BC STAFF REPORT Published: November, 2017 Downtown San Rafael will once again turn into a winter wonderland—complete with a snow hill for sledding—during the annual San Rafael Parade of Lights and Winter Wonderland. In its 38th year, the event features a holiday marketplace with arts and crafts, live entertainment, children’s activities, free snow sledding […]
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Svendsen’s Boat Works Relocates to Richmond
Published: November, 2017 Svendsen’s Boat Works, serving the boating community from Alameda since 1963, last month announced its impending relocation. Beginning January 1, Svendsen’s renowned team of experienced boatwrights, riggers and metal fabricators will join forces with Bay Marine Boatworks in Richmond to become the premier boat repair facility in Northern California. The […]
Gold Rush Opera
BY PAUL DUCLOS Published: November, 2017 While Thanksgiving remains a quintessential native saga for most Americans, here in California we have a distinctly different perspective. This should be highly evident when John Adams’ Girls of the Golden West receives its world premiere at the War Memorial Opera House on November 21. With a […]
WATERFRONT ACTIVITIES November 2017
Published: November, 2017 November 11 7PM – 10PM – San Francisco Cruising Destinations – OCSC Sailing, Berkeley, (510) 843-4200, www.ocscsailing.com Greater San Francisco Bay offers a wide variety of cruising opportunities for sailors who are “in the know.” You too can become an insider by attending this seminar. Popular and challenging destinations – restaurants, […]
Around the Bay in November 2017
Published: November, 2017 Fire Relief Concert In response to the North Bay firestorm—the most destructive and deadliest firestorm disaster in California history—a coalition of Bay Area business and community leaders are launching “Band Together Bay Area,” a benefit concert to support local relief and long-term recovery in the region. Metallica, Dave Matthews, G-Eazy and […]
ON OUR COVER October 2017
Published: October, 2017 Earlier this summer, the Balclutha made a familiar journey from her home at the San Francisco Maritime National Historic Park to Alameda’s Bay Ship & Yacht, right next to the Alameda Main Street Terminal, for regular servicing and a few repairs. The historic cargo ship and floating museum was built in […]
Port of San Francisco Brings New Talent to Cargo Management
BY PATRICK BURNSON Published: October, 2017 The Port of San Francisco is unique in its ability to handle many types of cargo in an efficient and cost-effective way. For example, Pier 80’s auto-processing terminal is ideally located to serve the large network of car dealerships in Northern California. Several harbor and cargo service […]
Leslie Propheter
BY MATT LARSON Published: October, 2017 For the past 10 years at least, if you’ve been an avid ferry rider, you may have gotten to know Leslie Propheter. She has been a deckhand on Bay Area ferry boats for over a decade, but actually started out her maritime career in 1984 as a gourmet […]
More Oil Tankers on the Bay are a Bad Idea
BY SEJAL CHOKSI-CHUGH Published: October, 2017 The oil company Phillips 66 wants to increase the number of tanker ships carrying crude oil across San Francisco Bay to its refinery—from 59 to 135 tankers per year. More than doubling the number of oil tankers would increase the risk of oil spills in the Bay. […]
Fleet Week Returns With More Sensational Events
BC STAFF REPORT Published: October, 2017 This year marks the 36th anniversary of San Francisco Fleet Week and, from October 3 to 9, the Bay Area will open its arms and piers to the largest and most significant event of its kind in the nation. San Francisco’s Fleet Week is now recognized by the […]