaders are hailing a City decision expected in June to double the number of bike lanes on city streets, as a three-year injunction that has frozen all physical bike improvements is finally nearing an end. The San Francisco Planning Commission […]
Published: June, 2009 On May 21st, the wax version of President Barack Obama came to San Francisco in style aboard Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s Presidential Yacht, USS Potomac, with all of the pomp and circumstance that would be provided for the real deal. The 44th Presidential figure was personally escorted by his Democratic predecessor, FDR […]
By Paul DuclosPublished: June, 2009 When Bay Crossings caught up with David Gockley, San Francisco Opera’s sixth general director, he was busy preparing for the company’s summer season, which features three major productions: La Traviata, Tosca and Porgy & Bess. Following in the footsteps of General Directors Gaetano Merola (1923-1953), Kurt Herbert Adler (1953-1981), Terence […]