BY CAPTAIN RAY Published: July, 2018 What are the strongest winds you’re ever been out in? It’s one of the most frequently asked questions new students have for a sailing instructor. For me, my strongest wind experience happened about 15 years ago, and it happened right here on San Francisco Bay. I was […]
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 […]
BY BILL PICTURE Published: July, 2018 San Francisco’s Pier 39 and Aquarium of the Bay announced a plan last month to minimize the distribution of plastic straws along the San Francisco waterfront in an effort to reduce the harmful pollution of waterways. The announcement fell on the heels of an ordinance introduced in […]
BY KIRSTEN N. SOUTTHEY Published: July, 2018 Did you know that everything along San Francisco’s beautiful Embarcadero waterfront is protected by a Seawall? If you have never heard of the Embarcadero Seawall before, you are not alone. The Seawall is essentially a rock retaining wall that stretches over three miles from Fisherman’s Wharf in […]
BY SEJAL CHOKSI-CHUGH Published: July, 2018 We were on the Baykeeper boat for a pollution patrol recently when I noticed something surprising. The stockpiles of toxic black coal that usually tower along the Richmond shoreline were the smallest I’d seen in my 15 years on patrol. I’d expected coal stockpiles to be even […]
BC STAFF REPORT Published: July, 2018 In late June, the Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) and the Association of Bay Area Governments (ABAG) kicked off an 11-week campaign to solicit big, bold and billion-dollar (or even more) ideas from individuals, companies, public agencies and nongovernmental organizations alike for improving mobility across the nine-county Bay Area. […]
Published: July, 2018 Watching a waterfront fireworks display from a boat, the shoreline or hillside overlooking the water is always a unique and special treat for Bay Area residents. The following is a list of waterfront fireworks displays (or those that can be viewed from the water) in the Bay Area to help you […]
BC STAFF REPORT Published: July, 2018 In June, the 400-passenger Argo became the newest vessel to join the WETA fleet. The Argo is the fourth of seven new vessels that will join the SF Bay Ferry fleet over the next year. Already in service on the Alameda/Oakland routes, the Argo is also available for […]
BY MATT LARSON Published: July, 2018 It is a noble thing to help others for a living, and Rob McCrimmon has made a career out of it. He devoted 28 years of his life to the United States Coast Guard, and today he works as a casual deckhand with the Inlandboatmen’s Union as part […]
BC STAFF REPORT Published: July, 2018 The controversial Vallejo Marine Terminal and Orcem cement plant just became more controversial, claim community groups throughout the Bay Area who are charging the terminal could ship dirty coal through the city. Activists from the groups No Coal in Oakland and Sierra Club Richmond joined Vallejo groups […]