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Published: August, 2016 Just Walking the Dog Downtown Napa goes to the dogs again for Napa Humane’s fifth annual Walk for Animals, a summer morning walk along Napa’s Riverfront (with or without a pooch) on Sunday, August 7 from 7:30 a.m. to noon in support of companion animals throughout the Napa Valley. More than 400 […]
Published: July, 2016 Watching a waterfront fireworks display from a boat, the shoreline or hillside overlooking the water is a unique and special treat for Bay Area residents. Several locations provide spectators with views of more than one—if not more than two—fireworks displays at the same time. Check out pages 14-15 for a listing […]
By Patrick Burnson Published: July, 2016 If you haven’t seen the Port of Oakland lately, you wouldn’t recognize the place. That’s the message the port delivered to customers last month in its mid-year report. “It’s not your father’s Port of Oakland anymore,” said Executive Director Chris Lytle in a message sent to about 1,000 shippers, trucking […]
By BC Staff Published: July, 2016 The Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) last month unveiled two new online tools to make it easier for Bay Area residents to weigh in on the policies and strategies shaping Plan Bay Area 2040, the long-range regional transportation and housing roadmap. The Build a Better Bay Area website, found at […]
By Matt Larson Published: July, 2016 From sailing in Ha Long Bay, Vietnam and on the Nile in Egypt, to outrigging in the South Pacific islands of Moorea, Aitutaki and Rarotonga, it wasn’t until Carl Jeppesen sailed off of Oncho Rios, Jamaica when he looked out at the watery horizon and finally thought to himself, […]
By Mallory Johnson Published: July, 2016 Tidepools are one of the most volatile and harsh environments found on Earth. Life within these pools requires literally clinging on to one spot in order to resist waves constantly pulling and pushing against the ecosystem. Life in a tidepool isn’t easy, and only specialized animals and plants can […]
By Sejal Choksi-Chugh Published: July, 2016 All around San Francisco Bay during Fourth of July celebrations, brightly colored fireworks light up the night sky. It’s a fun tradition. But how much does the rockets’ red glare pollute the Bay? Fireworks are often set off over water, because setting them off over land creates a risk […]
By Captain Ray Published: July, 2016 It’s summertime! Summer in the Bay Area has the conditions necessary to create strong, steady, reliable winds. Sailors wait all winter, knowing these winds will return with the coming of summer. The central San Francisco Bay is known throughout the sailing world as one of the grandest of all […]
By BC Staff Published: July, 2016 Fireworks and the Fourth of July go together like apple pie and ice cream—which also happens to be a pretty nice treat for the mid-summer holiday. One thing that makes an already spectacular experience even more outstanding in the Bay Area is the addition of, well, the Bay itself! […]
By Bill Picture Published: July, 2016 San Francisco is one of three California cities selected to participate in a new five-month pilot program aiming to mitigate climate change, to prepare households for disasters and to improve the livability of neighborhoods. The program hopes to do these things by appealing to human beings’ inherent need to […]