By Brittany Silveira Published: September, 2014 This year marks the 30th anniversary of the state’s biggest volunteer event, California Coastal Cleanup Day. More than just picking up trash, this event offers a chance for Californians to unite and express their respect for clean water and healthy marine life. In 2013, over 58,000 volunteers removed almost […]
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Marine Expert Lives the Life Aquatic and Brings Message of Ocean Health to the Masses
By Brenda Kahn Published: September, 2014 You could call him Mr. Ocean, or these days, Mr. Ocean and Bay. He’s Brian Baird, the coast and oceans expert for the Bay Institute and Aquarium of the Bay in San Francisco, and he has devoted his professional life to protecting and promoting the health of marine environments. […]
Delta Water Tunnels Would Do Far More Harm Than Good
By Deb Self Published: September, 2014 The proposed 35-mile tunnels to carry fresh water from the northern end of the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta to pumps on the southern end would harm San Francisco Bay. This $25 billion project would also devastate the Delta ecosystem and wipe out California’s salmon fishery. Two major rivers, the Sacramento […]
Vessel Master Curtis Brown
By Matt Larson Published: August, 2014 Curtis Brown has been a vessel master (in other words, a captain) for Golden Gate Ferry for the past seven years. He helms another boat out of the Berkeley Marina for the Neptune Society, as well as the charter yacht Five Stars in Sausalito. With these varied maritime endeavors, […]
Construction Begins on Renovations to Park and Ride Facility in Vallejo
BC Staff Report Published: August, 2014 In late June, the Bay Area transit community gathered in Vallejo to celebrate the groundbreaking for the first phase of the Curtola Park and Ride renovation project. The project will result in a state-of-the-art facility serving over 4,000 people daily and linking hundreds of daily commuters to […]
West Marine Opens New Sausalito Flagship Store
BC Staff Report Published: August, 2014 West Marine, the world’s largest waterlife retailer, announced the grand opening of its new flagship store in Sausalito at 192 Donahue Street, in the Marin Gateway Shopping Center. Grand opening festivities kicked off on Thursday, July 31 and will continue through Sunday, August 3. During the grand […]
USS Potomac Returns from Drydocking
BC Staff Report Published: August, 2014 The USS Potomac is once again plying the waters of San Francisco Bay after undergoing a maintenance drydocking at Bay Ship and Yacht in Alameda. Long known as the “floating White House,” she served as the presidential yacht for Franklin Delano Roosevelt from 1936 until his death […]
Labor and Legacy
By Patrick Burnson Published: August, 2014 The International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) and the Pacific Maritime Association (PMA) had not reached an agreement as of press time on a six-year contract agreement, but both sides pledged to keep cargo moving on the West Coast waterfront. The previous labor contract covering nearly 20,000 longshore workers […]
ON OUR COVER August 2014
Published: August, 2014 Bay Crossings Publisher Joel Williams recently booked a five-hour Tomales Bay kayaking tour through the local outdoor guide service, Outback Adventures. The tour uses two-person kayaks due to their stability and ease of use, and the tour was designed with beginners in mind. After a brief lesson on how to use […]
Around the Bay in August
Published: August, 2014 Time for Some Urban Wine Join the East Bay Vintner’s Alliance (EBVA) on August 2 from 1 to 5 p.m. as it hosts “Urban Wine Xperience” on the Ferry Lawn at Jack London Square in Oakland. Over 20 urban wineries from the EBVA will pour a wide array of white, rose, red […]