By Captain Ray Published: December, 2015 By the time you read this, Thanksgiving will be in the rearview mirror and the holidays will be upon us. In December, there’s the start of Hanukkah at sundown on 6DEC, Winter Solstice on 21DEC, Christmas on 25DEC, the first day of Kwanzaa on 26DEC, and New Year’s Eve […]
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Celebration Marking Ferry Building Lights Set for December 4
Published: December, 2015 The historic relighting of the Ferry Building on March 3 of this year was a remarkable, festive event marking 100 years of San Francisco’s extraordinary history. All are invited to gather again on the Embarcadero in front of the Ferry Building on Friday, December 4 at 4:15 p.m. for a celebration marking the […]
Winter Tips for a Healthy Bay
By Sejal Choksi-Chugh Published: December, 2015 This winter is forecast to bring heavy rains to the Bay Area. But no matter how much rain falls, it’s unlikely to end the current drought. So here are some things we can all do to help protect San Francisco Bay from the surge of pollution that comes during […]
Decking the Halls of Golden Gate Ferries with Holiday Cheer
By Matt Larson Published: December, 2015 To accentuate the holiday cheer this year, Golden Gate Ferry will once again be decorating its merry ferry boats. However, it won’t necessarily be Golden Gate Ferry employees doing the decorating, but rather local schoolchildren—kindergartners, first, second and third graders from schools in Marin, San Francisco and Petaluma. This […]
Thinking of the Neediest
By Patrick Burnson Published: December, 2015 John McLaurin, president of the Oakland-based Pacific Merchant Shipping Association, is making a holiday appeal to the working waterfront community to think of the neediest this season. He notes in his newsletter that many seafarers will spend this month at sea or at distant ports of call thousands of […]
ON OUR COVER December 2015
Published: December, 2015 Tree lightings, holiday concerts, lighted boat parades and other holiday festivities will fill up the Bay Area’s social calendar this December. Click here for a complete listing of all the lighted boat parades that will light up the waterfront this month all over the Bay Area. Click here for listings of other […]
Global Climate Change Is Already Affecting San Francisco Bay
By Sejal Choksi-Chugh Published: November, 2015 This year, record numbers of starving seals and sea lions have washed up on California beaches, including those in the Bay Area. In recent months, hundreds of young common murres—sea birds that look like small penguins—have been discovered dead or dying on beaches in more than a dozen Bay […]
Pat Mooney
By Matt Larson Published: November, 2015 Pat Mooney has been a deckhand for Blue & Gold Fleet out of its Vallejo terminal for more than three years, but his history of life on the water has deep roots: His father was in the Sailors’ Union of the Pacific as far back as the 1930s, Mooney […]
Bay Cargo Ports to Benefit From Gov. Brown’s New Freight Policy
By Patrick Burnson Published: November, 2015 The Pacific Coast Council of Custom Brokers and Freight Forwarders Association stages its annual conference, WESCCON, at this time of year to bring shippers up to date on the latest ocean freight trends and practices. It also gives industry experts a chance to speculate on worst case scenarios. John […]
ON OUR COVER November 2015
Published: November, 2015 A fourth year of drought made installation of an emergency barrier on the West False River necessary to preserve Delta water quality and conserve water in upstream reservoirs that otherwise would have been released to help block incoming tides of salty water from San Francisco Bay. Permits issued to DWR for installation […]