BY DAN ROSENHEIM Published: March, 2019 Facing an accelerated deadline for the start of Treasure Island ferry service, transit planners are hastening to hammer out a scheme for regular ferry runs between the island and San Francisco’s Ferry Building. Originally planned to begin in 2023, ferry traffic from the island is now due […]
BY BILL PICTURE Published: March, 2019 Bay Area youth ages 13 to 23 are invited to participate in a photo and video contest launched last month by the Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) and the Association of Bay Area Governments (ABAG). The agencies asked young people to use their creative brains to communicate what […]
BC STAFF Published: March, 2019 "One who was born by the ocean or has associated with it cannot ever be quite content away from it for very long,” wrote John Steinbeck in his classic The Log from the Sea of Cortez. For the filmmakers and film lovers of the San Francisco-born International Ocean Film […]
BC STAFF Published: March, 2019 Dockwalkers are volunteers who are trained to engage members of the public and the boating community to adopt clean boating practices. There are numerous opportunities to attend free Dockwalker trainings this year. Dockwalkers share clean boating information with boaters and distribute 2019 Boater Kits with educational materials and […]
Published: March, 2019 Sasha De Sola, a principal dancer with the San Francisco Ballet, will again be in the limelight as she takes the stage as Aurora in The Sleeping Beauty. This is a role she has longed to perform here, and in this exclusive interview with Bay Crossings, she shares her insights and […]
Published: March, 2019 Rotunda Dance Series In their ninth season of free monthly dance performances in San Francisco City Hall’s extraordinary rotunda, Dancers’ Group and World Arts West continue their partnership to bring audiences lunchtime glimpses into movement and musical traditions from around the world. On Friday, March 15 at noon there will be […]
BY MATT LARSON Published: February, 2019 Remember that bartender with the pink hair? Or green hair? Or was it blue, or purple? That was probably Ashleigh Cofield, who just celebrated her two-year anniversary tending bar on the ferry at the end of January. This month she’s planning for red hair, in honor of Valentine’s […]
Published: February, 2019 It was a triumphant day in Richmond as Mayor Tom Butt (holding scissors) and several dignitaries celebrated new WETA ferry service that debuted on January 10. The new Richmond Ferry Terminal project included the construction of an accessible gangway with a new ramping system, float and piles, a passenger shelter and the […]
Published: February, 2019 All three of California’s biggest ocean cargo gateways staged their annual “State of the Port” addresses last month, telling stakeholders that robust throughput numbers reached historic highs over the past year. The state’s third largest port, the Port of Oakland, got things underway first in early January, noting that it […]
Published: February, 2019 Beginning in late January, the Golden Gate Bridge District invited members of the public to provide input on possible Golden Gate Bridge toll increases over the next five years at a series of in-person and digital open houses. The public outreach plan for a proposed toll increase was approved at […]