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Oil Refinery Expansions Threaten San Francisco Bay
By Deb Self Published: January, 2014 The oil industry has big plans for expansion along San Francisco Bay’s shore. If the region’s refineries get their way, millions more barrels of crude oil will be brought to the Bay Area for processing and export to other states and nations. The number of tankers on the Bay […]
Oil Refinery Expansions Threaten San Francisco Bay
By Deb Self Published: January, 2014 The oil industry has big plans for expansion along San Francisco Bay’s shore. If the region’s refineries get their way, millions more barrels of crude oil will be brought to the Bay Area for processing and export to other states and nations. The number of tankers on the Bay […]
Quesada Gardens Initiative Turns Urban Blight Into Blooms
By Bill Picture Published: January, 2014 One might expect that with more than 11 years of experience under its belt, San Francisco’s Quesada Gardens Initiative would now have a much easier time transforming blighted parcels of land into blooming gardens. But Executive Director Jeffrey Betcher—who was named a 2013 Environmental Champion last month by the […]
Introducing the New Sea Lion Center on PIER 39
BC Staff Report Published: January, 2014 One of San Francisco’s most popular attractions just got bigger! New on PIER 39 is the Sea Lion Center, a nature center dedicated to educating visitors about San Francisco’s world-famous sea lions. The Sea Lion Center, operated and managed by Aquarium of the Bay (also on PIER 39), offers […]
S.F. Proposes Sites for America’s Cup 2017
Published: January, 2014 The America’s Cup Event Authority has received a letter from San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee, proposing venue sites within the City that would be used to host the next America’s Cup in 2017. The letter reads, in part: "The 34th America’s Cup generated hundreds of millions of dollars in economic activity for […]
America’s Cup Had Big Economic Impact
Published: January, 2014 The preliminary economic impact report on the 34th America’s Cup is in and the numbers are substantial. The independently commissioned report shows an economic impact to the city of $550 million dollars and over 3,800 jobs created. America’s Cup events ran from July through September this summer with racing on San Francisco […]
Deckhand George Shelhorn
By Matt Larson Published: January, 2014 For any commuters on the Vallejo ferry to and from the City, you may recognize George Shelhorn. A Vallejoan himself, Shelhorn has been a deckhand with Blue & Gold Fleet since 1997 and has been working the Vallejo route for about five years. When it comes to experience, Shelhorn […]
Local Rail in the Spotlight
By Patrick Burnson Published: January, 2014 The working waterfront and its cargo operations played a significant role in hosting last year’s amazing America’s Cup, but one aspect of the supply chain may have gone unnoticed: our dockside rail operations. The San Francisco Bay Railroad is a Class 3 shortline railroad that serves the City of […]
Around the Bay in JANUARY 2014
Published: January, 2014 24th Anniversary of the Sea Lions’ Arrival PIER 39 commemorates the 24th anniversary of the sea lions’ arrival with the Sea Lion Encounter, January 17-20. Join Aquarium of the Bay naturalists for a free 20-minute educational walking tour including a special stop at the new Sea Lion Center. The Sea Lion Center, operated and managed […]