The Golden Gate Bridge, Highway & Transportation District Board of Directors has adopted its first-ever climate emergency resolution. The resolution serves as the district’s statement of principles regarding the causes and impacts of global climate change and as a commitment to continue expanding, wherever feasible, the district’s efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and plan […]
The much-anticipated Chance of Alcatraz podcast, a work of maritime and canine fiction by the author of this column, is now ready for Bay Crossings readers. Please visit www.duclosculturalcurrents.com to check it out. James McKee of Earwax Productions made the compelling mix, working with author and actor Louis Parnell. Parnell has directed and acted in […]
Plans for the new Mission Bay Ferry Terminal are moving ahead, with the Water Emergency Transportation Authority (WETA) recently approving a supplemental memorandum with the Port of San Francisco about the project. Kevin Connolly, planning and development manager for the project, presented at this month’s WETA meeting on the project’s goal to use $25 million of […]
During the last few rainy seasons, Baykeeper’s scientists spent many weeks scrambling down hillsides and wading into mud to collect water samples from storm drain outfalls. Our field team was looking for the source of pollution to South Bay creeks and rivers that feed into San Francisco Bay. We got surprising results. The water samples […]
Beginning on Tuesday, February 18, Richmond ferry arrivals and departures will be reassigned to Gate E at the Downtown San Francisco Ferry Terminal. Also, there will be access and queuing changes for Alameda/Oakland and Harbor Bay passengers in Downtown San Francisco. Above is a map with all of the queuing and gate changes that will […]
Touro University California (TUC) is recruiting for the Reducing Inflammation with Osteopathic Treatment (RIOT) study, a therapeutic intervention without the use of medication. This study will evaluate how Osteopathic Manipulative Treatment (OMT) could reduce inflammation in people with type 2 diabetes, excess body weight, or metabolic syndrome. OMT is a set of hands-on techniques used […]
BY PATRICK BURNSON In last year’s final West Coast Trade Report, Pacific Merchant Shipping Association President John McLaurin reflected on issues having the greatest impact on shippers in 2019, while speculating on what we may expect in the coming months. On the West Coast trade community, he noted that 2019 had been “a difficult year,” […]
BY MATT LARSON This month we had the pleasure of getting to know Julius Dacasin, a captain for Blue & Gold Fleet. At this writing he’s been captain for more than two and a half years. Remaining flexible, he also sometimes still works as a deckhand, which he’s been doing for the past five years. […]
The Port of San Francisco recently replaced the canopy covering the gangway leading to the boats at Gate B, which services San Francisco Bay Ferry’s Vallejo route and Golden Gate Ferry’s Tiburon service. The work was completed in early January just before several winter storms hit the Bay Area. Vallejo and Tiburon commuters were happy […]
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 […]