February 2019 Vol.20, No.2

“The Voice of the Waterfront” February 2019 Vol.20, No.2

At Last! Richmond Ferry Debuts

Oakland Breathes Easier More Private Ferries on Tap Port’s Shore Power Spares the Air Tideline Marine Buys New Vessel

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www.baycrossings.com February 2019 3 columns features 11 WHO’S AT THE BAR? 12 COVER STORY Ashleigh Cofield Long-Awaited Ferry 18 by Matt Larson Renaissance in Richmond by Joel Williams guides 17 BAYKEEPER Dirty Dinosaurs Lurking 14 GREEN PAGES 20 BAY AREA FERRY SCHEDULES Around the Bay Oakland Shore Power Grid Be on time for last call by Sejal Choksi-Chugh Pays Green Dividends AROUND THE BAY by Bill Picture 22 To see, be, do, know 19 CULTURAL CURRENTS Ferry Journeys to Inspire news Reverance for the Arts ON OUR COVER by Paul Duclos 06 WATERFRONT NEWS Good News and Cautionary Advice for California Ports by Patrick Burnson

February 2019 Volume 20, Number 2

Bobby Winston, Proprietor Joyce Aldana, President Public Input Sought on Joel Williams, Publisher 07 Patrick Runkle, Editor Proposed Golden Gate

ADVERTISING & MARKETING Bridge Toll Increases Joel Williams, Advertising & Marketing Director

GRAPHICS & PRODUCTION Francisco Arreola, Designer / Web Producer FERRY NEWS ART DIRECTION 08 Francisco Arreola; Patrick Runkle; Joel Williams Tideline Marine Makes a

COLUMNISTS Move Into Larger Ferries Paul Duclos; Patrick Burnson; Sejal Choksi-Chugh; Matt Larson; by Dan Rosenheim It was a triumphant day in Richmond as Mayor Tom Butt WRITERS & PHOTOGRAPHERS (holding scissors) and several dignitaries celebrated new WETA Bill Picture; Joel Williams; Dan Rosenheim ferry service that debuted on January 10. The new Richmond FERRY Q&A Ferry Terminal project included the construction of an accessible ACCOUNTING 10 Cindy Henderson What Happens When the gangway with a new ramping system, float and piles, a passenger Advertising Inquiries: shelter and the development and reconfiguration of a 362-space (707) 556-3323, [email protected] Ferry Is Full?; What Is the paved parking lot. Bay Crossings SF Ferry Building Store Ferry’s Pet Policy? (415) 362-0717 Clipper customer service center Photo by Joel Williams (877) 878-8883 For Transit Information – Dial 511 SF Beer Week Returns With Bay Crossings 18 Ferry Building, #22 More Than 500 Events at Corrections & Letters San Francisco, CA 94111 www.baycrossings.com More Than 100 Venues We appreciate the opportunity to publish our readers’ comments, letters or A Division of Nematode Media, LLC requests for corrections, which can be sent to [email protected].

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www.baycrossings.com February 2019 5 WORKING WATERFRONT NEWS Oakland and Other Golden State Ports Can’t Afford to Relax

BY PATRICK BURNSON prompted shippers to accelerate import orders ahead of anticipated tariffs; ll three of California’s biggest • A strong dollar that made U.S. ocean cargo gateways staged exports costlier overseas; and their annual “State of the Port” • A buildup of empty containers in Photo courtesy of Port of Oakland addressesA last month, telling stakeholders the U.S. that required repositioning Although the Port of Oakland hit a second straight year of record volume, California ports lost five that robust throughput numbers reached to Asia because of the import surge. percent of all North American container market share due to stricter regulations. historic highs over the past year. The state’s third largest port, the “Last year was the busiest one ever Port of Oakland, got things underway at the port for a variety of reasons,” said 2017’s record-breaking year. It is the container market share—dropping from first in early January, noting that it had Port of Oakland Maritime Director John third consecutive year of record volumes 35.5 percent to 30.2 percent and current handled the equivalent of 2.55 million Driscoll. “Our objective now is to build for the nation’s number-one gateway volume numbers are nearly 50 percent twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) on this performance to grow import and for containerized trade and the most below state projections. This amounts to last year, which was up 5.2 percent from export volume.” cargo moved annually by a Western lost opportunities for the state in terms the port’s 2017 volume. Furthermore, Port of Long Beach Executive Hemisphere port. of jobs, personal income and state and it was the second straight year of record Director Mario Cordero weighed in a “The Port of Los Angeles continueslocal revenues. volume. week later, updating the industry and to be a national leader in cargo volume “Those that import cargo through According to port figures, 2018 community on major infrastructure and innovation,” said John McLaurin, California cite higher costs associated import cargo volume increased 5 percent projects, cargo trends, jobs, security President of the Oakland-based Pacific with regulations, and increased while exports declined 3.5 percent. The and other major achievements in Merchant Shipping Association uncertainty with regard to constantly volume of empty containers returned 2018, along with plans for the port in (PMSA). “These record volumes are a changing environmental regulations and to origin destinations for future import 2019. Long Beach Board of Harbor reflection of the dedication and hard associated costs as the motivations for re- loads increased 19.7 percent. Commissioners President Tracy Egoscue work of the port and all of the supply routing goods,” said McLaurin. Port spokespeople told Working also chimed in with a bullish forecast. chain partners.” For Bay Area shippers, the most Waterfront that multiple influences were Meanwhile, the Port of Los Angeles But McLaurin also shared some disconcerting part of this diversionary at work in 2018 shaping cargo flows, moved more cargo in 2018 than any cautionary advice for shippers this year, trend is that once supply chains are re- including: time in its 111-year history, racking up noting that California’s unstable political routed, they are notoriously hard to • A China-U.S. trade dispute that 9,458,749 TEUs, 1.2 percent more than environment and regulatory constraints reverse. “As a result, California’s loss of could tarnish these rosy prognostications. port, warehouse, trucking and rail jobs, “International trade accounts and the associated state and local tax for one out of nine jobs in Southern revenues, go to our competitors,” said California, plays a vital role in the McLaurin. Bay Area economy, and provides the McLaurin also noted that those cargo infrastructure for California companies diversions also result in higher greenhouse to export products to other states and gas emissions for the planet and leave countries,” he said in recent blog post those who have invested heavily in cleaner shared with Bay Crossings. “However, operations here in California without the significant issues need to be addressed additional revenues necessary to offset the by Governor Newsom for California higher costs. to preserve or enhance its competitive position in international trade.” He further noted that California is Patrick Burnson is the executive losing market share to eastern, Gulf and editor of Logistics Management. Canadian ports. In fact, California’s ports www.logisticsmgmt.com have lost 5 percent of all North American

6 February 2019 www.baycrossings.com TRANSIT Public Input Sought on Golden Gate Bridge Toll Increases

eginning in late January, time payments or license plate accounts) years to match the rising cost of goods The district welcomed members the Golden Gate Bridge or invoicing. Detailed information and services. That assumes the district of the public in Marin to attend and District invited members of on the toll options and open houses is maintains current operations and levels comment on the proposed toll increases the public to provide input provided at goldengate.org. of service across the Golden Gate Bridge, in at an open house on January 30 and on possible Golden Gate The district is seeking input on Golden Gate Transit, and Golden Gate will offer the following open houses and Bridge toll increases over the next five which of the five options the board Ferry. an online digital open house in February: Byears at a series of in-person and digital should consider for adoption in spring Any revenue raised beyond the $75 open houses. 2019. Any adopted toll increase would million needed to fund the district’s Sonoma County The public outreach plan for a go into effect on July 1, 2019. operations would be used to improve Tuesday, February 5 proposed toll increase was approved at “We look forward to hearing the transit service, especially on popular from 6 to 8 p.m. the December board of directors meeting public’s input on the options present- routes such as the Larkspur to San Petaluma Arts Center 230 Lakeville Street, Petaluma as part of the district’s five-year financial ed in our five-year toll proposal at our Francisco ferry service. For example, the planning process. The new proposal open houses,” said Denis Mulligan, the district is looking to purchase a new ferry City and County of San Francisco follows the conclusion of the previous Golden Gate Bridge District’s general vessel and expand the number of daily Thursday, February 7 five-year toll program in July 2018. manager. “We take public comment very ferry trips to meet the growing demand from 5 to 7 p.m. Members of the public are invited seriously and welcome the upcoming for the service. Fort Mason Center Landmark to provide comment on five toll options discussion about how to keep provid- In 2018, Golden Gate buses and Building C, Room 205 at open houses in Marin, Sonoma, ing excellent service to our customers, ferries removed 20 percent of weekday and San Francisco counties, as well as whether you drive across the Bridge or commute traffic between 5 a.m. and 9 Facebook Live Event online. The options provide a variety of ride our buses and ferries.” a.m. from the Bridge, easing congestion Saturday, February 9 rate increases based on three payment The district projected it would need for people driving from the North Bay 11 a.m. Find them @goldengatebridge methods: FasTrak, pay as you go (one- to raise $75 million over the next five into San Francisco.

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BY DAN ROSENHEIM discounted price, Peregrine will be Tideline’s fourth vessel on the Bay. With financial backing from investment n a purchase rife with implications banker Richard Blum, the company for transportation on the Bay, small operates two 45-passenger boats, and boat operator Tideline Marine just began service with a smaller vessel, GroupI has announced the acquisition of a 20-passenger catamaran called Kestrel. a 149-passenger craft—more than three Tideline’s boats provide regular times larger than its current vessels. public commuter service between The new boat, the 75-foot Peregrine, Berkeley and downtown San Francisco is on its way through the Panama Canal (a likely run for Peregrine), as well as a Photo courtesy of Tideline and is expected to begin test runs here in private service for the biotech company February. Tideline said it hasn’t decided Exelixis between San Francisco’s Oyster Tideline currently operates two 45-passenger boats and one 20-passenger boat for public and private ferry service around the Bay. yet precisely where it will use the new Point and Harbor Bay in Alameda. Mill boat, but said the purchase comes in Valley-headquartered Tideline also runs response to growing demand for ferry a variety of charters, including weekend service from many parts of the Bay. viewing cruises with the Marine line and by a company called Prop SF, City and Mountain View, as well “We get so many inquiries from Mammal Center and other nonprofits, which operates private runs for biotech as such cross-Bay neighbors as private companies and towns,” Danielle and it is partnered with the city of Napa employees between South San Francisco Fremont; Weerth, Tideline director of business to provide cruises on the Napa River. and Alameda. • San Pablo Bay and Sacramento development, said in an interview. “Peregrine is a very special vessel and But smaller passenger craft seem River communities, including “We’re sifting through all the expressions will also be available for a wide range certain to play a more important role Hercules, Martinez, Antioch and of interest.” of charter services,” said Taylor Lewis, in the future, as transit on the Bay even Sacramento. The acquisition moves Tideline Tideline’s founder and CEO. grows. Tideland’s boats are often full • Ultimately, even freight companies, into a bigger league. While the vessel’s Beyond the implications for the (many commuters make reservations such as UPS, for whom water transit 149-passenger capacity keeps it just company itself, though, Tideline’s move in advance), and some WETA lines offers an efficient way to move below the 150-passenger level that is points to the complex economic and routinely run out of room, leaving packages and other cargo from one considered the threshold for a “small political dynamics of bay transit, as would-be passengers behind at the dock. side of the Bay to the other. boat,” Tideline now becomes a much government agencies, private operators And private-sector interests that haven’t more substantial competitor for transit and labor unions all grapple with the previously been part of the picture are But augmenting water transit is business on the Bay. best means to expand service. beginning to see opportunities in water already heating up long-simmering “I don’t know what they’re going Currently, the vast majority of Bay transit. debates over many policy issues. Among to do with it, but it definitely signals a Area ferry service is provided by two “We designed our cities and roads them: change in their profile,” said one transit public entities. The Water Emergency around the car, but that’s not as viable as administrator who asked not to be Transit Authority (WETA) operates it once was,” said one venture capitalist What is the role for government agencies, identified. service between San Francisco, South who is weighing a major investment in such as WETA and Golden Gate, in Reportedly purchased at a heavily San Francisco, the East Bay and Vallejo, the ferry business. “There’s a need to expanding service and adding small boats while Golden Gate Tran- expand ferries in a major way, with a themselves? sit provides ferry service role for private enterprise, probably in between San Francisco conjunction with government agencies. WETA recently completed an and the North Bay. If you build it, people will come.” exploratory study of small vessels’ A variety of alternate The enlargement of ferry traffic is potential, which was presented to the transportation services— the seemingly certain response to an agency’s directors at their January 10 call them small boats, ever-louder chorus of demand, not board meeting. The relatively modest private ferries, charter only from commuters trying to squeeze plan called for adding five small boats ferries or water taxis— aboard existing vessels at rush hour, but over the next few years to service have been nibbling also from businesses and towns that want Treasure Island and Mission Bay, and around the edges of the their own ferry runs. Examples include: to supplement existing ferry runs. A main ferry business for • Major technology and biotechnology separate phase down the road could

Photo courtesy of Tideline years. Right now, most companies on the Peninsula that add more boats for yet-unspecified regular small-boat pas- need a faster way to move employees purposes. But the study made no Smaller ferries and water taxis have become more popular in to San Francisco and across the Bay; mention of expanding service to such recent years. senger service in the Bay is provided by Tide- • Peninsula towns such as Redwood ferry-hungry areas as the Peninsula and

8 February 2019 www.baycrossings.com FERRY NEWS far North Bay. And some argue that a “This isn’t a Disneyland e-ticket ride,” more nimble, private-sector approach is Anthony Bruzzone, who worked on better suited to serving businesses and the WETA study as a consultant with navigating the shallow waters south of the planning firm ARUP, told WETA’s the San Mateo Bridge. While stressing board this month. that her company works with WETA and does not see the water transit What is the future for trade unions on the agency as a competitor, Tideland’s Bay? Weerth added: “We don’t want to do long studies and build big terminals.” Organized labor has jurisdiction over the two big operators, but the How does expansion get funded? smaller private companies are largely non-union. That could soon change. WETA, which is heavily underwritten Marina Secchitano, president of the by the Metropolitan Transportation Inlandboatmen’s Union of the Pacific Commission, is in the best position to (Marine Division of the International invest large sums of capital in new ferry Longshore and Warehouse Union), said boats, docks, berths and maintenance that after several months of informal facilities. But WETA has been counting talk, formal contract negotiations are heavily on monies from voter-approved just starting with Tideland. In general, The new MV Carina arrived in the Bay Area recently and is expected to begin service on the Regional Measure 3, and that money is she said, unions ought to represent Alameda/Oakland route soon. now tied up in litigation and may not be any ferries “carrying passengers available for two years or more, even if commercially.” the agency ultimately prevails in court. And while looking to talk with Tideline, Secchitano also spoke in New Ferries Closer to Speaking of those shallow waters, how do support of major government agencies hovercraft, ferries that ride on a cushion of as the principal ferry operators on air, fit into this picture? the Bay. “I am strongly in favor of continuity through WETA,” she said. Beginning Service The flat-bottomed boats are the key to “I would not want to diminish WETA.” ferry service in the South Bay, which It isn’t clear whether unions literally can’t accommodate the deeper draft of expect collective bargaining at any and V Carina, the fourth and San Francisco Bay Ferry is running a traditional vessels. It’s not clear, though, all Bay transit companies, but they are final of WETA’s Hydrus class pilot program that will feature a single who buys and operates the hovercraft. a force to be taken seriously on the ferries, arrived in the Bay morning commute from South San One option being discussed: WETA waterfront—all the more so if some MArea on January 27. Built in Seattle by Francisco’s Oyster Point terminal leaving buys boats but hires an outside firm to part of the ferry fleet begins to carry Vigor and designed by Incat Crowther, at 8:30 a.m. and arriving at Alameda’s operate them, just as the Blue & Gold packages or other freight. “You ignore Carina is a 400-passenger, 27-knot ferry Harbor Bay terminal at 9 a.m. There will Fleet operates ferries for WETA. Jim labor harmony at your peril,” said one that will primarily handle runs between be one return trip in the evening at 6:30 Wunderman, vice chairman of WETA’s longtime waterfront expert. “It doesn’t Alameda, Oakland and San Francisco. p.m. arriving in South San Francisco at 7 board and president of the Bay Area necessarily mean union jurisdictions on Carina joins sister ferries Hydrus, Argo p.m. This new route eliminates a current Council, has now formally requested every boat, but you can’t undercut the and Cetus in the fleet and should enter deadhead run where a ferry returns that WETA fund a study on the potential unions. You need to find a path to labor service by the end of February. to port empty and also enables San for hovercraft. harmony.” The 445-passenger Pyxis, the first of Francisco Bay Ferry to add an additional three new high-speed vessels designed Harbor Bay to San Francisco run in the What policies should govern the use of This list of issues, which is by primarily for the Vallejo route, is in the mornings at 9 a.m. publicly funded WETA docks? no means exhaustive, suggests the process of completing the final phases complexity of ferry policy going of sea trials in Anacortes, Washington. Electrical Issues Sideline MV Tideline, for instance, has a six-month forward. And the debate over that Both vessels will need to undergo Mare Island permit to use public docks for a Harbor policy seems certain to intensify in the further tests and inspections in Bay WETA’s MV Mare Island was out Bay-Oyster Point run, but there was months ahead. Area waters before entering service on of service for a little over a week due lively debate at a WETA board meeting In the meantime, though, back at San Francisco Bay Ferry routes. to an electrical issue discovered on this past fall regarding ADA compliance Tideline, Danielle Weerth offered a January 16. Due to vessel limitations, and safety issues for small boats. healthy reminder that along with the New South SF to Harbor Bay bus service replaced one major morning matters of economics and jurisdiction, Route run from Vallejo to San Francisco and How do the small boats assure a smooth, there’s an important, underlying human In response to growing demand for two afternoon runs from San Francisco commuter-friendly trip in the Bay’s often- component to the ferry equation: service from South San Francisco to the to Vallejo for a week. Mare Island was choppy waters—not an unimportant issue “People love the ride,” she said. “They East Bay from people on the peninsula repaired and re-entered service the for commuters? say it’s the best part of their day.” who work in Harbor Bay Business Park, afternoon of January 25.

www.baycrossings.com February 2019 9 FERRY Q&A Your Ferry Questions Answered

erry Q&A is where you can have WETA: Some of our departures can fill your questions about Bay Area up due to high demand. Due to U.S. ferry service answered by the Coast Guard regulations, we cannot Fprofessionals who speak for the ferry allow standing room only passage on systems on a daily basis. Thomas Hall is our ferries, so we restrict boarding when the public information and marketing ferries are full. Our vessels have varying manager for WETA, the agency that passenger capacities, from 199 on the runs the San Francisco Bay Ferry service. Taurus and Scorpio to 400 on the Hydrus, Priya Clemens is his counterpart at Argo and Cetus. Once the maximum Golden Gate Transit. Their answers to number of passengers have boarded, your ferry questions are marked with a all others in line must wait for the next “WETA” and a “GG,” respectively. ferry to their destination. We operate on Please submit your questions today a first-come, first-served basis and don’t to [email protected]. allow passengers to save spots in line for others. Our schedules do denote the What happens if the ferry is full before I departures most likely to reach capacity board? so passengers can plan appropriately. We

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Long lines for the ferry can mean some passengers will be left behind if boats reach capacity.

also make every effort to assign our ferries of bike return service. A third option to minimize passengers left behind. is taxis that can take 4-6 bikes with the renters. All options cost between I’ve seen very large backups of bikes waiting $12 and $20 per bike. Although some in line in Sausalito. What happens if I rent riders may have to wait up to two hours a bike in San Francisco to ride over the during the peak time, we have yet to DO YOU KNOW WHO CAUGHT YOUR FISH? Golden Gate to Sausalito and take the ferry strand anyone in Sausalito! ... SCOMA’S DOES! back and there is no room for my bike on Local shermen help Scoma’s to achieve our goal of providing the freshest sh the return trip? What is the ferry’s pet policy? possible to our guests; from our PIER to your PLATE Scoma’s is the only restaurant in San Francisco where sherman pull up to our pier to sell us sh! GG: Both Blue & Gold and Golden WETA: Service animals and service Whenever our own boat cannot keep up with customer demand, Scoma’s has Gate Ferry take a maximum of 150 animals in training are allowed aboard always believed in supporting the local shing community. On any given day, bikes per boat and have up to 17 San Francisco Bay Ferry. In addition, Scoma’s knows which boat and what captain caught not only our salmon, departures between 11:20 a.m. and small pets in completely enclosed but any other species of sh we serve as well. 9:10 p.m. during the summer season. carriers that can fit on the passenger’s SCOMA’S RESTAURANT The two largest bike rental companies lap can be transported on San Francisco 1965 AL SCOMA WAY, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94133 offer their own system of returning Bay Ferry as well. These pets must not 415 771 4383 SCOMAS.COM rental bikes that are dropped off in be disruptive and must remain within WE OFFER COMPLIMENTARY VALET PARKING Sausalito, allowing their customers to the carrier for the duration of transit. enjoy a ferry ride back to S.F. without Dogs on leashes (other than service ScomasSF their bikes in tow. Sausalito Bike Return animals or service animals in training) has contracts with most of the smaller are not allowed, even on weekends. rental companies to offer the same type

10 February 2019 www.baycrossings.com WHO’S AT THE BAR? Ashleigh Cofield

BY MATT LARSON riders absolutely love her.” Cofield’s favorite part of working on the water is probably your favorite emember that bartender with part of riding it as well—the views. “It the pink hair? Or green hair? is beautiful,” she said. “The best spot to Or was it blue, or purple? That look is right after the Sausalito/Marin wasR probably Ashleigh Cofield, who area, you get a good shot of the Golden just celebrated her two-year anniversary Gate Bridge. It’s the best part of the tending bar on the ferry at the end of entire day.” January. This month she’s planning for Her favorite boat, the Vallejo, is no red hair, in honor of Valentine’s Day. longer in service. It was the first boat she It’s all about personality when it ever rode, the boat she was trained on, comes to Cofield’s customer service, and and—most importantly—it had a hot she loves getting to know her passengers. pink register to match her hot pink hair Some of the local commuters, however, at the time. But life goes on. know her before they even meet. “My Born in Oakland and living in Vallejo mother drives Lyft in Vallejo, so a lot since she was two years old, this is her of the commuters also know my mom,” first foray into the maritime field. Before she said. “I remember working one day this Cofield was working at Panama Bay and this lady walked up to me and goes, Coffee at the Vallejo terminal, and was Ashleigh Cofield has been a friendly face at the ferry bar for over two years. ‘Your name’s Ashleigh. Your mom’s a cook at Rookies Sports Bar & Grill Dawn. You have friends in Sacramento,’ in Benicia. Now after two years on the andBay I’m Crossings like, how do you know all this? waterways she’s thinking of staying on numerous times but I havelueSyNews.com yet to ever full name is Aaliyah Nefertiti Jones. She SheSeptember said, ‘Because 2018 your Revised mom gave me a the water, perhaps becoming a deckhand drink one.” 00 W. Harbor Dr.,also Suite loves 1805, to read,San Diego,and to Ccolor.A 92101 “I’m a ride1/4 today.’” Page 10’ 2.8 Color someday. “It seems like a good way to Having lived in theT el:Bay 619-233-200 Area her very -Mail: big little MonicaBlueSkyNews.com kid,” she said. And her So you can hang out with Cofield’s stay on the boat and not lose contact with whole life, working on the ferry has favorite books of all time are the Harry mom on the way to the ferry, have a drink the commuters and my work family.” revealed to her how popular the region Potter series, so feel free to fan out with with Cofield herself on your way to the Bloody Marys and margaritas are truly is on a global scale. “I’ve talked her next time you’re on board. City, and sometimes you may even get among Cofield’s most requested drinks, to so many different people, heard It’s hard to have a bad day if the to see her daughter, Aaliyah, on board and her Bloody Marys have received so many different accents,” she said. ferry is your means of transport or, in for three generations of company. “You rave reviews, so keep that in mind “I’ve met people from Nigeria, Ghana, Cofield’s case, your work office. “It is the get to experience the whole family!” she next time you’re on board; and maybe Switzerland, Australia, Canada—it’s best way to travel,” Cofield said. “We get said. “Some days, if I cannot find a sitter, you could talk Cofield into trying one kind of mind-blowing sometimes.” great views, we are always on time, we I’ll bring her with me on the boat. I’m herself. “It’s so funny,” she said. “People Off the clock, Cofield loves spending have a bar, and clean bathrooms!” very fortunate that that is okay, and the have complimented my Bloody Marys quality time with her daughter, whose

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www.baycrossings.com February 2019 11 COVER STORY Long-Awaited Ferry Renaissance Comes to Richmond

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BY JOEL WILLIAMS Emergency Transportation Authority Craneway Pavilion. emergency water transit response capa- (WETA) and the Contra Costa Trans- The well-attended event featured bilities. portation Authority (CCTA) marked Richmond High School’s stellar 100-piece “We are thrilled to launch new ferry n January 10, with a large dose the launch of Richmond ferry service marching band and string ensemble; service between Richmond and San of pomp and circumstance, the and the opening of the Richmond Fer- speeches by assorted dignitaries; and a Francisco,” said Nina Rannells, WETA’s City of Richmond, the Water ry Terminal with a celebration in the sumptuous spread of tacos, salad and executive director. “This new weekday O cupcakes. There was even a small group commute service will improve the lives of Richmond’s women shipbuilders from of East Bay residents by getting them off World War II—known as the original of the congested freeways and onto the Rosie the Riveters—on hand for the Bay with a safe, reliable and enjoyable festivities. alternative.” “For as long as I have been on the The San Francisco Bay Ferry city council—23 years—we have been Richmond service provides four weekday advocating for permanent ferry service,” morning runs to San Francisco, four said Richmond Mayor Tom Butt. “It’s weekday evening runs to Richmond, and been a prolonged effort including many limited return service (see full schedule agencies and local officials, but we are on page 20). A bulletin board allowed finally here. Richmond evolved as a guests at the ceremony to post wish lists waterfront community, and ferries are in connection with the new ferry service. a significant part of our heritage. It’s By far the most frequent wish: “Please thrilling to be back in business.” expand service to weekends!” The new Richmond ferry service The Richmond Ferry Terminal continues the ambitious expansion of project included the construction of an

Photo by Joel Williams WETA’s regional San Francisco Bay accessible gangway with a new ramping Ferry system, which will help alleviate system, float and piles, a passenger A small group of Richmond’s women shipbuilders from World War II was on hand for the festivities. traffic congestion and increase WETA’s shelter and the development and

12 February 2019 www.baycrossings.com COVER STORY reconfiguration of a 362-space paved When the Loma Prieta earthquake parking lot. WETA also installed a new closed the Bay Bridge for a full month ADA-compliant kayak launch ramp and in 1989, emergency ferry service was improved shoreline access at Ford Point. initiated to several locations, including Richmond. Many people preferred this A Long Time Coming method of commuting, but once the bridge was reopened, the service was Richmond has a long history of ferry halted. service dating back to the early 1900s, Ten years later, shortly after the when the Santa Fe Railroad operated establishment of the Water Transit the passenger ferry boats San Pablo, Authority (WTA), Red & White Fleet San Pedro, and Ocean Wave, connecting began private ferry service between Richmond with San Francisco by water. Richmond and San Francisco. There The boats ran from the San Francisco were four departures in the morning and Ferry Building to the railroad’s Ferry evening with limited weekend service. Point terminal in Richmond as a Without a public subsidy, however, Photo by Joel Williams continuation of the company’s passenger the service faced a steep uphill climb Mayor Tom Butt of Richmond (seated next to WETA Executive Director Nina Rannells) has been train runs. financially. The crossing was long—45 a longtime supporter of ferry transit and has worked to bring ferry service to the city for more than Santa Fe’s Richmond ferry service minutes for the short eight-mile run. two decades. was discontinued in 1933 due to the There was a cult following, but it never Great Depression and, after the opening gained enough popularity to pique the of the Bay Bridge in 1936 and the interest of the WTA at the time and the ferry service on the San Francisco Bay: partner of this new ferry service, which is Golden Gate Bridge in 1937, most ferry route ended after just a year of service. “WETA is committed to working with creating a stronger connection between service in the Bay Area was discontinued. “I was cheering for it but there is cities, communities and stakeholders Contra Costa County’s communities Some of the larger ferryboats were just so much you could do,” said Butt to establish new ferry routes where the and the Bay Area region,” said Federal purchased by the Richmond-San Rafael of the 1999 private ferry service. “There proposed route reduces traffic congestion Glover, CCTA’s Board Chair. “Providing Ferry Company to shuttle automobiles weren’t a lot of people, but the ones in the transit corridor, is cost effective commuters with more options to travel between Richmond and San Rafael, but who rode that ferry were rabid. They and financially viable.” to and from work helps make our county this service ceased when the Richmond loved it and when it ended they started a The traffic nightmares of recent years a more desirable place to live, to operate Bridge opened in 1956. group to lobby for it, writing letters and have forced Bay Area transit agencies a business and to raise a family.” showing up at city council meetings.” to step up efforts to improve commute Even though private ferry service times—especially by taking cars off of The Future of Ferries didn’t succeed, it did motivate a the I-580 corridor feeding I-80 and the dedicated group in the Richmond Bay Bridge maze. Given its location, The new Richmond service is just government to begin an almost 20-year Richmond ferry service seemed like a one result of WETA’s $465 million of quest to get commuter ferry service logical way to get traffic off the highways. recent investments in new ferry assets— reestablished from to San Francisco With all of these boxes checked, including new terminals, maintenance through the publicly funded WTA. Richmond was finally designated as a facilities and vessels—to support its Butt, then a councilmember, was one of future WETA terminal site and years of mission to expand regional ferry service those committed people. planning, debate and delays ensued until in the San Francisco Bay Area. In the early 2000s, the drumbeat officials selected the new location next to Over the last two years, WETA for ferry service had grown louder. The the Craneway Pavilion at the waterfront has added three new vessels to its fleet, Richmond City Council began adopting end of the Historic Ford Building. opened the Ron Cowan Central Bay resolutions supporting ferry service, WETA officially approved funding in Operations and Maintenance Facility in and the city’s redevelopment agency March 2015 and terminal construction Alameda and experienced unprecedented proactively pursued feasibility studies to finally began in November 2017. demand for ferry service. WETA now bolster their case to the WTA. “That was Contra Costa’s Measure J carries nearly three million passengers the time when we decided we were going transportation sales tax will fund annually. Two new vessels are on track to to make this happen,” said Butt. operations of the Richmond ferry service join the San Francisco Bay Ferry fleet in In 2004, Contra Costa County for at least 10 years through an agreement the first quarter of 2019, and three more voters passed Measure J, which provided between CCTA and WETA. This will are currently under construction. $45 million of operating funds for the give the service time to grow without Looking to the future, WETA has first 10 years of a future ferry service in the threat of early termination; new developed a 20-year strategic plan with Contra Costa County. services often experience low ridership at an ambitious vision that would expand The establishment of the WETA to the start until word of mouth leads to WETA’s regional ferry system to include replace the WTA in 2007 also helped the widespread acceptance. 44 vessels, 16 terminals and 12 routes Red & White ran the last regular ferry service cause, as part of its stated mission was “The Contra Costa Transportation that would serve to increase peak period between San Francisco and Richmond in 1999. (and remains) operating and expanding Authority is proud to be a funding capacity 740 percent by 2035.

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Port of Oakland Shore Power Grid Pays Green Dividends Photo courtesy of Port of Oakland

BY BILL PICTURE Oakland Environmental Planner Cathe- off their auxiliary engines rine Mukai in a written statement. “We’re while at berth and connect pleased because the trends are positive.” to another source of power or n positive news for Bay Area air The port’s shore power infrastructure employ a control technology quality, 75 percent of the 1,543 was completed in late 2013 as part of a that would achieve similar ships that visited the Port of commitment made five years earlier to emission reductions. Oakland last year switched off reduce seaport-related diesel emissions by In 2007, few of the ships their engines while docked—an 85 percent from 2005 levels by the year passing under the Golden increase from 68 percent in 2017. 2020. In September of last year, the port Gate Bridge were grid-ready. IUsing shore power for lighting, tem- reported that diesel emissions had already But while the demand for perature control, refrigeration and other been reduced by 81 percent of 2005 more shore power may not Photo courtesy of Port of Oakland electrical onboard systems eliminates levels, and expressed confidence that the yet have reached the port’s A single vessel can use more than a megawatt of power, so tons of diesel particulate matter and 2020 goal was in reach. doorstep, the port decided to each berth has its own dedicated high-voltage substation. greenhouse gases that contribute to cli- The California Air Resources Board get ready. And those years of mate change and put at risk the health of approved a measure in 2007 requiring effort have paid off. “The port dock workers and port neighbors. “Shore that, by the start of 2014, large vessels now has enough electrical shore power But the cost to retrofit an existing power is the most effective way we know visiting California’s six major ports capacity to plug in all the ships that call,” vessel for shore power—roughly $1 to reduce vessel emissions,” said Port of more than 25 times a year either turn said Mukai. million—has prevented some ocean

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carriers from meeting the state’s requirement. The port is working with these carriers to get them on track and hopes to get 90 percent of at-berth vessels plugged into shore power by 2020. “Success requires major planning, collaboration and investments,” Mukai said. Mukai pointed out that the process of hooking up a vessel to shore power does in itself require collaboration. A single vessel can use more than a megawatt of power; that’s a lot of juice, so each berth has its own dedicated high-voltage substation. Container ships connect to the port’s on-shore grid via large (and very heavy) cables. Harbor pilots have to bring the vessel in and align it with a dockside electrical vault. Then, landside workers have to connect the cables to the vault. Photo courtesy of Port of Oakland Last month, the port honored Using on-shore power requires connecting very heavy cables to electrical power vaults. two shipping lines that met the state’s challenge head on. Two of the world’s largest container lines, Hyundai Merchant Marine and MSC, have both path to emissions-free cargo operations. equipped their entire fleets to be ready That’s “free” as in “zero.” for shore power. The International He described the clean-air plan he SUPPORT THE BAY. Container Terminal, the port’s busiest helped dream up, the Draft Seaport Air terminal, also got a pat on the back for Quality 2020 and Beyond Plan, as “bold coordinating vessel arrivals to maximize and ambitious.” “Achieving a zero-emis- shore power use. More than 750 ships sions seaport will take years,” he said. connected to shore power there last year. “But we are 100 percent committed The International Container Terminal to eliminating emissions related to the services 22 shipping lines movement of container- that serve Asia, Europe ized trade, wherever and as and Central America. “The port now soon as we can.” In January 2019, has enough Sinkoff also warned it shore power at the Port of wouldn’t be cheap, and Oakland reached an all- electrical shore would require public sector time high, with 82 percent power capacity funding and an investment of vessels plugging into to plug in all the by businesses that serve the landside grid. Mukai the port. Mukai aligns the Support San Francisco Baykeeper. added that more vessels ships that call” port’s plans and the work San Francisco Baykeeper is the pollution watchdog for San Francisco Bay. plugged in at the Port of being done by shipping Since 1989, we have been patrolling the Bay for pollution, strengthening Oakland last year than lines to clean up their act clean water laws, and holding polluters accountable. Baykeeper is dedicated did at the Port of Los Angeles, despite with an effort to keep California ahead of to restoring the Bay to a healthy, thriving estuary. the fact that L.A. has more terminals than the curve when it comes to protecting the Oakland. environment. We rely on the support of people like you who care But shore power is just part of “California is on the forefront of about the health of the Bay and its wildlife. a much bigger and greener picture environmental sustainability,” she said. Visit us online at www.baykeeper.org and envisioned by Port of Oakland Director “And shipping lines that do business in become a member today. of Environmental Programs and Planning California and here in Oakland are aware Richard Sinkoff. Sinkoff announced last of our culture to preserve the environment www.baykeeper.org June that the port had embarked on a for future generations.”

www.baycrossings.com February 2019 15 Follow. Connect. Share. Dirty Dinosaurs Lurking Around the Bay

BY SEJAL CHOKSI-CHUGH

understand the mindset of the people who decided to build dirty, dangerous oil refineries on the gorgeousI San Francisco Bay shoreline. Photo by Robb Most Many decades ago, they likely The Chevron oil refinery on the shoreline of San Francisco Bay in Richmond. Five local oil refineries threaten the Bay in many ways. envisioned sites around the Bay where tanker ships could easily dock and offload crude oil. They saw an endless source of cooling water for refining processes that carries oil to Bay Area refineries. A Despite these enormous risks, carrying oil across the Bay to its refinery. often reach temperatures over 1,000 pipeline leak can lead to a disaster the oil industry wants to expand Bay To safeguard the Bay from oil spills, we degrees. And the waters offered a cheap like the 2015 Santa Barbara spill Area refineries rather than bring them helped pass laws that protect the Bay and convenient place to dump waste. that polluted scenic beaches with to extinction. Incredibly, their goal is from oil pipelines and trains. These new The oil industry put five refineries over 100,000 gallons of oil. to transport millions more barrels of laws also improve oil spill prevention in the North Bay, two in Martinez and • Oil trains bring oil here on tracks crude oil to the Bay for processing and measures and cleanup when spills one each in Richmond, Rodeo, and along the Bay and through local exporting to other countries. occur. We meet often with government Benicia. These were optimal sites where communities. The 2016 oil train Baykeeper’s lawyers and scientists agencies tasked with oil spill prevention they could turn crude oil—the thick, derailment in Oregon caused a 13- are standing firm to protect the Bay and cleanup to ensure they properly dark liquid pumped up from distant hour fire and contaminated the from the increased threats posed by these implement rules protecting the Bay. And oil wells—into products that included Columbia River. growing dinosaurs. we advocate for tougher restrictions on gasoline, motor oil, jet fuel and asphalt. • While refineries are no longer Along with a coalition of refinery wastewater pollution. And our fossil-fuel culture relied on allowed to dump waste directly into environmental and community groups, You can be a part of defending these products for decades. the Bay, they still discharge treated we’re on the front lines stopping San Francisco Bay from the threat of We still depend on the refineries. wastewater in our waters. Flawed industry expansions. We’ve stopped refinery expansions—and help us bring But our shifting collective wisdom regulations don’t require sufficient two growth plans, one proposed for a these dirty dinosaurs lurking around the suggests these old dinosaurs may soon removal of toxins like selenium and Pittsburg oil storage facility, the other at Bay to extinction. To get started, sign become relics. For life on our planet to mercury. the Valero refinery in Benicia. And now up for Baykeeper’s monthly e-news at thrive, they’ll need to go extinct and be • Refineries emit tiny toxic particles we’re opposing Phillips 66’s proposal baykeeper.org. replaced by cleaner sources of energy. that fall into the Bay and nearby to double the number of tanker ships Oil refineries threaten our lives and neighborhoods. Meaning people the Bay in many ways: living near refineries have higher • Hundreds of tanker ships haul oil on rates of respiratory diseases and Sejal Choksi-Chugh is the Executive Director of San Francisco Baykeeper. the Bay every year. That oil has been other serious illnesses. Since 1989, Baykeeper has been defending San Francisco Bay from the spilled in the Bay countless times, • Oil refining also creates byproducts biggest threats and holding polluters accountable. To report pollution in the including at the Phillips 66 Rodeo that, when burned, contribute to the Bay, call Baykeeper’s hotline at 1-800-KEEP-BAY (1-800-533-7229), refinery in 2016 and 2017. greenhouse gases that cause climate e-mail [email protected], or click “Report Pollution” at baykeeper.org. • A vast network of corroding pipelines breakdown.

www.baycrossings.com February 2019 17 EVENTS SF Beer Week Returns

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an Francisco Beer Week returns from February 1 through 10 for the 11th installment of this ground- breakingS celebration of craft beer, food and community all across the region. SF Beer Week’s geographical range includes the greater San Francisco Bay Area, south to Monterey Bay, north to Sonoma Beer by BART County and eastward into the Livermore San Francisco’s Beer Week, celebrating and promoting quality craft beer in the Bay Area, runs February 1-10. Valley. Brewers from the region and those planning to visit from beyond are gearing up to present their finest brews during the ever, and dynamic craft beer communities local brewers and other food and beverage portals to the hundreds of events that most epic beer week ever. are popping up all over the country. SF producers. While these trends exist and will take place throughout the Bay Area. SF Beer Week celebrates and Beer Week was only the second event of grow year after year, they reach a highly Users can find detailed information about promotes the diversity and quality of its kind in 2009, and now it serves as a visible, critical mass during SF Beer Week. events, create itineraries, get directions to craft beer in the Bay Area. It’s a grassroots model for regional beer weeks throughout For more information, check out the venues and follow the latest updates on collection of over 500 beer events held the United States. SF Beer Week website, www.sfbeerweek. the blog. at over 100 venues throughout the Bay SF Beer Week demonstrates the org, and mobile app. These are the main Here are just a few examples: Area, from breweries and brewpubs to vitality and versatility of craft beer, and restaurants, bars and retail stores. nowhere else are those attributes more SF Beer Week events include meet- evident than in Northern California, the-brewer nights, beer dinners, tastings, the birthplace of the modern craft beer Popsicle Day, February 2: Woods Island brewing pros from around town for an special beer releases, collaborative movement. Fritz Maytag’s purchase of Club, Treasure Island evening that’s all about after-work fun brews, tap takeovers, lectures and panel the historic Anchor Brewing Company Pairing popsicles with beers? In with the people who work in beer. discussions, beer festivals and other fun, in 1965 set the stage for a Bay Area-led February? Don’t worry, grab a jacket including educational events that connect return to quality, flavorful beer in the and come hang out on that island you Groundhog Day, February 6: Airport with the existing local beer community United States. Many post-Prohibition notice off the Bay Bridge. Favorite Stadium 12 Drive-in, Santa Rosa while introducing many new people to firsts came out of Anchor and other local beers from this brewery will inspire Get out of your rut and over to a special the world of artisan beer. breweries over the next 20 years. New kid-friendly frozen treats to enjoy while showing of Groundhog Day with a The week kicks off with a big bang Albion Brewing Company, the nation’s taking in the view. special hazy IPA release from Laughing at the opening gala on Friday, February 1 first new microbrewery, was opened by Monk. If you’ve seen this movie before, at Pier 35. This event is the largest, most Jack McAuliffe in Sonoma County in Puppy Bowl, February 3: Cleophus so much the better. If not, get ready for anticipated and most prestigious annual 1977. Sierra Nevada began brewing in Quealy Beer Co., San Leandro one of Bill Murray’s best comedies and a gathering of the Northern California craft Chico just three years later, while three of Puppy Bowl watching and dog talent- delicious Wednesday evening you’ll wish beer community. Nearly every brewery the country’s first four brewpubs opened show party. Dogs, laughter and sports- you could repeat. in Northern California serves some of in the Bay Area in the early 1980s. ball; alongside the release of a special their most sought-after beer to attendees. The Bay Area’s longtime role as a gin barrel-aged brew with cocktail-like Beer Week Bingo with The Sisters of Over 120 breweries are expected from leader in the production of wine, spirits, botanical flavors. Perpetual Indulgence, February 9: The throughout Northern California— cheeses, pasture-fed meats and bread— Good Hop, Oakland especially Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, and any other number of artisan and Industry Night and Big Band of Brew- The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence have Monterey, Napa, San Francisco, Santa organic products—dovetails extremely ers, February 4: Harmonic Brewing, an inimitable way of combining glittery Cruz, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Solano well with the local craft beer culture. Craft San Francisco drag queen humor with meaningful and Sonoma counties—serving over 300 beer is now a part of most local restaurants’ Brewers and industry folks from all over fundraising for local nonprofits. This of the most creative and compelling beers beverage programs, beer and food pairing the City gather to play a night of music. absolutely fabulous bingo game is free the region has to offer. opportunities are a regular occurrence It’s beer, pizza and some crazy-talented to play while you laugh and sip along. Today, craft beer is more popular than and there is a lot of collaboration among

18 February 2019 www.baycrossings.com CULTURAL CURRENTS Ferry Journeys to Inspire Reverence for the Arts

BY PAUL DUCLOS providing resources on book making, for going to Brittany from the UK and show the development of his ideas, the book design, and book history; and Ireland. Paul Gauguin painted many of scope of his oeuvre, and the inspiration preserving books of historical significance. most famous works while residing in this he found in Brittany, New Zealand, the asily accessible for ferry riders Joel Harris, a local member of harsh coastal region of France. Marquesas Islands and Tahiti. is one of the world’s largest and the International Wizard of Oz Club, will Now at the de Young Museum is “The Fine Arts Museums of San most prestigious exhibitions be loaning a portion of his collection for the first exhibition at FAMSF dedicated Francisco have the largest repository of ofE antiquarian books, the California a curated exhibit of first edition books to the work of Paul Gauguin. It explores works on paper in the western United International Antiquarian Book Fair, by L. Frank Baum and the subsequent two themes central to his career: the States, including numerous works by taking place at the Oakland Marriott City authors of the Wizard of Oz series. relationships that shaped his life and Gauguin—among them The Woman Center from Friday, February 8 through work, and his quest to understand from Arles, one of his most important Sunday, February 10. For more information, see www. spirituality—both his own and that of drawings,” said Melissa Buron, Director bccbooks.org. other cultures he encountered. of the Art Division at FAMSF. Through a partnership with the Ny King of the Yees Comes to S.F. Carlsberg Glyptotek in Copenhagen, For more information, see deyoung. Playhouse more than 60 Gauguin works will be on famsf.org. view—ranging from oil paintings and How often have we taken the ferry to or works on paper to wood carvings and around Angel Island and considered what ceramics—alongside art of the Pacific Follow Paul Duclos’ Cultural a dire destination it was for emigrants Islands from the FAMSF collection. Currents online with his blog at: from China? This theme and others are Combined, these works encompass www.duclosculturalcurrents.com explored in Lauren Yee’s King of the Yees, distinctive phases of Gauguin’s career to headlined by Obie and Lucille Lortel Award-winning actor and San Francisco native Francis Jue. The play, centered on San Francisco’s Chinatown, was inspired by Yee’s family and their deep connections within the community. A curated exhibit of first edition books from Joshua Kahan Brody will direct the the Wizard of Oz series will be featured at the Playhouse production. The fictionalized California International Antiquarian Book Fair. play follows playwright Lauren Yee’s father Larry (played by Francis Jue), who Sponsored by the Antiquarian has been a driving force in the Yee Family Booksellers’ Association of America Association—a Chinese-American men’s (ABAA) and the International League club formed 150 years ago in the wake of Antiquarian Booksellers (ILAB) and of the Gold Rush. But when her father featuring the collections and rare treasures goes missing, Lauren (played by Krystle of nearly 200 booksellers from over 20 Piamonte) must plunge into the rabbit countries around the world, the three-day hole of San Francisco’s Chinatown fair offers a rich selection of manuscripts, and confront a world both foreign and early American and European literature, familiar. At once bitingly hilarious and modern first editions, children’s books, heartbreakingly honest, King of the Yees maps and autographs, as well as is an epic joyride across cultural, national antiquarian books on history, science, and familial borders that explores what it law, architecture, cooking, wine and a truly means to be a Yee. wide range of other topics. This year’s book fair will include For more information, see www. a special exhibit by the Book Club of sfplayhouse.org. California, an active association of over 800 major California collectors with New Gauguin Exhibition at de interests in rare books and manuscripts Young Museum of all types. Founded in 1912, the club’s library is dedicated to collecting and Surrounded on three of its four sides by sharing works of California fine printers; the sea, the ferry is an obvious option

www.baycrossings.com February 2019 19 All Bay Area Ferry Schedules in One Place! San Francisco Bay Ferry VALLEJO ALAMEDA/OAKLAND ALAMEDA/OAKLAND VALLEJO – SAN FRANCISCO Weekdays to San Francisco Weekends and Holidays to San Francisco Travel time between Vallejo and Depart Depart Arrive S.F. Arrive S.F. Depart Depart Arrive S.F. Arrive S.F. San Francisco is approximately 60 minutes. Oakland Alameda Ferry Bldg. Pier 41 Oakland Alameda Ferry Bldg. Pier 41 Weekdays --- 6:00 a.m. 6:20 a.m. --- 9:45 a.m. 10:00 a.m. 10:45 a.m. 10:25 a.m. Depart Depart Depart S.F Depart 6:30 a.m. 6:40 7:00 --- 11:30 11:15 11:55 12:15 p.m. Mare Island Vallejo Ferry Bldg. Pier 41 7:00 7:15 7:35 --- 12:00 p.m. 11:45 p.m. 12:25 p.m. 12:40 7:35 7:45 8:05 --- 1:55 1:40 2:20 2:40 5:10 a.m. 5:30 a.m. ------8:10 --- 8:40 --- 2:55 2:40 3:20 ---- 5:40 6:00 ------8:20 8:40 --- 4:35 4:20 ---- 5:00 6:10 6:30 6:35 a.m. ----- 8:40 8:50 9:10 --- 6:05 5:50 6:30 6:45 6:40 7:00 7:15 ----- 9:15 9:25 9:45 --- 7:45 7:30 8:10 ------7:45 8:15 ----- 10:15 10:25 10:45 11:00 ----- 8:30 9:00 ----- 11:00 10:50 11:20 11:35 ----- 10:00 11:10 11:30 11:40 11:30 12:15 p.m. 12:20 p.m. ----- 12:00 p.m. 2:30 p.m. ----- 1:55 p.m. 1:45 p.m. 2:15 2:30 1:40 p.m. 2:00 3:30 3:10 p.m. 2:40 2:25 3:05 ---- 2:50 3:10 4:30 ----- 3:50 3:35 4:20 ---- 3:40 4:00 5:15 ----- 4:30 4:15 5:00 ------4:45 5:30 ----- 5:05 4:50 5:30 ------5:45 6:00 ----- 5:55 5:45 6:20 ------6:45 7:15 6:55 6:20 6:05 6:50 ---- Weekends and Holidays from San Francisco ------8:15 ----- 7:05 6:55 7:30 ---- Depart S.F. Depart S.F. Arrive Arrive 8:45 8:55 9:25 ---- Pier 41 Ferry Bldg. Alameda Oakland Weekends & Holidays Weekdays from San Francisco 10:35 a.m. 10:50 a.m. 11:10 a.m. 11:25 a.m. ----- 10:00 a.m. 11:10 a.m. 11:30 a.m. Depart S.F. Depart S.F. Arrive Arrive ---- 11:20 11:40 11:55 11:00 a.m. 11:30 12:45 p.m. ---- Pier 41 Ferry Bldg. Alameda Oakland 1:00 p.m. 1:15 p.m. 1:35 p.m. 1:50 2:10 p.m. 2:30 p.m. 3:40 4:00 p.m. ---- 6:25 a.m. 7:10 a.m. 6:55 a.m. 2:00 2:15 2:35 2:50 3:10 3:30 4:40 ------7:05 7:40 7:30 3:40 3:55 4:15 4:30 ---- 5:30 7:15 6:45 ---- 7:35 ----- 8:00 5:10 5:25 5:45 6:00 ---- 7:45 8:05 ----- 6:50 7:05 7:25 7:40 ---- 8:10 8:45 8:35 ---- 8:45 9:20 9:10 ---- 9:40 10:20 10:10 FARES: One-way ---- 10:30 10:45 10:55 10:50 a.m. 11:05 11:25 11:35 12:30 p.m. 12:45 p.m. 1:20 p.m. 1:05 p.m. Adult $14.60 Call (707) 64-FERRY 1:45 2:00 2:20 2:35 Adult (Clipper Only) $11.00 or visit www. ----- 3:15 3:30 3:45 Youth (5-18) $ 7.30 sanfranciscobayferry.com 3:30 ---- 4:10 4:20 One-way Senior (65+)/Disabled/Medicare $ 7.30 for updated information. ---- 4:00 4:20 4:35 FARES: School Groups $ 4.80 ---- 4:30 4:45 5:00 ---- 5:20 5:40 5:50 Adult $7.00 Child (under 5) FREE Adult (Clipper Only) $5.30 ---- 5:40 6:00 6:15 PURCHASE TICKETS Mare Island Short Hop5 Adult $1.70 Youth (5-18) $3.50 ---- 6:05 6:35 6:45 ONBOARD THE FERRY Mare Island Short Hop5 Youth, $0.80 Senior (65+) Disabled $3.50 ---- 6:30 6:50 7:00 Child under 5 FREE for information Senior (65+ yrs), Disabled, Medicare2 $0.80 ---- 6:55 7:15 7:25 School Groups $2.30 (MON. to FRI.) ---- 7:35 7:55 8:10 Short Hop - Adult $1.70 Short Hop - Youth $0.80 (415) 705 8291 8:05 8:25 8:45 8:55 Short Hop - Senior (65+), Disabled $0.80 ---- 9:30 9:50 10:00

RICHMOND Harbor Bay Ferry (EAST END OF ALAMEDA/S.F.) SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO Weekdays Weekday Commute Weekday to SSF/Oyster Point Depart Arrive Depart Arrive Depart Arrive Depart Arrive Depart Alameda Depart Oakland Arrive SSF Richmond SF Ferry Building SF Ferry Building Richmond Harbor Bay S.F. Ferry S.F. Ferry Harbor Bay 6:25 a.m. 6:40 a.m. 7:20 a.m. 6:10 a.m. 6:45 a.m. 6:25 a.m. 7:00 a.m. Island Bldg. Bldg. Island 7:30 7:40 8:20 7:10 7:45 7:55 8:30 6:30 a.m. 6:55 a.m. 7:00 a.m. 7:25 a.m. 8:00 8:10 8:50 8:15 8:45 4:30 p.m. 5:05 p.m. 7:00 7:25 8:00 8:25 Weekday to Alameda & Oakland 8:40 9:15 5:20 5:55 7:30 7:55 4:35 p.m. 5:00 p.m. Depart SSF Arrive Oakland Arrive Alameda 5:15 p.m. 5:50 p.m. 6:35 7:10 8:30 8:55 5:35 6:00 4:20 p.m. 4:55 p.m. 5:10 p.m. 6:05 6:40 6:50 7:25 9:00 9:30 ------5:20 6:00 5:55 FARES: One-way 5:05 p.m. 5:30 p.m. 6:00 6:25 7:00 7:50 7:35 6:05 6:30 6:35 7:00 7:05 7:30 7:35 8:00 FARES: One-way Adult (cash fare) $9.00 Adult Clipper Card $6.75 Depart Arrive FARES: One-way Adult $8.80 Adult (Clipper Only) $7.90 Youth (5-18 years), Seniors (65+ yrs), Disabled $4.50 SSF Harbor Bay Adult $7.30 Children under 5 FREE Youth (5-18 years) $4.40 8:30 a.m. 9:00 a.m. Adult (Clipper Only) $5.50 Seniors (65+ yrs), Disabled $4.40 School Groups $2.90 Youth (5-18) $3.60 Depart Arrive School Groups $2.90 Disabled / Seniors (65+) $3.60 Children (under 5) (with an adult) FREE Harbor Bay SSF School Groups $2.40 6:30 p.m. 7:00 p.m. Children (under 5) FREE GIANTS BASEBALL AT AT&T PARK Red & White BAY CRUISE Pier 43½ Bay Cruise ^ Sunset Cruise FARES: Adult (18+) $33.00 Adult (18+) $70.00 10:00 a.m. 1:10 p.m. 3:45 Youth (5-17) $23.00 Youth (5-17) $48.00 Sevice will resume for 10:30 * 1:40 4:15#* 11:15 2:30 5:30^ # Bridge to Bridge 2019 Season 12:00 p.m. # 3:00 Adult (18+) $42.00 * Thursday - Monday Youth (5-17) $30.00 Child (under 5) Free

20 February 2019 www.baycrossings.com Golden Gate Ferry Blue & Gold Ferry LARKSPUR TIBURON – Pier 41 SAUSALITO Weekdays (excluding Holidays) Weekends and Holidays Weekdays FISHERMAN’S WHARF, PIER 41 Depart Arrive S.F. Depart S.F. Arrive Depart Arrive S.F. Depart S.F. Arrive Depart Arrive Depart Arrive Weekdays Larkspur Ferry Bldg. Ferry Bldg. Larkspur Larkspur Ferry Bldg. Ferry Bldg. Larkspur Pier 41 Tiburon Tiburon Pier 41 Depart S.F. Arrive Depart Arrive S.F. Pier 41 Sausalito Sausalito Pier 41 5:45 6:15 6:20 6:50 9:30 a.m. 10:30 a.m. ------9:45 a.m. 10:30 a.m. * 10:40 a.m. 11:10 a.m. 6:35 a.m. 7:05 a.m. 7:10 a.m. 7:40 a.m. 11:40 12:30 p.m. 12:40 p.m. 1:30 p.m. 11:20 12:05 p.m.* 12:15 p.m. 1:05 p.m. ^ 11:20 a.m. 12:25 p.m. 12:40 *^ 1:05 p.m. 7:00 7:30 7:35 8:05 1:40 p.m. 2:30 3:45 4:35 1:15 p.m. 2:00 * 2:10 2:55 ^ 1:15 p.m. 2:20 *^ 2:30 2:55 7:30 8:00 ------4:45 5:35 6:25 7:15 3:05 3:50 * 4:00 4:45 ^ 3:05 4:10 *^ 4:20 4:45 7:50 8:20 8:30 9:05 ------7:25 8:10 4:55 5:45 ^ 5:55 6:25 4:55 5:25 5:35 6:25 * 8:20 8:50 9:10 9:45 8:05 # 8:35 # 8:45 # 9:15 # 8:50 9:20 ------One-way Ferry Fares Larkspur Sausalito 9:20 9:55 10:10 10:45 Daily Daily 10:10 10:45 10:55 11:30 Adult Cash Fare (19 – 64) $11.50 $12.00 11:10 11:45 11:55 12:30 p.m. Clipper $ 7.50 $ 6.50 ^ Via Angel Island, * Via Sausalito # Only available on Fridays Weekends and Holidays $ 5.75 $ 6.00 12:40 p.m. 1:15 1:25 2:00 Youth (5-18)/Senior/Disabled Depart S.F. Arrive Depart Arrive S.F. 2:15 2:50 3:00 3:30 Children 4 and under FREE FREE TIBURON – Pier 41 Pier 41 Sausalito Sausalito Pier 41 2:50 3:25 3:30 4:00 (limit 2 per fare-paying adult) Weekends and Holidays 11:10 a.m. 11:40 a.m. 11:50 a.m. 12:55 pm^* ------4:00 4:30 Children ages 5 and under travel free 1:05 p.m. 1:35 p.m. 1:45 p.m. 2:35 * 3:40 4:15 4:30 5:00 Depart Arrive Depart Arrive when accompanied by a full fare paying 2:15 2:45 2:55 3:55 ^ * 4:10 4:45 5:00 5:30 adult (limit two youth per adult). Pier 41 Tiburon Tiburon Pier 41 3:35 4:45 ^ * 4:55 5:25 ------5:30 6:00 11:10 a.m. 12:20 p.m. * 12:30 p.m. 12:55 p.m. Visit goldengateferry.org for updates. 4:50 5:40 * 5:50 6:20 5:10 5:45 6:00 6:30 1:05 p.m. 1:55 * 2:05 2:35 Contact Information Toll free 511 or 711 (TDD) 6:30 7:20 * 7:30 7:55 5:40 6:15 6:30 7:00 2:15 3:25 * 3:30 ^ 3:55 ^ 6:40 7:10 7:20 7:50 3:35 4:25 ^ 4:35 5:25 * 7:25 8:00 8:10 8:40 4:50 5:20 5:30 6:20 * * Via Tiburon, ^ Via Angel Island 8:50 9:25 9:35 10:05 6:30 7:00 7:10 7:55 * Holiday Schedule in effect for: Day After Thanksgiving (Nov 23), 8:05 8:35 8:45 9:15 & President’s Day (Feb 19) No service on Thanksgiving Day SAUSALITO (Nov 22), Christmas Day (Dec 25), & New Year’s Day (Jan 1) FARES: One-way Round-trip Weekdays (excluding Holidays) Weekends and Holidays ^ Via Angel Island, * Via Sausalito Adult $12.50 $25.00 Depart Arrive S.F. Depart S.F. Arrive Depart Arrive S.F. Depart S.F. Arrive FARES: One-way Round-trip Sausalito Ferry Bldg. Ferry Bldg. Sausalito Sausalito Ferry Bldg. Ferry Bldg. Sausalito Child (5-11) SENIOR (65+) $7.50 $15.00 7:10 a.m. 7:35 a.m. 7:40 a.m. 8:10 a.m. 10:40 a.m. 11:10 a.m. Adult $12.50 $25.00 For the most current schedule, visit ------http://www.blueandgoldfleet.com/Ferry/Sausalito/index.cfm 8:15 8:45 10:00 10:30 11:20 a.m. 11:50 a.m. 12:00 p.m. 12:30 p.m. Child (5-11) SENIOR (65+) $7.50 $15.00 10:55 11:25 11:35 12:05 p.m. 12:45 p.m. 1:15 p.m. 1:25 1:55 12:15 p.m. 12:45 p.m. 12:55 p.m. 1:25 2:10 2:40 2:50 3:20 1:55 2:25 2:35 3:05 3:50 4:20 4:40 5:10 BAY CRUISE ANGEL ISLAND - S.F. 3:15 3:45 4:00 4:30 ------6:00 6:30 4:45 5:15 5:30 6:00 5:35 * 6:05 ------Depart Pier 39 Weekdays (Depart Pier 41) 6:10 6:35 6:45 7:10 6:45 * 7:15 ------Daily Monday - Thursday Friday - Sunday Arrive Depart 7:20 7:50 7:55 8:20 * The 5:35 and 6:45 trip do not return to Sausalito Depart Angel Angel Arrive 10:15 a.m. 10:15 a.m. 2:15 p.m. Pier 41 Island Island Pier 41 1:15 p.m. 11:00 3:15 Holiday service is in effect on Martin Luther King, Jr. 9:45 a.m. 10:10 a.m. 10:20 a.m. 11:10 * a.m. TIBURON COMMUTE 3:15 12:15 p.m. 4:30 Day, Presidents Day, Memorial Day, Independence 11:20 11:45 11:55 p.m. 1:05 p.m.*^ TIBURON – S.F. Ferry Building 4:30 1:15 Day, Labor Day, and the day after Thanksgiving Day 1:15 p.m. 1:40 p.m. 1:50 2:55 *^ (Sausalito). The Larkspur line operates on a Modified Weekday Service ONLY ------3:40 4:45 *^ Holiday Schedule on the day after Thanksgiving Day. Depart Arrive S.F. Depart S.F. Arrive For the most current schedule, visit www.blueandgoldfleet.com Tiburon Ferry Bldg. Ferry Bldg. Tiburon Bay Cruise does not operate during inclement weather. Weekends & Holidays (Depart Pier 41) Bay Area Ferry Terminal 5:30 a.m. 6:00 a.m. 6:00 6:30 FARES: All prices include audio tour. 9:45 a.m. 10:15 a.m. 10:25 a.m. 10:55 a.m. 6:40 7:10 7:15 7:45 Adult $33.00 Child (5-11) $22.00 11:10 12:00 *^ 12:10 p.m. 12:55 p.m. Locations 7:55 8:25 8:30 9:00 Junior (12-18) $26.00 Senior (62+) $26.00 ------3:15 3:55 9:10 9:35 ------Discount fares available at www.blueandgoldfleet.com ------4:15 5:25 *^ Alameda Ferry Terminal ------4:25 p.m. 4:55 p.m. * Via Tiburon ^ Via Sausalito 2990 Main Street 5:05 p.m. 5:35 p.m. 5:45 6:15 6:20 6:50 6:55 7:25 ESCAPE FROM THE ROCK ANGEL ISLAND PRICES One Way S.F. Pier 41 (round-trip) 7:30 8:00 8:05 8:35 Monday - Thursday (depart PIER 39) Harbor Bay Ferry Terminal Adult $ 9.75 $19.50 215 Adelphian Way, Alameda 11:30 a.m. Child (5-11) SENIOR (65+) $ 5.50 $11.00 FARES: One-way Friday - Sunday & Holidays (depart PIER 39) Child (5 & under) FREE FREE Larkspur Landing Ferry Terminal Adult (19-64) $12.00 11:30 a.m. 3:45 p.m. * All prices include State Park Fees / Weekend Schedule on 101 E. Sir Francis Drake Boulevard Clipper $ 7.00 President’s Day (February 19) / Memorial Day (May 28) Ticket Prices: Adult $39.00 Child (5 - 11) $26.00 Youth (5-18) Senior (65+) $ 6.00 / Independence Day (July 4) and Labor Day (Sept 3) Oakland Ferry Terminal Child (age 4 & under) FREE Junior (12 - 18) $31.00 Senior (65+) $31.00 10 Clay Street @ Jack London Square Sausalito Ferry Terminal Humbolt Street & Anchor Avenue San Francisco: SF Ferry Building @ foot of Market Street Pier 41 @ Fisherman’s Wharf South San Francisco 911 Marina Boulevard Tiburon Ferry Terminal Tiburon Blvd. & Main St. in Tiburon All Ferry schedules subject to change. Vallejo Ferry Terminal 289 Mare Island Way in Vallejo For the most up to date information. Visit: www.baycrossings.com Richmond: 1453 Harbour Way South www.baycrossings.com February 2019 21 Around the Bay in February

Trivia Tuesdays at Rosenblum movie follows a 150-day expedition Violet Comes to Town by the finest local and international It’s as easy as “drink, play, win.” Five aboard the Polar Prince which began in Bay Area Musicals presents Violet, a multi- vendors. Three days of fun and adventure rounds of 10 questions on pop culture, Lunenburg, Nova Scotia and ended in award-winning musical, at the Alcazar for the entire family await, with daily music and more, now with free popcorn. Victoria, British Columbia. Traveling Theatre from February 16 through March demonstrations on how to successfully Every Tuesday, just buy a drink to play over 25,000 kilometers along Canada’s 17. The musical follows a scarred woman grow orchids in the Bay Area, hard to and win. Rosenblum Cellars is located on coastline, the longest of any country in who embarks on a cross-country bus trip find supplies, companion plants, and a the waterfront, right in front of the Jack the world, over 400 people participated to be healed by a minister, discovering new feature that kids will just love called London Square ferry terminal. Trivia in the journey, including Prime Minister the true meaning of beauty along the Orchid-gami. There will be a preview begins at 6 p.m. with Nicole, your host. Justin Trudeau. The journey engaged way. Featuring a folk/bluegrass/gospel- night gala on Thursday, February 21 Check out the Rosenblum Facebook thousands of citizens living in the flavored score from Tony Award-winning beginning at 6 p.m. where attendees will page for weekly topics and clues. Must over 75 coastal, mostly indigenous, composer Jeanine Tesori and book and be the first to enjoy the orchid displays be 21 years old to compete. For more communities as well as millions who lyrics by the acclaimed Brian Crawley, with reduced crowds of a few hundred information, call (510) 601-2200 or visit engaged virtually through various social Violet has been astounding critics and rather than a few thousand people. www.rosenblumcellars.com. media and digital learning platforms. audiences alike for over two decades. The Gala attendees will have first pick of Connecting Canadians through shared Alcazar Theatre is located at 650 Geary the show vendors’ most beautiful and Tulipmania stories of community, place and culture, Street in San Francisco. Tickets are $35 exotic orchids while enjoying live music PIER 39 comes alive from February 9 to the expedition focused on reconciliation, - $65 and may be purchased online at from the Letterboxers, wine and hors 18 with the vibrant colors of more than the environment, diversity and www.bamsf.org/violet. d’oeuvres. Admission is free for children 39,000 blooming tulips and seasonal inclusion. Ticket prices are $20 or $10 16 and under when accompanied by an garden favorites during Tulipmania! for students and $40 for a VIP reception Orchids of the Enchanted Forest attending adult. General admission is Enjoy the flowers’ beauty and learn in the lobby from 5 to 6 p.m. featuring The San Francisco Orchid Society’s $15. The preview gala is $75 per person helpful gardening tips with the self- wine, beer and light appetizers as well Orchids of the Enchanted Forest brings a (must be 21 or over) at the door. The guided tour anytime during Tulipmania as preferred seating in the theater. Visit new and exciting vision to the mystical event runs from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. on or take a free guided tour that begins intloceanfilmfest.org/events for more world of orchids for the 67th annual Friday and Saturday and from 10 a.m. to daily at 10 a.m. from the Crab Statue at information. Pacific Orchid Exposition. More than 5 p.m. on Sunday. The Hall of Flowers PIER 39’s Entrance Plaza and concludes 150,000 gorgeous, unusual and rare is located at 1199 9th Avenue on corner with a special treat from Trish’s Mini Flyway with Me orchids will be on display and for sale of Lincoln. Visit pacorchidexpo.org Donuts. For more information, visit Both birds and people will be flocking at the Hall of Flowers in Golden Gate for more information and to purchase www.pier39.com. to Mare Island in Vallejo to celebrate Park from February 21 to 24, presented discounted tickets in advance. what has become a special annual winter SF Giants Fan Fest ritual. The 24th Annual San Francisco Chinese New Year’s Parade It’s not quite baseball season yet, but the Bay Flyway Festival, February 8 to 10, The Chinese New Year Giants and their fans are going to kick includes guided hikes and outings, celebration in San Francisco into action this month with their annual tours, workshops and an exhibition is one of the largest in the fan fest event on February 9. This is your area. The three-day event celebrates the world. The main draw of this chance to meet players like Madison return of over one million shorebirds celebration, the Grand Parade, Bumgarner and Buster Posey, get their and hundreds of thousands of ducks, will be held on Saturday, autographs, take photos with the World geese and hawks that migrate through February 23. It starts at 5:15 Series trophies, play catch on the field and or winter in the San Francisco Bay Area. p.m. at the corner of 2nd and purchase new merchandise. Admission is The main Flyway Festival headquarters Market. It then weaves its way totally free, so get on your orange and is at the former Mare Island Naval through Chinatown and ends black and get ready for a fun-filled day at Shipyard in Building 34 (and an at Jackson and Kearny around beautiful Oracle Park (formerly AT&T adjacent tent) at 1080 Nimitz Avenue 8 p.m. There are more than Park) from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. in Vallejo. The Wildlife and Birding 100 parade entries—including Expo includes exhibits and interactive several floats, the largest and Ocean Film Fest Premier activities offered by non-profit, natural most popular of which is the Join the International Ocean Film and historical resource agencies, slide 28-foot-long Golden Dragon. Festival’s Bay Area premier screening shows, commercial art, birding suppliers It takes a team of more than of Canada C3: Coast to Coast to Coast and digital equipment and optics 100 people to operate and at San Francisco’s Cowell Theater on vendors. For more information, visit move it through the streets of Wednesday, February 6 from 6 to 9 www.sfbayflywayfestival.com or call San Francisco. p.m. followed by a Q&A session. The (707) 249-9633.

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