Published: January, 2017 Beginning January 2, San Francisco Bay Ferry will implement a new Vallejo ferry schedule that increases the number of weekday ferry departures and permanently discontinues all Route 200 bus service. Weekday ferry schedule additions include four new departures from Vallejo and three new departures from San Francisco. In addition, the existing […]
Published: January, 2017 January 14 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 Mallory Johnson Published: January, 2017 The new year is officially upon us, which means it’s time to start deciding on your resolutions. One resolution we encourage everyone to try out is to be more eco-friendly in the coming year. Don’t worry—being green doesn’t mean changing your whole lifestyle. As we like to […]
By Paul Duclos Published: January, 2017 "Whe morning fog may chill the air . . . I don’t care,” is just one memorable line from “I Left My Heart in San Francisco.” The iconic ballad will surely resonate with Bay Crossings readers who make the trek to Fort Mason to attend the fourth annual […]
By Bill Picture Published: January, 2017 The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency recently awarded a $120,000 grant to an East Bay health clinic working to address a major hazard faced by nail salon workers in the Bay Area and beyond—long-term exposure to harmful chemicals. Nail industry estimates show that nearly half of salon workers are […]
By Matt Larson Published: January, 2017 When we last spoke with Carolyn Horgan, nearly five years ago, she had just taken the reins as president of Blue & Gold Fleet. She retired at the end of 2016 and is now enjoying only the good things in life. Looking back on her iconic maritime career—rising […]
By Anke Fachmann Published: January, 2017 Publisher’s note: “Endangered Art” is a new column that will feature the dramatic wildlife paintings of noted local artist Anke Fachmann, along with a description of the endangered creatures she has captured with her work. When we hear the term “endangered species,” we often think of animals […]
By Sejal Choksi-Chugh Published: January, 2017 Cars stopping when San Francisco Bay water washes onto roads. Waves breaking on pedestrian sidewalks. Water flooding onto polluted oil refinery shorelines. It all happens during the year’s highest tides—and could happen daily as global climate change causes sea levels to rise. In the years to come, […]
By BC Staff Published: January, 2017 A map released in December shows the planned locations for 66 additional bike share stations in Berkeley, Oakland and Emeryville as part of an expansion of Bay Area Bike Share into the East Bay. The expansion plans unveiled last month bring the total number of bike share stations […]
By BC Staff Published: January, 2017 In December, the Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) entered into a data-sharing partnership between its Service Authority for Freeways (SAFE) unit and Waze, the free, real-time crowdsourced navigation app, in which MTC-SAFE’s Bay Area Freeway Service Patrol (FSP) and Waze will share information with each other to provide the […]