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BC STAFF REPORT Published: February, 2019 San Francisco Beer Week returns from February 1 through 10 for the 11th installment of this ground-breaking celebration of craft beer, food and community all across the region. SF Beer Week’s geographical range includes the greater San Francisco Bay Area, south to Monterey Bay, north to Sonoma County […]
BY PAUL DUCLOS Published: January, 2019 Last month the San Francisco Symphony announced that Esa-Pekka Salonen will become its next music director in September 2020. As the 12th music director in the symphony’s 107-year history, Salonen will succeed Michael Tilson Thomas, who concludes his 25-year tenure in July 2020. One of the most […]
Published: January, 2019 As part of a regional push to expand its ebike fleet, Ford GoBike is introducing more than 500 new pedal-assist cycles to its bike share network in the East Bay cities of Berkeley, Oakland and Emeryville. A launch event and inaugural ride was be held on Friday, December 14 at the […]
BY SEJAL CHOKSI-CHUGH Published: January, 2019 I’m not a fan of my morning alarm disrupting my cozy slumber. But to be on time and prepared for my busy day, I need that wakeup call, no matter how jarring. I write this with similar mixed feelings. No one likes an alarmist, but this new […]
BY BC STAFF Published: January, 2019 The Toll Bridge Program Oversight Committee (TBPOC) held its last meeting in December, wrapping up more than a decade of work that saved toll payers hundreds of millions of dollars and years of delays as the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge and eight other state-owned toll bridges achieved seismic […]
BY BC STAFF Published: January, 2019 Do the teens in your life have some extra time over the winter holidays to think about summer internships? If so, let them know that the Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) is offering high school students around the Bay Area the opportunity to gain professional experience in transportation planning, […]
BY BILL PICTURE Published: January, 2019 The Port of San Francisco has removed dilapidated piles that once supported the piers along the shores of Islais Creek—crumbling reminders of the important role the southern waterfront plays in San Francisco’s rich maritime history. Abandoned for decades, when the last of the area’s slaughterhouses, canneries and […]
BY JOEL WILLIAMS Published: January, 2019 The San Francisco Bay Area Water Emergency Transportation Authority (WETA) officially commenced operations last month at the new Ron Cowan Central Bay Maintenance and Operations Facility in Alameda. A large crowd attended the ribbon cutting event in the shadow of the USS Hornet Sea, Air & Space Museum […]
Published: January, 2019 Ferry Q&A debuts this month as a feature where you can have your questions about the ferry answered by the professionals who speak for the ferry systems on a daily basis. Thomas Hall is the public information and marketing manager for WETA, the agency that runs the San Francisco Bay Ferry […]
BC STAFF REPORT Published: January, 2019 All arrivals and departures on San Francisco Bay Ferry’s Alameda/Oakland/San Francisco route now occur at the new Gate G. Gate G is south of Gate E and can only be accessed at this time via a pedestrian bridge that connects to the Embarcadero. The Alameda/Oakland queue will […]