BY MATT LARSON Published: June, 2017 Steve Jobs once suggested that in life, you can only connect the dots looking backwards. That couldn’t be more accurate for Jorge Loera. If you told him as a child in Aguascalientes, Mexico that today he’d be living in California working as a vessel master (in other words, […]
BY PATRICK BURNSON Published: June, 2017 A shipping industry trend toward bigger, more efficient container vessels is paying off at the Port of Oakland, where the trend driving “mega-vessel” deployments on a less frequent basis is being welcomed by stakeholders. According to spokespeople for the Port of Oakland, container throughput is still ports’ […]
Published: June, 2017 Bay Area sailors will be joining the rest of the world for the 17th annual Summer Sailstice celebrations of sailing to be held on the weekend of June 24 and 25. Summer Sailstice events are held across the United States and across the globe, including as far away as Hungary, China, […]
Published: June, 2017 WineBarre Wine Workout Rosenblum Cellars presents WineBarre, on Sunday, June 4 from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. This is an event that blends cardio, strength training, flexibility, balance and core conditioning into a total body workout—and then adds actual wine. Teresa R. Ellis has been teaching barre classes since 2008 and […]
Published: June, 2017 June 2 6PM – 8:30PM – Sunset Sail – Call of the Sea, Sausalito, 415-331-3214, Callofthesea.org Climb aboard the classic schooner Seaward and see San Francisco from the water! Take in an unmatched view of the city front as you sail by famous sights such as the Golden Gate Bridge, Alcatraz, […]
BY PAUL DUCLOS Published: June, 2017 Bay Crossings: Many of our readers will be taking the ferry to AT&T Park for the SFO simulcast of the June 30 performance. How will that night this summer be different? Matthew Shilvock: While we can’t promise what the weather will be like, we have had a […]
BY BC STAFF Published: June, 2017 The powerful San Francisco-based International Longshore and Warehouse Union held a press conference at the entrance to the old Sperry Mill in Vallejo on May 10 to announce its strong opposition to the proposed Orcem Cement Factory and Vallejo Marine Terminal at that location. The project was […]
BY BILL PICTURE Published: June, 2017 In the decades since the 1960s, the environmental movement has taken flight and battled to ensure that generations to come don’t inherit a broken-down planet. The latest administration, however, is threatening to undo that movement’s efforts to save mankind from itself. The country’s environmental regulations, this administration […]
BC STAFF REPORT Published: June, 2017 San Francisco Bay Area sailors will be joining the rest of the world for the 17th annual Summer Sailstice celebrations of sailing to be held on the weekend of June 24 and 25. Summer Sailstice events are held across the United States and across the globe, including as […]
BY CAPTAIN RAY Published: June, 2017 The geography of northern California is uniquely shaped to create some of the finest sailing conditions on the planet. The arrangement of ocean and land, mountains and valleys, and high and low pressure systems is perfectly aligned in the San Francisco Bay Area. Perfect, that is, if you […]