BY DAN ROSENHEIM Published: March, 2019 Previously, human error was not believed to be a factor in last November’s ferry boat accident in which two passengers suffered minor injuries when Golden Gate Ferry’s MS San Francisco rammed a dock at the San Francisco Ferry Building. Now, though, while a Coast Guard investigation has […]
BY SEJAL CHOKSI-CHUGH Published: March, 2019 One day in 2011, Baykeeper staff was on a regular patrol of San Francisco Bay in our boat—when we came across something awful. A shipping terminal on the Richmond shoreline had placed huge, looming piles of dark black material at the edge of the water. Wind was […]
BY MATT LARSON Published: March, 2019 For more than two years now, Garry Mason has been working as a deckhand on ferry boats throughout the San Francisco Bay. He could be working in Vallejo one day, Alameda the next, and Marin the day after that. “I work all over,” he said. “With seniority, you […]
BY PATRICK BURNSON Published: March, 2019 In anticipation of handling a new generation of mega-container vessels, the Port of Oakland’s largest terminal plans to install three 300-foot-tall gantry cranes late next year. SSA Terminals, the operator of Oakland International Container Terminal, ordered the cranes from Shanghai-based ZPMC, noting that it expects the cranes […]
Published: March, 2019 Rotunda Dance Series In their ninth season of free monthly dance performances in San Francisco City Hall’s extraordinary rotunda, Dancers’ Group and World Arts West continue their partnership to bring audiences lunchtime glimpses into movement and musical traditions from around the world. On Friday, March 15 at noon there will be […]
Published: March, 2019 Sasha De Sola, a principal dancer with the San Francisco Ballet, will again be in the limelight as she takes the stage as Aurora in The Sleeping Beauty. This is a role she has longed to perform here, and in this exclusive interview with Bay Crossings, she shares her insights and […]
BC STAFF Published: March, 2019 Dockwalkers are volunteers who are trained to engage members of the public and the boating community to adopt clean boating practices. There are numerous opportunities to attend free Dockwalker trainings this year. Dockwalkers share clean boating information with boaters and distribute 2019 Boater Kits with educational materials and […]
BC STAFF Published: March, 2019 "One who was born by the ocean or has associated with it cannot ever be quite content away from it for very long,” wrote John Steinbeck in his classic The Log from the Sea of Cortez. For the filmmakers and film lovers of the San Francisco-born International Ocean Film […]
Published: February, 2019 Beginning in late January, the Golden Gate Bridge District invited members of the public to provide input on possible Golden Gate Bridge toll increases over the next five years at a series of in-person and digital open houses. The public outreach plan for a proposed toll increase was approved at […]
BY PAUL DUCLOS Published: February, 2019 Easily accessible for ferry riders is one of the world’s largest and most prestigious exhibitions of antiquarian books, the California International Antiquarian Book Fair, taking place at the Oakland Marriott City Center from Friday, February 8 through Sunday, February 10. Sponsored by the Antiquarian Booksellers’ Association of […]