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Jorge Loera

BY MATT LARSON Published: June, 2017   Steve Jobs once suggested that in life, you can only connect the dots looking backwards. That couldn’t be more accurate for Jorge Loera. If you told him as a child in Aguascalientes, Mexico that today he’d be living in California working as a vessel master (in other words, […]

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Celebrate on the Bay-for the Bay!

BY SEJAL CHOKSI-CHUGH Published: June, 2017   Do you love San Francisco Bay? Do you want to see the Bay pollution-free, with healthy wildlife? Do you want to support a powerful local cause? Then mark your calendar for the fourth annual Bay Parade on Sunday, July 9, when you can join San Francisco Baykeeper on […]

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Explore the Bay Trail With TV Personality Doug McConnell

BC STAFF REPORT Published: June, 2017   Now you can take along popular local TV host and outdoor enthusiast Doug McConnell when you’re exploring the San Francisco Bay Trail.   The folks behind the Bay Trail are inviting the public to download and enjoy “The Bay Trail on Tour”—a collection of a dozen free smartphone […]

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THE SUMMER WINDS HAVE RETURNED!

BY CAPTAIN RAY Published: June, 2017   The geography of northern California is uniquely shaped to create some of the finest sailing conditions on the planet. The arrangement of ocean and land, mountains and valleys, and high and low pressure systems is perfectly aligned in the San Francisco Bay Area. Perfect, that is, if you […]

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Summer Sailstice Returns to Bay Area in June 2017

BC STAFF REPORT Published: June, 2017   San Francisco Bay Area sailors will be joining the rest of the world for the 17th annual Summer Sailstice celebrations of sailing to be held on the weekend of June 24 and 25. Summer Sailstice events are held across the United States and across the globe, including as […]

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San Francisco Leads the Way With New Electric Vehicle Readiness Law

BY BILL PICTURE Published: June, 2017   In the decades since the 1960s, the environmental movement has taken flight and battled to ensure that generations to come don’t inherit a broken-down planet.   The latest administration, however, is threatening to undo that movement’s efforts to save mankind from itself. The country’s environmental regulations, this administration […]

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ILWU Announces Opposition to Vallejo Cement Plant

BY BC STAFF Published: June, 2017   The powerful San Francisco-based International Longshore and Warehouse Union held a press conference at the entrance to the old Sperry Mill in Vallejo on May 10 to announce its strong opposition to the proposed Orcem Cement Factory and Vallejo Marine Terminal at that location.   The project was […]

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A Conversation With San Francisco Opera General Director Matthew Shilvock

BY PAUL DUCLOS Published: June, 2017   Bay Crossings: Many of our readers will be taking the ferry to AT&T Park for the SFO simulcast of the June 30 performance. How will that night this summer be different?   Matthew Shilvock: While we can’t promise what the weather will be like, we have had a […]

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WATERFRONT ACTIVITIES June 2017

Published: June, 2017   June 2    6PM – 8:30PM – Sunset Sail – Call of the Sea, Sausalito, 415-331-3214, 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 sights such as the Golden Gate Bridge, Alcatraz, […]

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Around the Bay in June 2017

Published: June, 2017   WineBarre Wine Workout Rosenblum Cellars presents WineBarre, on Sunday, June 4 from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. This is an event that blends cardio, strength training, flexibility, balance and core conditioning into a total body workout—and then adds actual wine. Teresa R. Ellis has been teaching barre classes since 2008 and […]