BY JOEL WILLIAMS Published: February, 2018 Traffic in the Bay Area is worse than ever! In a recent public opinion poll, 85 percent of those asked said that traffic was worse in 2017 than in 2016. Traffic congestion has hit record numbers four years in a row and grown 80 percent since 2010. We […]
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San Francisco Ferry Building Expansion Project Update
BC STAFF REPORT Published: February, 2018 Ferry ridership is at an all-time high. Gate E at the San Francisco Ferry Terminal accommodates four ferry routes (Alameda, Oakland, Harbor Bay and South San Francisco), serving more than 10,000 passengers daily. More than two million people travel by San Francisco Bay Ferry annually. […]
Sturgeon: Quiet Giants of the Bay
BY SEJAL CHOKSI-CHUGH Published: February, 2018 Compared to some of our wild neighbors around the Bay Area, we’re all newbies to California. Sturgeon have populated our local waters for more than two million years. These giant fish can grow even larger than San Francisco Bay’s biggest mammal, the sea lion. But because sturgeon stay […]
Alternatives to Parking at the Larkspur Ferry Terminal
BC STAFF REPORT Published: February, 2018 The Golden Gate Larkspur Ferry Terminal main and overflow parking lots often fill to capacity by 9 a.m., especially after the recent loss of the upper overflow lot to SMART for construction of the last southern segment to link the Marin train service with ferry service to San […]
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BY MATT LARSON Published: February, 2018 Only an avid commuter may notice, but while many crew members on Bay Area ferries are on board five days a week, others may only show up once or twice, never to be seen again. That doesn’t necessarily mean they’ve quit—more likely, they’re just working a […]
2017 Was a Record-Setting Year at the Port of Oakland
BY PATRICK BURNSON Published: February, 2018 Last month we reported that Port of Oakland’s containerized import volume for 2017 was on a pace to exceed inbound throughput for all previous years. Now comes word that 2017 was the busiest year in the port’s 90-year history, as it handled the equivalent of 2.42 million 20-foot […]
ON OUR COVER February 2018
Published: February, 2018 A $4.45 billion package of congestion relief projects known as Regional Measure 3 (RM3) will be on the June 5 ballot in all nine Bay Area counties. The measure would relieve congestion in the worst freeway bottlenecks, massively enhance BART, ferry and bus capacity and make investments throughout the Bay […]
Around the Bay in February 2018
Published: February, 2018 Make Your Dog Best in Show Enjoy an afternoon like no other at Contra Costa Humane Society’s Best in Show 2018 on February 11 from 2 to 5 p.m. at the Concord Hilton, 1970 Diamond Blvd. Celebrate Valentine’s Day a few days early this year with special Valentine’s Day prizes, surprises […]
Around the Bay in January 2018
Published: January, 2018 28 Years of Sea Lions at PIER 39 This January, celebrate the 28th anniversary of the sea lions’ arrival to PIER 39. The boisterous barking pinnipeds began arriving in droves shortly after the Loma Prieta earthquake hit San Francisco in October 1989. With a protected environment and plentiful supply of food […]
WATERFRONT ACTIVITIES January 2018
Published: January, 2018 January 6 4PM – 6PM – Galapagos Planning Party – OCSC Sailing, Berkeley, 510-843-4200, www.ocscsailing.com The Galapagos Archipelago, first visited by Charles Darwin 151 years ago aboard the HMS Beagle is a wildlife paradise still largely intact due to its protection as an Ecuadorian National Park. Join us at OCSC to […]