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July 2017

Around the Bay in July 2017

The 2017 Fillmore Jazz Festival returns July 1 and 2 from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and will celebrate the 50th anniversary of San Francisco's renowned Summer of Love. More...

WATERFRONT ACTIVITIES July 2017

Navigating your kayak by moonlight is a mystical experience you won't soon forget. This unique kayak tour allows for a grand view of the moon rising into the night's sky. More...

Asian Art Museum Stays on Course

Asian Art Museum Director Jay Xu began his tenure there in 2008. In this exclusive interview, he shares highlights of his remarkable journey. More...

Waterfront Fireworks Displays

Fourth of July presents numerous opportunities for watching waterfront fireworks displays from a boat, the shoreline or hillside overlooking the water. More...

Energy Efficiency Experts to Make Bay Area House Calls This Summer

Rising Sun Energy Center's team of eager young eco-advocates will be pounding the Bay Area's pavement this summer, sharing with interested households some simple and free ways to conserve energy and water. More...

Energy Efficiency Experts to Make Bay Area House Calls This Summer

Rising Sun Energy Center’s team of eager young eco-advocates will be pounding the Bay Area’s pavement this summer, sharing with interested households some simple and free ways to conserve energy and water. More...

RM3 Offers Huge Promise for the Bay’s Ferries

The Bay Area suffers from some of the worst traffic congestion in the country, overwhelming our freeways and current transit systems. More...

Orcem Four Hijack Vallejo City Council

Bay Crossings has reported several times in recent months on the efforts of Orcem, an Irish company that plans to manufacture cement and build a deep-water port and shipping terminal (VMT) to import an industrial byproduct called slag (essential to their production process) from Japan to the site of a former General Mills flour mill at the entrance to the Mare Island Strait on Vallejo's waterfront. More...

A SAIL IN THE HEARTLAND

In my role as a master instructor trainer for the United States Sailing Association (US Sailing), I have been all over the United States. More...

Mystery Shark Deaths in the Bay

For more than three months, hundreds of dead leopard sharks have been washing up on San Francisco Bay's shoreline. Shark experts investigating the mysterious deaths have made progress, but they haven't yet determined the exact cause. More...

Danny Valadez

The ferry, with its direct routes and lack of hassle, is one of the fastest ways to travel throughout the Bay Area. Ferry mechanic Danny Valadez knows a thing or two about going fast. More...

Easy Living at the Port of Oakland

It's been all good news for the Port of Oakland recently, as Moody's Investors Service has upgraded its bond ratings and assigned ratings on an upcoming series of refunding revenue bonds. More...

ON OUR COVER July 2017

The Vallejo ferry service is at 94 percent capacity at peak times. Lines like the one shown here that wrap around the front of the Ferry Building have become more and more frequent. More...