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ArchivesJune 2011 
Around the bay in June 2011
In its 57th year, the North Beach Festival is considered one of the area’s original outdoor Festivals. More... 
A Unique Museum in the Heart of the Delta
For more than 133 years, the Dutra family has been associated with dredging: first of the Sacramento Delta and San Francisco Bay and more recently for bodies of water stretching from Alaska to the Gulf of Mexico. More... 
Fauves and Fillies
The Steins Collect: Matisse, Picasso, and the Parisian Avant-Garde reunites the unparalleled modern art collections of author Gertrude Stein, her brothers Leo and Michael Stein, and Michael’s wife, Sarah Stein. More... 
Music and Dance Enliven Jack London Square
Imagine a moonlight night, great music and dance lessons with top-notch instructors—for free. More... WATERFRONT ACTIVITIES JUNE 2011This two-hour skippered charter is designed to provide folks who are considering getting into sailing with a real glimpse of the sport, our club and our people. Cost is $40. More... I Want You: To Help Protect the Bay-DeltaTaking a break from animal features this month, Aquarium of the Bay’s partner, The Bay Institute, is encouraging individuals to take action against a newly introduced bill that would eliminate or weaken most protections for an already collapsing Bay-Delta ecosystem. More... Congress Considers Exempting Pesticides from Clean Water ActMuch of Baykeeper’s work focuses on strengthening or maintaining clean water laws and regulations related to toxic pollutants and other contaminants capable of compromising the health of San Francisco Bay. More... 
Increasing Water Quality and Quality of Life, One Block at a Time
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) committed nearly $500,000 of a $20 million grant awarded for San Francisco Bay water quality improvement to a project that will transform an ordinary block in San Francisco’s often-overlooked Bayview neighborhood into one of the City’s most sustainable and resident-friendly stretches. More... 
80 New Electric-Vehicle Charging Stations Coming to S.F.
The City of San Francisco is once again putting its money where its ever-greener mouth is. More... 
Watching It Grow
For years now, I’ve had a front-row seat to one of the great construction projects of my lifetime: I have been able to watch close-up the construction of the new eastern span of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge. More... 
America’s Cup to Revolutionize Live Sports Coverage
Not widely considered an extreme sport, sailing is about to gain a whole new audience as the new America’s Cup reveals just how heart-pounding the sport can be. More... 
Research Vessels Dry-Dock in Bay Area
Bay Ship & Yacht shipyard, located on San Francisco Bay in the island City of Alameda, recently rolled the cradled Research Vessel or "R/V" (as designated by the U.S. Coast Guard) New Horizon from her work station and along the rails to the yard’s new 1200-ton Syncrolift, which gently lowers the vessel into the estuary that separates Alameda from Oakland. The 170-by-36 ft. More... State Pilot Commission Recommends Pay Increase For Harbor PilotsThe State Board of Pilot Commissioners voted to recommend an increase in the rates and surcharges paid to the pilots who guide cargo ships in and out of the San Francisco Bay. More... 
Sun Shines on Bike to Work Day 2011
Blue skies and mild weather made for perfect conditions for the Bay Area’s 17th annual Bike to Work Day, which fell on Thursday, May 12, 2011. More... 
Disney Cruise Line Makes Inaugural Call on the Port of San Francisco
The Disney Wonder cruise ship made its inaugural call on the Port of San Francisco on April 29. More... 
ON OUR COVER JUNE 2011
The Disney Wonder cruise ship made its inaugural call on the Port of San Francisco on April 29. The stop was part of the ship’s reposition cruise from Los Angeles to Vancouver, but more calls to the Port of San Francisco are planned for 2012. The stop in San Francisco was part of a special cruise that officially begins the first Alaska cruise season for Disney Cruise Line. 2011 will be a good year for cruises at the Port of San Francisco, with 60 ship calls and 160,000 passengers expected, versus 41 calls and 113,000 passengers in 2010. Photo by Dave Rauenbuehler, Port of SF More... 
Top Shark: Sevengill
With recent sightings of white sharks making local headlines, the Discovery Channel’s Shark Week on the horizon and the pupping season for local shark species underway, now is an ideal time to take a deeper look at San Francisco Bay’s largest predator, the sevengill shark, Notorynchus cepedianus. More... |
