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October 2015

Around the Bay in October 2015

Vallejo's annual Waterfront Weekend comes to the city's beautiful waterfront on Saturday and Sunday, October 3 and 4. The event is held to celebrate life in Vallejo as well as to show what the city has to offer to out-of-town visitors. More...

WATERFRONT ACTIVITIES October 2015

A private yacht experience for only $45, departs 3 times a day including two drinks: Beer, Wine, Soda or Water. More...

Destination: L.A.

It's been more than two years since we explored the sublime pleasures of San Pedro Bay culture. More...

Coast Guard Auxiliary Begins Patrolling San Pablo Bay

The U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary-the volunteer, civilian branch of the U.S. Coast Guard-recently began helping to patrol San Pablo Bay as part of a partnership with the Richmond Police Department's Marine Unit. More...

Planned Bay Developments Still in Path of Rising Waters

Sea level rise isn't a possibility, it's an inevitability-and one with which waterfront communities still seem to be struggling. More...

Remembering Sharks' Critical Role in Nature During Sharktober

Shark! The fin breaks the surface of the San Francisco Bay beneath the Golden Gate Bridge, and the stunned swimmer suddenly turns and scrambles frantically away, seeking to escape the unseen predator. More...

Fleet Week Returns

The City of San Francisco welcomes the return of Fleet Week to the Bay Area from October 5 to October 12. More...

Defending the Bay from Microplastics

Tiny plastic balls too small to see, fragments of plastic bottles, plastic pellets used in manufacturing-they're all in San Francisco Bay. It's an invisible problem that harms swimmers and sea life, but help is on the way. More...

Casual Relief Supervisor Dan Blythe

If you've biked to Sausalito or have commuted from Larkspur or San Francisco any time in the past three years, you may recognize Dan Blythe, a casual relief supervisor for Golden Gate Ferry. More...

Bar Pilots Roll the Dice . . . and Lose

The 58 members of the San Francisco Bar Pilots command salaries in the high six figures and other compensation without peer on the Bay Area waterfront. The California State Senate came to the conclusion, however, that enough is enough for this elite cadre by withholding pay raises that would have exceeded their current take-home pay of more than $450,000 per annum. More...

ON OUR COVER October 2015

Thousands of sharks live in San Francisco Bay, with many large sharks (including great whites) visiting the deeper waters of the Bay from time to time. More...