Published: July, 2015 Every Day 12:30PM/2:00PM/4:30PM – 90-minute SF Bay Sail – San Francisco Sailing Company, Pier 39 Marina, San Francisco, (415) 378-4887, www.sailsf.com A private yacht experience for only $45, departs 3 times a day including two drinks: Beer, Wine, Soda or Water. Call (415) 378-4887 or go online to www.sailsf.com and book immediately. We […]
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Around the Bay in July 2015
Published: July, 2015 4th of July Waterfront Activities & Fireworks Displays San Francisco PIER 39 celebrates Independence Day with fun for the whole family, featuring musical entertainment and activities in the Entrance Plaza. The fun starts at noon with a performance from WJM, the world’s youngest social cause band. Then dance into the night from […]
ON OUR COVER June 2015
Published: June, 2015 As part of the 15th annual worldwide Summer Sailstice celebration of sailing, many SailSFBay.org affiliate organizations are inviting Bay Area residents to come out for a sail on the Bay. For non-sailors, it’s an invitation to connect with sailing at one of the dozens of Bay Area sailing programs and facilities […]
Mega Cargo Vessels Bring More Goods, and Jobs Too
By Patrick Burnson Published: June, 2015 The ongoing infrastructure investment for the Port of Oakland may be paying big dividends soon if super-sized container vessels continue to make more inbound calls. Well over a dozen megaships have called here in the past 30 days. “We have prepared for these ships and they’re here to stay,” […]
Drought Triggers Need for Barrier in Delta
By BC Staff Published: June, 2015 Faced with potentially insufficient water supplies to repel salinity in the Sacramento – San Joaquin Delta, the California Dept. of Water Resources (DWR), in consultation with federal and state water and wildlife agencies, has moved to install an emergency, temporary rock barrier across a Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta channel. San […]
Sherry Cargille
By Matt Larson Published: June, 2015 Tourists from all over the world often take the ferry to see the Bay in all its glory, and of course must first head to the terminal to get their tickets. It’s there they might run into Sherry Cargille, an operations supervisor for Golden Gate Ferry. “I look forward […]
Seven Things You Should Know About Angel Sharks
By Mallory Johnson Published: June, 2015 Biologists at Aquarium of the Bay reached a milestone recently when they reintroduced three Pacific angel sharks (Squatina californica) into the aquarium’s Nearshore Tunnel habitat. Aquarium of the Bay became the first institution in the United States to successfully breed healthy Pacific angel sharks on-exhibit in 2009. Since then, […]
Keeping Plastics and Medications Out of the Bay
By Sejal Choksi-Chugh Published: June, 2015 What happens when we use consumer products like facial scrubs, toothpaste and medications? Some of them end up in San Francisco Bay. Wastewater that goes down your toilet, sink and shower drain is sent to a wastewater treatment plant that removes many toxic pollutants. But some contaminants are not […]
Summer Sailstice Brings Sailing to the Masses
By BC Staff Published: June, 2015 Ever wanted to sail the Bay? As part of the 15th annual worldwide Summer Sailstice celebration of sailing, many SailSFBay.org affiliate organizations are inviting Bay Area residents to come out for a sail on the Bay. For non-sailors, it’s an invitation to connect with sailing at one of the […]
Competition to Make Over SF’s Ugliest Yard
By Bill Picture Published: June, 2015 The grand prize winner of the San Francisco’s Ugliest Yard competition, sponsored by the San Francisco Department of the Environment (SF Environment), will be announced this month. In early April, San Francisco property owners with embarrassing weed patches, unsightly dead lawns and other landscaping misses were invited to upload […]