BY BILL PICTURE Published: March, 2018 California received $173.5 million last fall from the United States Environment Protection Agency (EPA) to help fund improvements to the state’s drinking water and wastewater infrastructures. The money, which is supplemented with state funds, will be managed by the State Water Resources Control Board (SWRCB), whose Clean […]
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Tall Ships Return to the Bay
BC STAFF REPORT Published: March, 2018 Many people are not familiar with the term “tall ship,” but the Washington-based nonprofit Grays Harbor Historical Seaport is on a mission to change that. Its historic sailing ships, the Lady Washington and Hawaiian Chieftain, travel the West Coast year-round in order to introduce the public to maritime […]
WATERFRONT ACTIVITIES March 2018
Published: March, 2018 March 17 2PM — 5PM – Saint Patrick’s Day Sail – Schooner Freda B, (415) 331-0444, www.schoonerfredab.com Set aboard Schooner Freda B boarding in downtown Sausalito. Come sail aboard a traditional gaff rigged tall ship and celebrate the sights and sounds of the San Francisco Bay! Don’t forget to wear […]
Erin go Bragh (and Brawl)
BY PAUL DUCLOS Published: March, 2018 St. Pat’s is widely celebrated by Bay Crossings readers who rejoice (sometimes too much) while invoking “Ireland until eternity.” March is also the month that comes in like a lion and goes out like a lamb, they say. But how about them Bears? Celebrating 102 years of […]
Around the Bay in March 2018
Published: March, 2018 Spring Fireworks at PIER 39 PIER 39 is welcoming the start of spring in a big way on the evening of Saturday, March 24. The skies will be illuminated with a dazzling fireworks display in celebration of the spring equinox. Before the show, grab dinner at one of PIER 39’s numerous […]
ON OUR COVER February 2018
Published: February, 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. The measure would relieve congestion in the worst freeway bottlenecks, massively enhance BART, ferry and bus capacity and make investments throughout the Bay […]
2017 Was a Record-Setting Year at the Port of Oakland
BY PATRICK BURNSON Published: February, 2018 Last month we reported that Port of Oakland’s containerized import volume for 2017 was on a pace to exceed inbound throughput for all previous years. Now comes word that 2017 was the busiest year in the port’s 90-year history, as it handled the equivalent of 2.42 million 20-foot […]
Mike Donnelly
BY MATT LARSON Published: February, 2018 Only an avid commuter may notice, but while many crew members on Bay Area ferries are on board five days a week, others may only show up once or twice, never to be seen again. That doesn’t necessarily mean they’ve quit—more likely, they’re just working a […]
Alternatives to Parking at the Larkspur Ferry Terminal
BC STAFF REPORT Published: February, 2018 The Golden Gate Larkspur Ferry Terminal main and overflow parking lots often fill to capacity by 9 a.m., especially after the recent loss of the upper overflow lot to SMART for construction of the last southern segment to link the Marin train service with ferry service to San […]
Sturgeon: Quiet Giants of the Bay
BY SEJAL CHOKSI-CHUGH Published: February, 2018 Compared to some of our wild neighbors around the Bay Area, we’re all newbies to California. Sturgeon have populated our local waters for more than two million years. These giant fish can grow even larger than San Francisco Bay’s biggest mammal, the sea lion. But because sturgeon stay […]