Ward Cleaveland Memorial Scholarship Cruise

Cool Places to Shop on the Eastern Waterfront

Published: December, 2004 It was only November 1st when I saw boxes stacked willy-nilly outside the store Embellish on Brannan Street. Printed on the boxes was the classic holiday statement, “It’s beginning to feel a lot like…” The brain fills in the blank automatically. As a veteran of Holiday Gift Guides, I was armed and […]

Reducing Whale Deaths in California Waters

BY ZACHARY WARNOW Published: July, 2018   It’s been a tough couple of months for whales in and around the San Francisco Bay. In just May and June alone, five dead whales washed up on Bay Area shores. While each of these deaths alone is tragic, as part of a larger picture of cetacean deaths […]

Port Oakland Ranked Fourth Tier

By Guy SpanPublished: November, 2006 There are four levels (tiers) of ports rated by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), from Tier 1 ports carrying the greatest risk (and earning the most DHS dollars) to low-risk Tier 4 ports like Albany, NY or Mount Vernon, IN. So what Tier do you suppose DHS has applied […]