By Bill PicturePublished: June, 2009 On May 12, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors gave San Francisco-based Recurrent Energy the go-ahead to install 25,000 solar panels on the rooftop of an eight-block reservoir in San Francisco’s Sunset District. The 5-megawatt system will be the largest in California, and the largest municipal solar project in the […]
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TREASURE ISLAND
By Captain RayPublished: June, 2009 In the mid-1930s, the Works Progress Administration (WPA) constructed the 403-acre Treasure Island on the shoals north of Yerba Buena Island. The water at the site varied in depth from as deep as 26 feet to as shallow as two feet, creating a significant hazard to navigation carefully avoided by […]
Free Festival Opens Sailing to Everyone on the Longest Day of Year
By Paul V. OlivaPublished: June, 2009 Every day, hundreds of thousands of people look out at the sailboats, tall ships, windsurfers and kiteboarders on the Bay. Many wonder how they can join in with the elegant sails cutting the water. Soon, they’ll have their chance. Planned for June 20 is the Bay’s grandest celebration of […]
Camp Reynolds Presents Civil War Days at Angel Island State Park
Published: June, 2009 For over a decade, Angel Island State Park has hosted Civil War Days, a family-oriented event that educates through tours, activities, demonstrations and interaction with park staff and Civil War re-enactors. With concern mounting over threats to the Bay Area from Confederate sympathizers and naval forces, the federal government established Camp […]
Check Out Free Kayaking, Rowing and Dragon Boating at Jack London Square
Published: June, 2009 Get a paddle in the water and try out kayaking, rowing and dragon boating at Jack London Aquatic Center’s (JLAC) free second annual “Summer Splash.” “Summer Splash” will be held on Saturday, June 6th at Jack London Aquatic Center, 115 Embarcadero (in Estuary Park, on the Embarcadero, between Oak Street and 5th […]
Protecting the Bay by Watchdogging Government Agencies
By Sejal Choksi, Baykeeper and Program DirectorPublished: June, 2009 San Francisco Bay is at the center of the Bay Area and the extensive network of housing, transit, retail and industry that sustains the more than seven million people who live here. The Bay is a big part of what makes the Bay Area so special, […]
My Saving Ways Around The House
By Dianne BoatePublished: June, 2009 Subscriptions: It was hard, but one day I decided to let go of most of my magazine and newspaper subscriptions, with a few treasured exceptions. I kept track of all the rejects, and before six months had passed I had “saved” $175. Tying very nicely into this, I made a […]
Around the bay in June 2009
Published: June, 2009 Waterfront Flicks This summer Oakland’s waterfront will serve as a screening room for a series of aquatic-themed films—all offered free to the public. Every other Thursday night from June to August, Jack London Square will present a different movie with a water theme, beginning with Jaws on June 11. Jack London Square […]
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The Hostile Takeover of San Francisco Bay
By Sejal Choksi, Baykeeper and Program DirectorPublished: May, 2009 San Francisco Bay is known throughout the world for its majestic natural beauty, and San Francisco Baykeeper works every day to protect the health of the birds, fish and other aquatic animals that make the Bay so special. But the Bay isn’t just lovely to behold—it […]