By Bill PicturePublished: August, 2008 On June 18, San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom signed into law the City’s Solar Energy Incentive Program, the most ambitious municipal incentive program of its kind to date in the United States. We are very happy with the outcome, says Johanna Partin, Renewable Energy Program Manager for the San Francisco […]
Author: BAY CROSSINGS STAFF REPORT
New Sailors Help a Great Cause
Participants will take sailing lessons and raise funds in honor of those whose lives have been affected by blood cancers. Fifteen participants will go through the US Sailing Basic Keelboat certification course at Club Nautique; each fundraiser will be responsible for raising a minimum of $3,900 for the Leukemia Lymphoma Society. That’s a minimum total of $58,500! The fundraisers will […]
Fun Dips
By weekendsherpa.comPublished: August, 2008 The Goonies II A 2.5-mile, unmarked hike (or bike and hike) with twists, turns, and the eerie remains of a truck wreck takes treasure-seekers to watery riches: a series of three natural rock waterslides, separated by giant pools of cool mountain water. Known as University Falls, this whoop-and-holler triple wonder would […]
WATERFRONT ACTIVITIES SEPTEMBER 2008
Every Wed. 6PM – 8PM – Wednesday Night Sail, OCSC Sailing, Berkeley, 510-843-4200, www.ocsc.com Set sail aboard one of our larger yachts skippered by a professional OCSC skipper and enjoy a relaxing sunset out on the Bay. You can soak in the beauty of the evening while not lifting a finger; or pitch in and take the helm. Following […]
Discovering the Magic of Angel Island
BC Staff ReportPublished: August, 2008 Local residents usually know where Angel Island is located—one mile south of the Tiburon Peninsula—but, surprisingly, most have never visited. Maybe that’s because the visitor’s center, in Ayala Cove on the north side of the Island, is only accessible by ferries or private boats. Angel Island is a stunning, underutilized […]
APL and Port of San Francisco Celebrate Cargo Milestones
By Paul Duclos APL was a sponsor of the Festival of Sail, a five-day tribute to the age of sailing ships organized by the San Francisco Maritime National Park Association at the end of July. Hundreds of thousands of visitors jammed the city waterfront to inspect a dozen majestic tall ships including the U.S. Coast […]
“DOG DAYS OF SUMMER”
Published: August, 2008 What could be better than dogs, baseball and a sunny day by the Bay? The San Francisco SPCA is sponsoring the annual Dog Days of Summer at AT&T Park on Saturday, August 23rd at 12:55pm which will allow you to watch the Giants take on the Padres along with your canine companion. […]
San Francisco Bay: Sensitive Habitat or Marine Junkyard?
By Sejal Choksi, Baykeeper and Program Director The number of derelict boats is so extreme in the eastern reaches of the Bay that a recent Contra Costa County report indicated that the removal of 300 vessels in the past 20 years has hardly put a dent in the "aquatic junkyards." As more and more vessels […]
Embarcadero Station Kiosk Wins Community Awareness Award
Published: July, 2008 It gleams like a bright and inviting oasis in the underground maze of the Embarcadero BART/Muni station in downtown San Francisco. Billed as a Traveler’s aid for the video age, the project turned an underutilized newspaper stand at one of the region’s busiest transit crossroads into a multiuse, high-tech transit information kiosk. […]
WETA Appoints New Executive Director
Published: July, 2008 Mr. Stanley is currently the CEO of the Aircraft Carrier Hornet Foundation, which operates the naval ship museum located in the retired U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Hornet in the City of Alameda. He brings over 25 years of progressive experience in project management, engineering, operations, and quality management in the utility […]