BY PATRICK BURNSON In February 2019, Port of San Francisco Executive Director Elaine Forbes announced the appointment of Andre Coleman as the new maritime director for the port. In his current position, Coleman is responsible for strategic oversight and implementation of the port’s maritime portfolio, which includes assets, services, operations and labor and client relations […]
Jeff Russell is a new bartender on board the Vallejo ferry heading to San Francisco. When we met him he’d been at the job for about two months, and so far, he’s very happy to be here. “It’s a lot better than my last job,” he said. “I was a delivery driver for a company […]
Charlene Haught Johnson, founding chairwoman of the Water Transit Authority (today’s Water Emergency Transportation Authority, or WETA) died on July 31 at the age of 74 after a long illness. She was first appointed by Governor Gray Davis and then reappointed by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger as chairwoman of the renamed WETA, serving as chairwoman of […]
For just over a year now, Keysha Scarfone has been a ferry supervisor for Golden Gate Ferry operations. Most often found at the ferry terminal in San Francisco, she’s often pretty busy. You may find her up front helping people tag their tickets to board the vessel, she could be out answering questions or helping […]
What if, instead of taking the ferry to work, the ferry was your work? That’s what was going through Kris Brown’s mind as he’d use the ferry to commute to his office job for years, from Oakland to San Francisco. What if, instead of taking the ferry to work, the ferry was your work? […]