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By Patrick Burnson Published: April, 2015 West Coast port authorities may be overstating the obvious when they decry “business as usual,” but it’s refreshing to see them finally coming around. Speaking to shippers at the Waterfront Coalition meeting last month, Port of Oakland Executive Director Chris Lytle said “the old methods” of dockside operations must […]
Published: April, 2015 Sunday, April 26 is Opening Day on the Bay. It’s a grand nautical celebration, part of which can be enjoyed from the shoreline as well. Two events will happen that day. The first is the Blessing of the Fleet, during which religious officials and others bestow their blessings on the sailing […]
By BC Staff Published: April, 2015 At a board meeting last month, the Water Emergency Transportation Authority (WETA) Board of Directors approved an agreement with the Contra Costa Transportation Authority (CCTA) and the City of Richmond to provide operating subsidies for the proposed Richmond ferry service. “The vote today represents a significant milestone in […]
By BC Staff Published: April, 2015 The lease holder from Sinbad’s Pier 2 Restaurant recently stated publicly that a representative from the Water Emergency Transportation Authority (WETA) informed the restaurant management that it could stay at its present location at Pier Two past the end of its lease with the Port of San Francisco. However, […]
By Matt Larson Published: April, 2015 If you’ve ridden Golden Gate Ferry within the past 25 years, you may very well recognize Rene Alvarado, a terminal assistant who works primarily at the Larkspur Ferry Terminal. “What I enjoy the most, besides working with my co-workers, is our customers,” he said. That’s what’s kept him at […]
By Mallory Johnson Published: April, 2015 The San Francisco Bay-Delta estuary supports a diverse array of native aquatic plant and animal species, including Chinook salmon, sturgeon, smelt, steelhead and other native fishes that depend on freshwater flow from our rivers into the estuary. However, 150 years of altering the estuary by reducing natural flows […]
Published: April, 2015 How did you celebrate turning 21? Visions of parties, toasts and more coming to mind? In the Bay Area, Bike to Work Day will celebrate its 21st birthday on May 14 with a nine-county-wide party on wheels. Now that’s what we call a celebration! On Bike to Work Day, tens of thousands […]
By BC Staff Published: April, 2015 Last month, the San Francisco Fire Department Aquatic Rescue Unit received 40 custom wetsuits from a local San Francisco nonprofit organization, the Peter Patrick Madigan Antonini (PPMA) Foundation. The Aquatic Rescue Unit’s members are San Francisco firefighters, and the unit is San Francisco’s only in-surf rescue crew. […]
By Sejal Choksi-Chugh Published: April, 2015 A small remote-controlled boat, mounted with an innovative camera, has recently been cruising with Baykeeper’s pollution patrol boat along the San Francisco Bay shore. We’re creating a new tool to help protect the Bay from sea level rise—the San Francisco Bay Shore View Project. As global climate […]
By Captain Ray Published: April, 2015 Sunday, April 26 is Opening Day on the Bay. It’s a grand nautical celebration, part of which can be enjoyed from the shoreline as well. Two events will happen that day; the roots of one go back several hundred years and the other nearly a hundred years. The […]