By Deb Self Published: January, 2010 When I received news of the Dubai Star oil spill in late October, I immediately turned to the Bay’s oil spill contingency plan, the document that governs how federal and state government agencies respond to an oil spill. The plan contains important information about the Bay’s sensitive sites, such […]
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S.F. Welcomes First New Bike Lane in Three Years
Published: January, 2010 Mayor Gavin Newsom—along with bicyclists, city leaders, neighborhood groups and business owners—recently welcomed San Francisco’s first new bike lane in more than three years, located at Scott and Oak streets along the city’s popular “Wiggle” bike route. Newsom helped paint the city’s first green-colored “Bike Box,” an advanced stop line that […]
Will Men Be Mad for Fashion Again?
Published: January, 2010 Men making the same old New Year’s resolutions regarding sobriety, diet and/or relationships may wish to consider something different: a style upgrade. Branding the Man: Why Men Are the Next Frontier in Fashion Retail (Random House/Allworth 2009) should be just the ticket to get you started. It’s also a great book for […]
WATERFRONT ACTIVITIES JANUARY 2010
Published: January, 2010 Every Saturday 12PM – 2PM or 2:30PM – 4:30PM – Introduction to Sailing Course, OCSC Sailing, Berkeley, 510-843-4200, www.ocscsailing.comThis two-hour skippered charter is designed to provide folks who are considering getting into sailing a real glimpse of the sport, our club and our people. Cost $40. January 6 6PM – 8PM – Yacht Design – Part I […]
Bar Pilots Reaffirm Ties to Maritime Academy
By Patrick Burnson Published: January, 2010 The San Francisco Bar Pilots Association (SFBPA) is renewing and strengthening its long-standing support for the California Maritime Academy with a combination of scholarships and support for enhanced recruitment efforts totaling over $75,000. Captain Peter McIsaac, SFBPA’s president, said his organization has formalized a five-year commitment to the Academy […]
A New Wave of Legal Action to Stop Sewage Spills to the Bay
Published: January, 2010 San Francisco Baykeeper filed three new lawsuits last month to prevent sewage spills into San Francisco Bay from the City of Millbrae, the City of San Carlos and the West Bay Sanitation District. Baykeeper’s lawsuits against the South Bay entities are the latest in a string of Clean Water Act enforcement […]
ON OUR COVER JANUARY 2010
Published: January, 2010
Around the bay in January
Published: January, 2010 “Dine About Town…Only in San Francisco” Returns The San Francisco Convention & Visitors Bureau’s popular “Dine About Town San Francisco” restaurant promotion provides food and wine enthusiasts with an incentive to experience many of San Francisco’s finest restaurants at a fraction of the price. The promotion takes place over two weeks, from […]
Bay Bridge Project Rings in New Year With Good News
By John Goodwin Published: January, 2010 The coming of the New Year brings a boatload of good news for the Bay Bridge East Span replacement project. The first steel bridge deck sections for the signature self-anchored suspension (SAS) portion of the new bridge have now been loaded aboard a ship in China, with the vessel […]
Extreme Engineering: The Labor Day Weekend Detour Operation
Published: December, 2009 Construction crews moved nearly 7,000 tons of steel at the Bay Bridge construction site on Yerba Buena Island over Labor Day weekend in September 2009. The job called for realigning the path of the old East Span by removing a massive double-deck piece of the bridge, and sliding in the last link […]