Published: May, 2018 May 5 4PM – 6PM – Antarctica Planning Party – OCSC Sailing, Berkeley, (510) 843-4200, www.ocscsailing.com Antarctica is said to be the coldest, driest and windiest place on earth, but this immense wilderness is also a fabulous and virtually pristine paradise chock-full of wildlife with an incomparable scenery of mountains, […]
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Around the Bay in May 2018
Published: May, 2018 Paws for a Cause Join Provenance Vineyards on Saturday, May 19 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. to support their friends at Napa Humane, who work tirelessly to promote the welfare of companion animals across our region. You are encouraged to bring your own pups, enjoy the remodeled patio and delight […]
ON OUR COVER April 2018
Published: April, 2018 A $4.45 billion package of congestion relief projects known as Regional Measure 3 (RM3) will be on the June 5 ballot in all nine Bay Area counties. This month we look specifically at how passage of RM3 would improve local rail systems and lessen BART overcrowding. Photo by Joel Williams
Oakland and San Francisco Ports Invest in the Future
BY PATRICK BURNSON Published: April, 2018 New details have surfaced about Oakland’s commitment to information technology upgrades, while the Port of San Francisco received a solid rating by Fitch last month. In Oakland, port officials have promised a digital shipping platform by mid-year to speed up global trade flows. According to port spokespeople, […]
Aubrey Johnsson
BY MATT LARSON Published: April, 2018 If you’re hoping to see Aubrey Johnsson working as a deckhand on a Bay Area ferry, just know that she may be pretty hard to find. Although she works for Blue & Gold, Golden Gate Ferry and Red & White, she spends most of her time working […]
Rogue Boat in Aquatic Park Highlights a Bay-Wide Problem
BY SEJAL CHOKSI-CHUGH Published: April, 2018 For months, a rundown sailboat has been illegally anchored in San Francisco Bay’s most sheltered swimming cove, Aquatic Park, off San Francisco’s northern shoreline. Swimmers have called and emailed Baykeeper’s Pollution Hotline repeatedly to report pollution from the rogue sailboat. They reported having to detour around the […]
OPENING DAY ON THE BAY
BY CAPTAIN RAY Published: April, 2018 Sunday, April 22 is Opening Day on the Bay. It’s a grand nautical party, portions of which can be enjoyed from the shoreline as well. Two events will happen that day: the roots of one go back several hundred years, and the other has been celebrated for just […]
An RM3 Win Will Provide Critical Funds to Improve BART and Other Local Rail Systems
BY JOEL WILLIAMS Published: April, 2018 Regional Measure 3 (RM3) will appear on the June 5 ballot, and a favorable outcome will raise critically needed funds for transportation improvements in the Bay Area. If approved by a majority of voters in Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Napa, San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Solano and […]
Architect Looks to the Past for Innovative Green Designs
BY BILL PICTURE Published: April, 2018 Philippe Rahm hopes his latest exhibition will help inspire a new style of design. His goal is to look beyond the austere minimalism of the modernist architects of the first half of the twentieth century, whose less-is-more ethic continues to inform contemporary architecture, and instead find environmental solutions […]
Aquarium of the Bay Launches New Research Vessel
BY NORA WEBER Published: April, 2018 Aquarium of the Bay launched its new research vessel, the RV Mike Reigle, on March 15. The new vessel replaced the aquarium’s aging research ship and offers new possibilities for the aquarium to support critical marine science in the Bay Area and beyond. The vessel is a […]