Checkin’ out the oakland /Alameda Estuary

Long term homeport agreement reached with State agency overseeing Bay Area Ferries

Published: January, 2007  The WTA is a regional agency empowered by the State of California to develop and operate a comprehensive Bay Area water transit system. WTA will be occupying nearly 12,000 square feet of space and an exclusive berthing facility at Pier 9, just north of the historic Ferry Building on The Embarcadero. We’re […]

Hornet Celebrates 40th Apollo Anniversary

Published: July, 2009    The USS Hornet Museum is commemorating the 40th anniversary of its historic, safe recovery of Apollo 11 with Splashdown 2009, a three-day festival to take place on the ship. From Friday, July 24 through Sunday, July 26, there will be a series of special events that will appeal to people of […]

Free Tours of St. Peter’s Chapel, Silent Auction, and Art Show on Mare Island’s Daffodil Tea Weekend

Published: April, 2005 St. Peter’s Chapel will be open to the public free of charge 11:30am-12:30pm and 2:30-3:30pm Saturday, April 9, and Sunday, April 10. Since the U.S. Navy closed its naval shipyard in Vallejo in 1996, St Peter’s Chapel, the nation’s oldest naval chapel, has been managed by the Mare Island Historic Park Foundation, […]