BY SEJAL CHOKSI-CHUGH Published: February, 2019 I understand the mindset of the people who decided to build dirty, dangerous oil refineries on the gorgeous San Francisco Bay shoreline. Many decades ago, they likely envisioned sites around the Bay where tanker ships could easily dock and offload crude oil. They saw an endless source […]
BY PATRICK BURNSON Published: January, 2019 While California’s two megaports in San Pedro Bay have reported record inbound container throughput this fall, the state’s third largest ocean cargo gateway has been no slouch, either. Indeed, the Port of Oakland had its busiest November ever for imports in 2018, shattering an 11-year-old record. Dockside […]
BY MATT LARSON Published: January, 2019 Over the years this column has touched on many aspects of the maritime industry here in the San Francisco Bay Area, providing answers to questions you might not have known you had. Life on the water is fascinating and complex, as we’ve learned from many profiles of people […]
Published: January, 2019 The San Francisco Bay Area Water Emergency Transportation Authority officially commenced operations last month at the new Ron Cowan Central Bay Maintenance and Operations Facility in Alameda. The facility is named after Cowan, an Alameda businessman and lifelong champion for expanded ferry service in the Bay Area. Photo by Joel […]
BY SEJAL CHOKSI-CHUGH Published: January, 2019 I’m not a fan of my morning alarm disrupting my cozy slumber. But to be on time and prepared for my busy day, I need that wakeup call, no matter how jarring. I write this with similar mixed feelings. No one likes an alarmist, but this new […]
Published: January, 2019 As part of a regional push to expand its ebike fleet, Ford GoBike is introducing more than 500 new pedal-assist cycles to its bike share network in the East Bay cities of Berkeley, Oakland and Emeryville. A launch event and inaugural ride was be held on Friday, December 14 at the […]
BY BC STAFF Published: January, 2019 The Toll Bridge Program Oversight Committee (TBPOC) held its last meeting in December, wrapping up more than a decade of work that saved toll payers hundreds of millions of dollars and years of delays as the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge and eight other state-owned toll bridges achieved seismic […]
Published: January, 2019 Ferry Q&A debuts this month as a feature where you can have your questions about the ferry answered by the professionals who speak for the ferry systems on a daily basis. Thomas Hall is the public information and marketing manager for WETA, the agency that runs the San Francisco Bay Ferry […]
Published: January, 2019 Ancient Chinese Performance Art In 2006, a group of elite Chinese artists came together to revive traditional culture and share it with the world. They created Shen Yun and brought a slice of majestic culture back from the brink of extinction. Shen Yun combines ancient legends with technological innovations, and historically […]
BY JOEL WILLIAMS Published: January, 2019 The San Francisco Bay Area Water Emergency Transportation Authority (WETA) officially commenced operations last month at the new Ron Cowan Central Bay Maintenance and Operations Facility in Alameda. A large crowd attended the ribbon cutting event in the shadow of the USS Hornet Sea, Air & Space Museum […]