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BY MATT LARSON Published: November, 2018 Regular commuters on the Vallejo-San Francisco run will probably recognize Carl Carr-Johnson, who works as a deckhand for Blue & Gold Fleet. A world traveler, he can often be found engaging with tourists on board about where they’re from or where they’re going, or sharing his own travel […]
BY SEJAL CHOKSI-CHUGH Published: November, 2018 If you’ve travelled by plane over the Bay Area, you may have seen the bright red, orange and yellow ponds in south San Francisco Bay. They look pretty and calm, but they’re actually the site of a battle between those who want to restore the area to wetlands […]
BC STAFF REPORT Published: November, 2018 Marin Transit celebrated the arrival of its first two entirely electric, zero-emissions buses on Tuesday, October 16 outside the Marin Veterans’ Memorial Auditorium. Congressman Jared Huffman, Assem-blymember Marc Levine, Supervisor Kate Sears, Supervisor Katie Rice, Marin Transit Board Chair Stephanie Moulton-Peters and Golden Gate Bridge Board President Sabrina […]
BY BILL PICTURE Published: November, 2018 The Power Charge Indifference Adjustment (PCIA) increase approved last month by the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) will raise fees paid by consumers who switch from a legacy utility like Pacific Gas & Electric to a community-based utility program. Opponents of the increased fees believe the move […]
BY CAPTAIN RAY Published: November, 2018 It’s about 2:30 p.m., Wednesday, September 26, 2018, and I’m in the town of Slano on the Dalmatian coast of Croatia. The bora has been blowing for the past two days. For thousands of years, the winds in the Mediterranean have been named based on the direction from […]
BY PAUL DUCLOS Published: November, 2018 November ushers in the holiday season, with its complex set of demands and commitments. For some of the most desperate among us, it’s enough to make you jump. The holiday surge in suicides from our most iconic bridge is a testament to this, but even ferries have served […]
The annual Tree Lighting Ceremony at Jack London Square, Oakland’s favorite holiday tradition, returns Friday, November 30. Taking place from 5 to 9 p.m., the ceremony promises to deliver holiday magic to the Oakland waterfront with the lighting of the spectacular 55-foot Mount Shasta fir tree adorned with 5,000 sparking white lights and 600 colorful […]
Published: November, 2018 November 4 10AM – 12:30PM – Family Adventure Sail, Call of the Sea (415) 331-3214, www.callofthesea.org Climb aboard the classic schooner Seaward and see San Francisco from the water! Take in an unmatched view of the city front as you sail by famous San Francisco sights such as the Golden Gate […]
Published: November, 2018 Party Like It’s 1943 Come celebrate the 75th Anniversary of two great World War II museum vessels, the USS Pampanito and the SS Jeremiah O’Brien, on Saturday, November 10 from 6 p.m. until midnight on Pier 45. Get taken back to an authentic 1943 USO party. You’ll see singers, swing dancers, […]
By Bill Picture Published: October, 2018 The winner of the California Climate Cup was announced at the close of last month’s Global Climate Action Summit in San Francisco. Competition for the grand prize among the 100 submissions was fierce, but Bay Area-based Solstice Energy Solutions wowed the six-member jury and took home the $25,000 […]