Pinnipeds on the Piers Thirty life-sized sea lion statues painted by 30 Bay Area artists will adorn different spots on the Embarcadero starting in late January and remain on display for the remainder of 2020. Made from fiberglass, the sea lion statues evoke a number of different topics, including ocean habitat, pollution, the carbon footprint […]
BY PATRICK BURNSON Following a thorough and exhaustive national search to replace the much-esteemed, retiring Chris Lytle, the Port of Oakland has announced that its new executive director is local resident Danny Wan. Wan had been the port’s interim executive director since summer 2019. Before that, he was the port’s attorney for six years. He […]
As part of a large public STEAM (science, technology, engineering, arts and math) education initiative, 30 six-foot-tall sea lion statues painted by 30 Bay Area artists will adorn different spots on the Embarcadero starting in late January. They will remain on display for the remainder of 2020. This project brings together elements of science and […]
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 […]
BY PATRICK BURNSON “Leadership,” and what it means to incorporate management skill in everyday life, was the issue addressed by the group Women in Logistics at a forum in San Francisco late last October. Hosted by the Port of San Francisco, the event featured four highly successful logistics professionals from diverse sectors of the industry. […]
BY MATT LARSON A career with the ferry system in the Bay Area is attainable for anyone willing to put in the work. As we’ve learned in a number of profiles written in this space over the last few years, with enough determination and patience, a career change into working on the waterways is well […]
BY DAN ROSENHEIM Confronted with a choice between slow-growth fiscal conservatism and more rapid ferry service expansion, top Water Emergency Transportation Authority staff now advocate for the latter—even if it could mean pressing for new subsidies. WETA Executive Director Nina Rannells told the agency’s November board meeting that, after re-examining financial projections, she favors forging […]
BY DAN ROSENHEIM Bikes on Board: WETA reminds passengers that San Francisco Bay Ferry vessels have maximum bicycle capacity set according to Coast Guard safety standards. Crews cannot board more bikes than allowed in the Coast Guard’s certificate of inspection. WETA says this particularly affects the 4:20 p.m. and 5:20 p.m. departures from South San […]
BY SEJAL CHOKSI-CHUGH What I saw on the San Francisco Bay shoreline that day worried me. I asked Robert, our volunteer skipper, to maneuver the Baykeeper boat closer. Since the last time we’d been to the site, more heavy industrial equipment had piled up near the water. And more barges were crowding the dock. It […]
On November 7, park managers and community and civic leaders, led by Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, broke ground on 14 acres of new national parkland atop highway tunnels with dramatic views of the Golden Gate, the Bay, the Presidio and the San Francisco skyline. The Presidio Tunnel Tops project, slated to open in […]