BY BILL PICTURE Published: December, 2018 The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) last month recognized San Francisco Public Utilities Commission’s (SFPUC) Holloway Green Street Project as one of 30 clean-water infrastructure projects putting public money to good use. EPA’s PISCES program celebrates successful projects from the Clean Water State Revolving Fund (CWSRF) program, […]
BY JOEL WILLIAMS Published: December, 2018 Much has happened since we last reported on the San Francisco Ferry Building expansion project in May. The San Francisco Water Emergency Transportation Authority (WETA) has announced several new routes that are planned to begin service in the years to come, including the Richmond route set to begin […]
BY SEJAL CHOKSI-CHUGH Published: December, 2018 A multinational corporation is mining sand from the bottom of San Francisco Bay and selling it for a profit. But the Bay’s sand belongs to you and me. And taking sand out of the Bay harms Dungeness crab, San Francisco’s Ocean Beach and other Bay Area beaches and […]
BY CAPTAIN RAY Published: December, 2018 With Halloween in the rearview mirror, I guess it’s fair to say that the holiday season is upon us. As I write this in early November, we are looking forward to (in chronological order) Thanksgiving on November 22, the start of Hanukkah on December 2, Christmas on December […]
Published: December, 2018 Doggies in the Window Take a peek! Your new best buddy might be staring out at you from the Macy’s windows. Bring your friends and family to visit the San Francisco SPCA Holiday Windows at Macy’s Union Square through January 1. The colorful, artfully designed windows are filled with adorable, adoptable […]
BY PAUL DUCLOS Published: December, 2018 For thousands of children each year, the holiday season would not be complete without a visit to the famed Fairmont San Francisco Hotel, which creates a magical gingerbread house in the lobby for Santa to greet his guests. But there’s also a decidedly different attraction in the […]
Published: December, 2018 December 2 11AM – 1PM – Intro to Sailing – OCSC Sailing, Berkeley, 510-843-4200, www.ocscsailing.com Considering getting into the sport of sailing? Two hours on beautiful San Francisco Bay will help you to determine if you want to make sailing a bigger part of your life. You will join one […]
BY MATT LARSON Published: November, 2018 Regular commuters on the Vallejo-San Francisco run will probably recognize Carl Carr-Johnson, who works as a deckhand for Blue & Gold Fleet. A world traveler, he can often be found engaging with tourists on board about where they’re from or where they’re going, or sharing his own travel […]
BY SEJAL CHOKSI-CHUGH Published: November, 2018 If you’ve travelled by plane over the Bay Area, you may have seen the bright red, orange and yellow ponds in south San Francisco Bay. They look pretty and calm, but they’re actually the site of a battle between those who want to restore the area to wetlands […]
BC STAFF REPORT Published: November, 2018 Marin Transit celebrated the arrival of its first two entirely electric, zero-emissions buses on Tuesday, October 16 outside the Marin Veterans’ Memorial Auditorium. Congressman Jared Huffman, Assem-blymember Marc Levine, Supervisor Kate Sears, Supervisor Katie Rice, Marin Transit Board Chair Stephanie Moulton-Peters and Golden Gate Bridge Board President Sabrina […]