BC STAFF Published: June, 2019 Despite an extremely active Bay Area sailing scene, thousands of local boats remain tied to their docks day after day, week after week, and sometimes for years on end. Often the people and skills to use them are in short supply. Boats need people, and despite the myth […]
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Ferry Questions Answered
Published: June, 2019 Ferry Q&A is where you can have your questions about Bay Area ferry service answered by the professionals who speak for the ferry systems. Thomas Hall is the public information and marketing manager for WETA, the agency that runs the S.F. Bay Ferry service. Priya Clemens is his counterpart at Golden […]
RM3 Funds Still In Limbo
Published: June, 2019 The Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association has decided to file a notice of appeal in its lawsuit against Regional Measure 3. The decision represents an abrupt about-face for the group, which just a week before filing said it had decided not to fight an April court ruling that dismissed its lawsuit. […]
Berkeley Ferry: Project Launched, But a Long Voyage Remains
BY DAN ROSENHEIM Published: June, 2019 WETA’s board gave the go-ahead last month to study construction of a ferry dock in Berkeley. The board’s action is an important move toward establishing long-awaited passenger service between San Francisco and the East Bay city. But even if everything proceeds smoothly, it will be five years […]
Rich Garnett
BY MATT LARSON Published: June, 2019 We met Rich Garnett aboard an SF Bay Ferry working for Blue & Gold Fleet on the Vallejo-San Francisco run. He’s soon to celebrate two years with Blue & Gold, approaching three years in the field. He didn’t necessarily expect to be working the Bay’s waterways, but a […]
Maritime Cargo Stakeholders Come Together to Oppose Oakland A’s Waterfront Stadium
BY PATRICK BURNSON Published: June, 2019 A rare alliance in the ocean cargo industry—including shippers, terminals operators, dockside labor and port authorities—has taken form recently in response to perceived threats to operations posed by a proposed 35,000-seat waterfront baseball stadium at the Port of Oakland’s Howard Terminal. The Oakland Athletics will soon be the […]
SFO Summer Season: A Darker Little Mermaid
BY PAUL DUCLOS Published: June, 2019 If most ferry riders are able to attend only one performance of San Francisco Opera’s summer season, our pick is Rusalka, which is about a water nymph inspired by the Hans Christian Andersen story The Little Mermaid. And while readers might already know the opera’s signature aria, “Song […]
Around the Bay in June
Published: June, 2019 Free Hot Dogs for Kids Vallejo’s Savage & Cooke Distillery will be sponsoring a summer promotion at all Saturday home games for the Vallejo Admirals minor-league baseball team. All kids 10 and under will receive a free hot dog meal including chips, a drink and a Rice Krispies Treat when accompanied […]
Summer Rolls Into Jack London Square
Published: June, 2019 As summer kicks off in the Bay Area, the Jack London Square waterfront is the ideal location to enjoy the sunshine with a variety of waterfront activities, dining options and events. California Canoe & Kayak is a one-stop shop for waterfront fun, providing rentals of kayaks, canoes, paddle boards, and […]
Port of Oakland Adopts Truck Management Plan
BY BILL PICTURE Published: June, 2019 At the end of April, the Port of Oakland adopted a strategy for minimizing the impact of port-related truck traffic on the surrounding neighborhood. Port officials are now meeting to flesh out a detailed work plan. The West Oakland Truck Management Plan tackles everything from keeping truck […]