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November 2015

Delighting families, couples and ice skating enthusiasts for over 25 years, the Holiday Ice Rink at Embarcadero Center presented by Hawaiian Airlines opens each winter for nine magical, fun-filled weeks. More...

Sail on San Francisco Bay on Sunday evening for a spectacular sunset sail and enjoy the many beautiful landmark sites with us from the deck of a beautiful classic schooner, including Angel Island, the Golden Gate Bridge, Alcatraz, and the Bay Bridge. More...

The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco are now presenting Jewel City: Art from San Francisco's Panama-Pacific International Exposition, on view at the de Young from October 17 through January 10, 2016. More...

The Port of Oakland announced last month that TraPac, one of four terminal operating companies at the port, has been awarded money by the Environmental Protection Agency to upgrade cargo-handling equipment in a further effort to reduce greenhouse gas emissions along the waterfront. More...

In June, Bay Crossings reported that a temporary rock barrier across a Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta channel was constructed due to potentially insufficient water supplies to repel salinity in the Delta. San Rafael-based Dutra Group installed the single emergency salinity barrier across West False River and has now begun removing it. More...

If you have been travelling by ferry over the last month, chances are you've seen some recent dredging and maintenance activities being performed at the ferry terminals in Vallejo, Larkspur and San Francisco. More...

Sharks are an integral species that play an important role in our ecosystems. More...

This year, record numbers of starving seals and sea lions have washed up on California beaches, including those in the Bay Area. More...

Pat Mooney has been a deckhand for Blue & Gold Fleet out of its Vallejo terminal for more than three years, but his history of life on the water has deep roots: His father was in the Sailors' Union of the Pacific as far back as the 1930s, Mooney himself worked for the Matson steamship company in his early years, and his two brothers worked on oil tankers in Alaska and Los Angeles. More...

The Pacific Coast Council of Custom Brokers and Freight Forwarders Association stages its annual conference, WESCCON, at this time of year to bring shippers up to date on the latest ocean freight trends and practices. It also gives industry experts a chance to speculate on worst case scenarios. More...

A fourth year of drought made installation of an emergency barrier on the West False River necessary to preserve Delta water quality and conserve water in upstream reservoirs that otherwise would have been released to help block incoming tides of salty water from San Francisco Bay. More...