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By Paul Duclos Published: February, 2017 Long recognized as one of the world’s largest and most prestigious exhibitions of highly valued and collectible books, the California International Antiquarian Book Fair returns to Oakland this month. The event, which marks its 50th anniversary this year, takes place Friday, February 10 through Sunday, February 12 at […]
Published: February, 2017 February 4 11AM – 1PM – Intro to Sailing – OCSC Sailing, Berkeley, 510-843-4200, www.ocscsailing.com Considering getting into the sport of sailing? Two hours on beautiful San Francisco Bay will help you to determine if you want to make sailing a bigger part of your life. You will join one […]
Published: February, 2017 Make Your Dog Best in Show Enjoy an afternoon like no other at Contra Costa Humane Society’s Best in Show 2017 on February 12 from 2 to 5 p.m. at the Concord Hilton, 1970 Diamond Blvd. Celebrate Valentine’s Day a few days early this year with special Valentine’s Day prizes, surprises […]
Published: January, 2017 Carolyn Horgan took the reins as president of Blue & Gold Fleet nearly five years ago. She retired at the end of 2016 and we look back on her iconic maritime career, having risen through the ranks from answering the phones at Red & White Fleet to the top spot at […]
By Patrick Burnson Published: January, 2017 San Francisco-based Prologis, which has recently been building new logistics warehousing at the Port of Oakland, is now planning to put up the largest waterfront industrial complex San Francisco has seen in half a decade. Creation of a 1.16 million square foot project on 17 acres of […]
BC Staff Report Published: January, 2017 Svendsen’s Boat Works, an Alameda-based, family-owned and operated company since 1963, has been acquired by Alameda’s Bay Maritime Corp., parent company to Bay Marine Boatworks and Bay Ship & Yacht. Now in its 53rd year of operation, Svendsen’s will continue to operate under the Svendsen’s name and […]
By BC Staff Published: January, 2017 In December, the Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) entered into a data-sharing partnership between its Service Authority for Freeways (SAFE) unit and Waze, the free, real-time crowdsourced navigation app, in which MTC-SAFE’s Bay Area Freeway Service Patrol (FSP) and Waze will share information with each other to provide the […]
By BC Staff Published: January, 2017 A map released in December shows the planned locations for 66 additional bike share stations in Berkeley, Oakland and Emeryville as part of an expansion of Bay Area Bike Share into the East Bay. The expansion plans unveiled last month bring the total number of bike share stations […]
By Sejal Choksi-Chugh Published: January, 2017 Cars stopping when San Francisco Bay water washes onto roads. Waves breaking on pedestrian sidewalks. Water flooding onto polluted oil refinery shorelines. It all happens during the year’s highest tides—and could happen daily as global climate change causes sea levels to rise. In the years to come, […]
By Anke Fachmann Published: January, 2017 Publisher’s note: “Endangered Art” is a new column that will feature the dramatic wildlife paintings of noted local artist Anke Fachmann, along with a description of the endangered creatures she has captured with her work. When we hear the term “endangered species,” we often think of animals […]