Published: September, 2008
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PTA Stages Annual Steamship Night
By Paul DuclosPublished: August, 2008 For those not familiar with this event, it’s the biggest social gathering of the year for Bay Area professionals working in the transport and trade community. Founded in the 1920s when San Francisco was regarded as a major seaport and gateway to the Far East, the PTA now functions chiefly […]
This Year’s Drought Requires More Than Just Turning Off Your Tap While You Brush
By Sejal Choksi, Baykeeper and Program DirectorPublished: August, 2008 As the summer stretches on with no relief in sight, many of us are reminded of how important healthy waterways are for our state. This spring was California’s driest in 88 years. The snowpack of the Sierra Nevada Mountain Range is the primary source of our […]
ON OUR COVER AUGUST 2008
Published: August, 2008
Around the bay in September 2008
Battleship U.S.S. Iowa Faces Funding Hurtle to Find a Home The open house will take place on Saturday, September 20 from 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. and attendees will meet other Iowa supporters in an informal and fun atmosphere while learning how each individual can help further the project. The event, put on by HSMPS, […]
Cal Maritime Training Ship Rescues Two Off West Coast
The California Maritime Academy’s 500-foot training ship Golden Bear rescued two California fishermen Sunday evening, August 17th, approximately 80 miles off the Monterey Peninsula. The two men departed the Santa Cruz area earlier that day in an open 17-foot skiff, equipped with a single outboard engine. They told authorities they were heading for offshore fishing […]
Around the bay in August 2008
Published: August, 2008 Cool Globes Come to San Francisco’s Waterfront Cool Globes premiered last summer in Chicago, where the exhibit became a must see destination for millions of visitors to the city’s Museum Campus along the lakefront. Cool Globes is currently on display in Washington, D.C. at the U.S. Botanic Garden. The San Francisco exhibit […]
ARRRGH! TALK LIKE A PIRATE
By Captain Ray But do you realize how many commonly used expressions come from the sea? It could be said that we all talk like pirates all the time. The origins of some phases, such as "a wide berth" or "a little leeway," are quite obvious, while others are much more obscure. Here are a […]
The City Was Born at the Port, and It Still Thrives
By Wes Starratt, PEPublished: August, 2008 In the year 1776, the very same year that the British colonies on the East Coast proclaimed their independence from England, a Spanish expedition established a military presence at the Presidio, near what the Spanish called la boca (the mouth). At the same time, in a more sheltered area, […]
Free Medicine Take-Back on National Estuaries Day
The public is invited to bring unwanted household medications for safe disposal to 420 Water Street in Jack London Square on Sunday, September 28th from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. For more than 20 years, the San Francisco Estuary Project and its partners have worked together to protect and restore the San Francisco Bay-Delta Estuary. […]