In San Francisco, a city whose economy is inextricably linked to the 25 million people who visit it each year, the owners of tourism-oriented businesses (and their employees) are anxiously waiting to see what kind of lingering effect the pandemic might have on consumer behavior and spending. Meanwhile, transit agencies are trying to make sense […]
The International Ocean Film Festival features 55 films from filmmakers and documentarians around the world. The 100-percent plastic-free festival will include five panel discussions, Q&A sessions with visiting filmmakers and a free student education program hosting more than 1,200 students from around the Bay Area and beyond. Screenings will take place in San Francisco at […]
In commemoration of the 30th anniversary of the sea lions’ arrival in San Francisco, 30 six-foot sea lion statues painted by 30 Bay Area artists are being placed in different locations throughout the City—one for every year the sea lions have been at Pier 39. Conceived by the Smithsonian-affiliated Aquarium of the Bay, the Sea […]
Our cover of covers this month includes at least one cover from all 20 years since the publication debuted in 2000. Photo credits below are listed from left to right by row. All photos marked JW are by Joel Williams. Top Row: N/A, unknown, unknown, unknown, unknown, Maggie Gosselin; Row 2: Patrick Roddie, Susan Schwartz, […]
San Francisco’s southern waterfront, which is the acres-large slice of water’s-edge land wedged between 25th Street, Cargo Way, Illinois Street and the San Francisco Bay, now hosts a dynamic and ever-growing, largely green-leaning mix of maritime-oriented businesses, mixed-used developments and public space. It’s also now home to many species of birds and other wildlife. Photo […]
Hovercraft, flat-bottomed boats that float on a cushion of air, could provide long-awaited ferry service to communities in the Sacramento River Delta and in the South Bay, where sedimentation makes it difficult to use traditional ferries. Increasingly, businesses and local governments in these areas are looking to waterways as an alternative to nightmarish commutes on […]
This year’s Fleet Week events will once again feature the spectacular United States Navy Blue Angels—the world’s most talented aerial performance team—to thrill the public with its incredible aerial feats. A full airshow will be taking place over three consecutive days in the skies above San Francisco’s waterfront and is the only airshow in the […]
Last month, the Trump Administration announced changes to Endangered Species Act (ESA) regulations. Environmental groups say the move is just the latest attempt by Secretary of the Interior David Bernhardt to poke holes in the ESA and afford oil and gas companies access to land that the ESA previously protected from mining and drilling activity. […]
The Coast Guard is looking at a plan to reduce costs by defunding the four radar installations in its Vessel Traffic Service (VTS) in and around San Francisco Bay, as well as other radar installations in 11 other major harbors around the country. The Coast Guard is looking at a plan to reduce costs by […]
Published: June, 2019 John Arndt, publisher of local sailing magazine Latitude 38, created Summer Sailstice in 2001. It has developed into an annual, global sailing celebration that unites sailors worldwide to celebrate and share their passion for sailing. There are many Sailstice events planned around the Bay Area to help ignite the public’s passion for […]