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BY JEFF CARLSON Published: October, 2018 A proposal to demolish historic structures and construct a private marine terminal serving large cargo vessels and a cement plant at the mouth of the Napa River has been a source of controversy in Vallejo for the past six years. Three councilmembers are conflicted and should recuse themselves […]
Published: October, 2018 The City of San Francisco welcomes the return of Fleet Week to the Bay Area from October 1 to October 8. As the largest and most significant event of its kind in the nation, San Francisco’s Fleet Week brings numerous popular events, including the Blue Angels, back to the Bay Area. […]
BY PAUL DUCLOS Published: September, 2018 A year after the legendary Italian tenor Enrico Caruso recorded the leading role in Pagliacci, he had barely the time to hop a ferry and escape from the San Francisco Fire of 1906. He recalled that fateful journey across the Bay with considerable bitterness, as the city burned […]
Published: September, 2018 Jack London Square will celebrate the best of the Northern California wine scene with Wine Walk on the Waterfront on Saturday, September 22 from 4 to 8 p.m. Due to the popularity of its daytime Spring Art & Wine Festival, Jack London Square has created a new event that invites attendees […]
BY RENÉE DUNN MARTIN Published: September, 2018 San Francisco’s waterfront is the ideal place to enjoy some beautiful and thought-provoking works of art. The Embarcadero features views of the iconic twinkling Bay Lights on the Bay Bridge, Cupid’s Span at Rincon Park, the Tidal Columns at Brannan Street Wharf, and many other artworks that […]
BC STAFF REPORT Published: September, 2018 The U.S. Forest Service and its local partners will bring people closer to nature at the fifth annual Visions of the Wild film and arts festival taking place in Vallejo from September 20 to 23. The event celebrates the natural beauty of rivers and trails through art, music, […]
BC STAFF REPORT Published: September, 2018 The Salesforce Transit Center celebrated its long-awaited grand opening in a grand way last month, starting with a formal ribbon-cutting on Friday, August 10 before splashing out with a jam-packed Saturday public party, and culminating with Sunday inaugural Transbay bus service. On Friday, former San Francisco Mayor […]
BY SEJAL CHOKSI-CHUGH Published: September, 2018 Saturday, September 15 is Inter-national Coastal Cleanup Day. Thousands of Bay Area residents will head to local beaches to pick up trash. But many people don’t realize that San Francisco Bay’s shoreline is part of the coast. In fact, there’s often more trash accumulated along Bay shoreline than […]
BY MATT LARSON Published: September, 2018 Most ferry passengers would not recognize Larry Lapating if he were right in front of them, but the work he and his team perform on a daily basis is easily recognized and appreciated by the entire ferry community. He is a mechanics foreman for Golden Gate Ferry and […]
BY CAPTAIN RAY Published: September, 2018 Since 1995, September 19 has “officially” been Talk Like a Pirate Day. Over the past years, I’ve used my September column to explain the nautical origins of commonly used shore-side expressions. When you understand the roots of these everyday sayings, you will realize that everyone talks like a […]