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Port of Oakland Extends Rent-Free Lease for Sailors’ Getaway

Published: January, 2018   Nearly 5,000 sailors arrive here each year on container ships. The Port of Oakland has ensured that they’ll continue to find temporary respite from the sea.   Port commissioners last week extended for five years a rent-free lease with Oakland’s International Maritime Center. The center provides everything from shopping sprees to […]

History of the Ferryboatmen’s Union

BY BOBBY WINSTON  Published: March, 2000 The Ferryboatmen’s Union of California came into being in November 1918. A new law called the Railway Labor Act encouraged unionization so as to increase wartime production, and founder Clyde Deal took full advantage of its provisions to quickly organize San Francisco Bay passenger and auto ferries as well […]

Celebrate on the Bay-for the Bay!

BY SEJAL CHOKSI-CHUGH Published: June, 2017   Do you love San Francisco Bay? Do you want to see the Bay pollution-free, with healthy wildlife? Do you want to support a powerful local cause? Then mark your calendar for the fourth annual Bay Parade on Sunday, July 9, when you can join San Francisco Baykeeper on […]