By Patrick BurnsonPublished: June, 2009 The Oakland Board of Port Commissioners took a bold step to address community and environmental concerns about impacts on air quality from its maritime operations last month when its seven members voted unanimously to adopt and implement a “Maritime Air Quality Policy Statement” and “Early Actions” to reduce air pollutant […]
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Tricky Traffic Shift to Close Bay Bridge Over Labor Day Weekend
By Karin BettsPublished: June, 2009 The San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge will be closed in both directions over the Labor Day weekend in September 2009 to accommodate an operation critical to the construction of the bridge’s new East Span. The bridge will close as early as the evening of Thursday, Sept. 3, and reopen in time […]
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Published: June, 2009
Around the bay in June 2009
Published: June, 2009 Waterfront Flicks This summer Oakland’s waterfront will serve as a screening room for a series of aquatic-themed films—all offered free to the public. Every other Thursday night from June to August, Jack London Square will present a different movie with a water theme, beginning with Jaws on June 11. Jack London Square […]
My Saving Ways Around The House
By Dianne BoatePublished: June, 2009 Subscriptions: It was hard, but one day I decided to let go of most of my magazine and newspaper subscriptions, with a few treasured exceptions. I kept track of all the rejects, and before six months had passed I had “saved” $175. Tying very nicely into this, I made a […]
Protecting the Bay by Watchdogging Government Agencies
By Sejal Choksi, Baykeeper and Program DirectorPublished: June, 2009 San Francisco Bay is at the center of the Bay Area and the extensive network of housing, transit, retail and industry that sustains the more than seven million people who live here. The Bay is a big part of what makes the Bay Area so special, […]
Check Out Free Kayaking, Rowing and Dragon Boating at Jack London Square
Published: June, 2009 Get a paddle in the water and try out kayaking, rowing and dragon boating at Jack London Aquatic Center’s (JLAC) free second annual “Summer Splash.” “Summer Splash” will be held on Saturday, June 6th at Jack London Aquatic Center, 115 Embarcadero (in Estuary Park, on the Embarcadero, between Oak Street and 5th […]
Camp Reynolds Presents Civil War Days at Angel Island State Park
Published: June, 2009 For over a decade, Angel Island State Park has hosted Civil War Days, a family-oriented event that educates through tours, activities, demonstrations and interaction with park staff and Civil War re-enactors. With concern mounting over threats to the Bay Area from Confederate sympathizers and naval forces, the federal government established Camp […]
Free Festival Opens Sailing to Everyone on the Longest Day of Year
By Paul V. OlivaPublished: June, 2009 Every day, hundreds of thousands of people look out at the sailboats, tall ships, windsurfers and kiteboarders on the Bay. Many wonder how they can join in with the elegant sails cutting the water. Soon, they’ll have their chance. Planned for June 20 is the Bay’s grandest celebration of […]
Green Matters: Richmond is Keeping Score
Published: May, 2009 The City of Richmond is well on its way to meeting its goal of implementing fourteen of the twenty-one Urban Environmental Accords introduced in 2005 on World Environment Day by the International Council for Local Environmental Initiatives, the United Nations Environmental Program, the University of California at Berkeley and a number […]