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BC Staff Report Published: March, 2015 Annual ridership on the San Francisco Bay Ferry service from Jack London Square has increased over 50 percent in the past two years. The service recently reported that the ferries connecting Oakland to San Francisco, Alameda and South San Francisco saw combined boardings of 910,772 last year, […]
By Matt Larson Published: March, 2015 For over two years, Shayne Velasco has been a casual operations supervisor for Golden Gate Ferry. A casual operations supervisor works in the customer areas of the ferry terminals, ensuring the safety of the patrons and making sure that everything is running correctly and on time. This is […]
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By Mallory Johnson Published: March, 2015 San Francisco Bay is California’s most important ecological habitat. It is home to sevengill sharks, Dungeness crab, salmon fisheries and countless other animals that rely on the Bay as a nursery. It is also one of the busiest ports in the state, including the ports of San Francisco, Oakland, […]
BC STAFF REPORT San Francisco was host to the 1915 World’s Fair, also known as the Panama-Pacific International Exposition (PPIE). For the duration of the exposition, the Ferry Building’s tower was festooned with lights boldly proclaiming “1915” to visitors on both sides of the Bay. In early March, that iconic lighting will return thanks […]
By Bill Picture Published: March, 2015 It’s not often that tampering with Mother Nature proves to be a good thing in the long term, but that’s exactly what has happened at the Port of Oakland. Last month, the port announced that recent dredging activity yielded 400,000 cubic yards of sediment, every muddy drop of which […]
By Georgia Lambert Published: March, 2015 First-time jobs can be hard to come by, so getting a paid summer internship and gaining experience while still in high school is a real score. High school sophomores, juniors and graduating seniors in the nine-county San Francisco Bay Area are encouraged to apply for paid summer internships in […]
By Paul Duclos Published: March, 2015 Carey Perloff, award-winning playwright, theater director and artistic director of the American Conservatory Theater (ACT), has just penned a highly-anticipated memoir, Beautiful Chaos. Published by City Lights, this slender narrative has won praise from actors, playwrights and fellow authors, and should be popular with Bay Crossings readers. Bay Crossings: […]
Published: March, 2015 March 2 – 6 Radar Observer Unlimited Course – Maritime Institute, San Rafael, 888-262-8020 www.MaritimeInstitute.com This five (5) day course provides training to mariners who wish to obtain a USCG endorsement as a Radar Observer (Unlimited). A Radar Observer endorsement is required for all ocean routes; all towing vessel greater than 26 feet […]
By Deb Self Published: March, 2015 Recently, San Francisco Baykeeper responded to four separate oil spills into San Francisco Bay. In only one did the responsible party take action to help with the cleanup. First, over the course of several days in mid-January, a sticky toxic substance coated and killed hundreds of ducks and shorebirds […]