Author: BAY CROSSINGS STAFF REPORT

By Matt Larson Published: July, 2014 Sam Moore has been a vessel master—in other words, a captain—for Golden Gate Ferry since 1997. Currently you can find him at the helm of his favorite boat, Mendocino, departing from Larkspur to San Francisco as early as 5:45 a.m. He also mans the helm of the San Francisco […]

BC Staff Report   Published: July, 2014   East Brother Light Station, Inc., a nonprofit corporation, is seeking applicants for keepers of East Brother Light Station, a small island in San Francisco Bay that is the home of an intact 1874 lighthouse and fog signal. After more than two years of distinguished service, the current […]

By Patrick Burnson Published: July, 2014 Port of Oakland Director of Maritime John C. Driscoll has now been at his post for nearly a year. In this interview, he shares some of the lessons he’s learned so far and relates his vision for the future. Bay Crossings: We see a trend toward more regional port […]

Published: July, 2014   Work crews earlier this year began the first phase of a complex three-part process to dismantle the two-mile-long original East Span of the Bay Bridge, with the middle portion of the old bridge’s cantilever section over the deep water east of Yerba Buena Island already giving way to a 600-foot void […]

Published: July, 2014   San Francisco PIER 39 Celebrates Independence Day with fun for the whole family, featuring musical entertainment and activities in the Entrance Plaza. Beginning from noon to 3 p.m., Mobility from the U.S. Air Force Band of the Golden West performs. Then dance into the night from 5 to 8 p.m. with […]

By Paul Duclos The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco present Modernism from the National Gallery of Art: The Robert and Jane Meyerhoff Collection, an exhibition of 46 paintings and sculptures by many of the leading figures in postwar American art. The de Young is the sole venue for this exhibition, which includes works by […]