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Bobby Winston, Proprietor WATERFRONT NEWS Joyce Aldana, President 06 Joel Williams, Publisher Port of Oakland Reaches Patrick Runkle, Editor Funding Milestone ADVERTISING & MARKETING Joel Williams, Advertising & Marketing Director by Patrick Burnson GRAPHICS & PRODUCTION Francisco Arreola, Designer / Web Producer WETA Awards Ferry ART DIRECTION 07 Francisco Arreola; Patrick Runkle; Joel Williams Contract to Blue & Gold COLUMNISTS Captain Ray Wichmann; S.F. Slashes Greenhouse Paul Duclos; Patrick Burnson; 09 Deb Self and Matt Larson Gas Emissions The opening of the original Bay Bridge on November 12, 1936, WRITERS & PHOTOGRAPHERS in the midst of the Great Depression, was marked with a gala Bill Picture; Joel Williams celebration that lasted five days and nights. The bridge was Teri Shore ’S CUP constructed in five phases: first the East Span, followed by the ACCOUNTING 12 Cindy Henderson Commitment to Healthy tunnel through , and then the West Span. This was followed by the Interstate-80 West approach and on-and- Advertising Inquiries: Oceans; AC World Series (707) 556-3323, [email protected] off-ramps, and finally, the Transbay Terminal in San Francisco. Comes to San Diego Bay Crossings SF Ferry Building Store The terminal housed the control center for the four railroad (415) 362-0717, lines along the bridge’s lower deck. It took three years and $77 Clipper customer service center Mayor Approves New S.F. (877) 878-8883 18 million to build the original bridge and Transbay Terminal. For Transit Information – Dial 511 Bird-Safe Building Rules Photo © Moulin Studios Bay Crossings Ferry Building, #22 San Francisco, CA 94111 New Protections for www.baycrossings.com 22 Corrections & Letters A Division of Nematode Media, LLC California’s Sea Turtles We appreciate the opportunity to publish our readers' comments, letters or requests for corrections, which can be sent to [email protected].

www.baycrossings.com November 2011 3 WORKING WATERFRONT NEWS Moose Delivers Oakland Patrol Boat

oose Boats, a designer The procurement by the City of The Moose M2-37 is a 37’-6” All- The vessel will provide New Orleans and builder of unique Oakland was funded by U.S. Department Aluminum Jet Powered Catamaran with Fire Department with fire fighting, aluminum boats of Homeland Security’s 2010 Port Security twin Cummins 380 hp turbo diesels rescue, dive and security capabilities. based in Petaluma, Grant Program. The vessel is stationed at and is propelled by Hamilton 292 water The M3-36 will be equipped with a has delivered a Moose Jack London Square and will provide jets. This vessel can attain a top speed of dedicated 1,500 gallon-per-minute fire M2-37 security and patrol vessel to the security patrol for critical infrastructures over 34 knots, cruise at almost 30 knots, pump, dual remote control fire monitors, MOakland Police Department to provide including the Bay Bridge and Oakland come to a full-speed stop in less than foam capabilities and a positive pressure expanded patrol duties at the Port of Airport’s perimeter, SWAT interdiction two boat lengths and turn on a dime. CBRNE air filtration system. The New Oakland in addition to shallow draft and shallow water emergency response Its 21” draft will allow all of this to be Orleans Fire Department vessel will be response for Oakland’s waterfront. for the greater Bay Area. done in less than three feet of water, outfitted with a sophisticated navigation which is ideal for its patrol application and communications suite, thermal in the Oakland estuary. imaging camera and an array of threat In other Moose news, the company detection equipment. has been awarded a new contract from Moose Boats has constructed the New Orleans Fire Department for several fire fighting vessels for many the construction of a M3-36 Monohull agencies throughout the United States CBRNE Fire Rescue Boat. The M3 is a including Tiburon Fire Rescue District new product line for Moose Boats and and San Francisco Fire Department, incorporates the builder’s established Old Saybrook Fire Department in design and quality reputation in a more Connecticut, Lewes Fire Department compact platform than the M1 and M2 in Delaware, Anne Arundel County Catamaran Vessels. in Maryland, Massport Fire/Rescue at The M3-36 is a 36’-6” aluminum Boston Logan Airport and Northport

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SF Marina Receives Major Renovations

he City of San Francisco including the Louis Vuiton Challenger Parks and Recreation Selection Series and the America’s Cup Department awarded World Series. This will be the first time Dutra Construction a the America’s Cup has been hosted in the contract worth $20 million United States since 1995. to design and rebuild the San Francisco The West Harbor Marina project TWest Marina Yacht Harbor. Dutra will consists of demolishing the old marina, team with marine engineering firm Ben dredging the marina to a depth of -12 feet, C. Gerwick to complete the project. furnishing and installing new concrete The San Francisco Marina is located docks to create over 320 state-of-the- on the northern waterfront of the City art slips of various lengths, upgrading contiguous to the district that bears its utility service, building a floating wave name. Consisting of two harbors — east attenuator, building a fixed breakwater, and west — the marina is the City’s oldest renovating the harbormaster building, recreational facility of its kind with vessels removing an existing rubble mound having berthed in its original basin since breakwater, performing various site before the 1906 earthquake. Currently, repairs and upgrading the landscaping The San Francisco Marina is the City’s oldest with vessels having birthed in it’s original basin since the marina is home to two yacht clubs— throughout the marina grounds. before the 1906 earthquake. the St. Francis and Golden Gate—that Keeping the marina open to 200 boats will play host to the 34th America’s Cup of varying lengths during construction project. Dutra used project phasing—half 2011 and the second half in 2012—and in 2013 as well as the predecessor events presented the major challenge to the of the marina scheduled for completion in boat relocation plans to strategically

4 November 2011 www.baycrossings.com WORKING WATERFRONT NEWS Local Shipyard Wins Contract to Refit Superyacht

ay Ship & Yacht (BSY), located in Alameda, has been awarded the contract to lengthen the expedition yacht SuRi by adding a 36- foot mid-body hull and superstructure Bplug for a new overall length of 208 feet. Additional enhancements will include a complete main engine and generator renewal package and a new underwater viewing room that will allow guests to view the ocean from the comfort of SuRi’s elegant interior. The SuRi is an American-built hull that was converted in Seattle in 2008 and is owned by a California yachtsman. The model pictured above shows the expedition yacht SuRi with the 36-foot mid-body hull extension that is being added by Alameda’s Bay Ship & Yacht. BSY, in collaboration with naval architects Kirilloff and Associates of Green Cove Springs, Florida, and Jeffrey Botwin of Enhancements enclosed guest lounge has been added equipped lounging and meeting area on Herringbone Design of Los Angeles, won For the SuRi, a larger, longer and heavier to the elegant main lounge. The new the starboard side that can be used for the contract for this work by competing boat will offer enhancements to the guest guest lounge can either be closed off in exercise, yoga, or as a children’s playroom. against shipyards in New Zealand and experience apart from the accommodations. glass—fully climate-controlled and part On the port side of the new hold area . During the current economic New engines and generators will offer of the existing expansive lounge—or, by is a spacious, relaxing and comfortable downturn, American superyacht refit more horsepower, quieter running and closing the existing lounge aft doors, all media room equipped with an up-to-date yards have suffered severely, with far fewer less environmental impact. The vessel’s of the glass panels can be opened to allow television and sound system. Also in this projects. Projects that did materialize speed will increase because of the added for the breeze to cool guests as they enjoy space are the “windows to the sea”—two mostly went to Europe. horsepower and will be more fuel efficient. the luxury of the new lounge amenities. large viewing windows open to the ocean BSY’s competitive spirit and its ability Because there is an increased amount of Two additional, full beam guest bottom, lit by high-intensity lights that to perform this type of work with its skilled mass of the yacht in terms of ballast, the cabins will be installed on the mezzanine will illuminate the depths and attract sea tradesmen and local vendor support helped ride comfort will also improve. level outfitted similarly to the existing life to the guests. win this contract. The SuRi refit will be In the passenger area, the sun deck will cabins, which are also being expanded Bay Ship & Yacht is the only accomplished using 99 percent American- be extended aft by 24 feet to allow for the and reconfigured. These four guest cabins shipyard on San Francisco Bay capable of made products and subcontractors, thus owner’s new al fresco dining area. More allow an unobstructed, private view from maintaining and repairing both steel and generating many jobs in the local economy, square footage brings larger sunning and the yacht. The main deck also received aluminum ferries and yachts, as well as and is noted to be the largest yacht refit and “in shade” areas—all with the high level of the full added length of 36 feet in the tugs and other work boats and diversified modification project done in the United finish currently present on SuRi. hangar, allowing for the carriage of even military craft. The yard has a 3,000-ton States in many years. All work will be The bridge and helo deck have received more “toys” and tenders than SuRi’s floating dry-dock and a state-of-the-art overseen by the Fort Lauderdale and San the full length of the mid body of 36 feet. current capacity. Syncrolift for docking vessels up to 200 ft. Francisco offices of Bureau Veritas, the All of the added length occurs aft of the On the hold deck, there are two and 1,200 tons and moving them by rail to yacht’s classification society. existing lounge, and a spacious, glass- large rooms that offer guests a fully- a total of 16 dry-berth working stations.

minimize the slips going out of commission marina. Currently, concrete docks and fire water) are added, boats will of March 2012. Phase two will then during construction. are being designed and fabricated by begin to occupy the new slips. begin with the remaining old docks Since breaking ground in June 2011, Kiecon in Antioch with barged delivery Renovation of the harbormaster demolition and a similar construction Dutra has dredged over 55,000 cubic for the first phase of docks scheduled building and other site improvements sequence for 2012. Dredging will begin yards of sediment out of the marina for October and November 2011. The is scheduled to commence this month. in June, followed by new dock delivery, basin; demolished about one-third of the docks will be assembled on site with Installation of the floating wave pile driving and dock installation. The existing docks, piles and gangways; and concrete guide piles driven through attenuator is scheduled for March project is on track to be completed by driven a 185-foot sheet pile breakwater the docks to keep them in place. Once 2012. Boats will be able to occupy the the end of November 2012 in time for wall that protects the entrance to the utilities (including electric, potable water phase one slips of the marina by the end the 2013 America’s Cup.

www.baycrossings.com November 2011 5 WORKING WATERFRONT NEWS Port of Oakland Reaches Funding Milestone

By Patrick Burnson The Port of Oakland intends to reverse that trend by investing these funds rather than adding to a surplus of over $5 ast month, the Port of billion. Oakland reached a major Port spokesmen noted that 2,000 funding milestone of nearly container ships call Oakland each year, and $350 million for harbor many leave fully-loaded with California deepening and maintenance, exports. Indeed, Oakland is the only thereby enhancing its position as a leading major container port on the U.S. West LU.S. ocean cargo export gateway. Coast that exports more than it imports, “Deeper vessel channels mean that with the volume of its export business at the port can remain globally competitive, 55 percent and imports at 45 percent. support job retention and growth and drive Jock O’Connell, Beacon Economics’ positive economic impact for the region, international trade adviser, said that he state and nation,” said Congresswoman expects continued gains in California’s Barbara Lee, who helped drive the export trade through the remainder of initiative. the year, as the U.S. and world economies Photo by Joel Williams Of the nearly $350 million, Lee overcome the negative shocks that hit The Port of Oakland recently reached a funding milestone of nearly $350 million for harbor deepening has ensured that the port received $242 earlier in the year. and maintenance. million for harbor deepening and $103 Despite occasional dockside labor million for maintenance dredging. The disruptions, Oakland has been and continues U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has already to be a premier U.S. export seaport for begun its annual maintenance dredging agricultural goods. Its terminals are relatively Dear Sisters and Brothers, Instead, we should close the loopholes so that keeps Oakland’s harbor navigable and new and uncrowded. The port is also close On behalf of 40,000 members in the corporations and the rich start paying the at a depth of minus 50 feet. to California’s Central Valley and the wine International Longshore and Warehouse same contributions as everyone else. Lee also co-sponsored H.R. 104, which country. Furthermore, the port is the only Union (ILWU), I want to thank you for Your decision to bring these and other would ensure that harbor maintenance U.S. west coast gateway that has all top 20 organizing your “Occupy Wall Street” issues to corporate America’s doorstep is tax collection is spent every year for ocean carriers with regular service. protest in New York City which is inspiring —and involves some risks. We dredging. Annually, port customers pay millions of Americans. weren’t surprised that some of you have taxes into the harbor maintenance trust ILWU Supports ‘Occupy’ Most of us are tired of seeing a handful faced beatings and pepper spray from fund with assurances that the money Protests of the richest corporations and executives overzealous police. Your crusade to shine a will be available to pay for navigational behave as though they’re entitled to live light on the corruption and injustice that’s maintenance and harbor improvements. From the International Longshore and like kings at everyone’s expense: infecting Wall Street is bound to ruffle Industry observers, note, however, that Warehouse Union Oakland headquarters They aren’t paying their fair share some feathers. We’ve experienced some the revenues deposited in the fund are comes this statement in support of the of taxes, so schools are cutting back and similar rough treatment in Longview, not always being fully spent. Occupy Wall Street protests: colleges are raising fees—leaving students Washington, where ILWU families are with obscene debts. It’s time for the also taking a stand against corporate millionaires – the richest 1 percent— greed. Our fight there is against EGT, to start paying their fair share so we a multi-national corporation that took can support education and other vital taxpayer subsidies to build a grain export services. terminal—then betrayed workers and the They’re destroying our democracy community. and right to a voice in the workplace. By Like you, ILWU members in Longview making it almost impossible for workers to have been arrested, beaten and pepper form unions and negotiate fair agreements, spayed. We know that justice won’t be won corporate America is dragging down the by asking greedy employers for permission living standards for all working families. or waiting for politicians to pass laws. They’re threatening to destroy That’s why we hope that you’ll stand your Social Security and Medicare for future ground on Wall Street while we do the generations. We can’t allow corporations to same in Longview—because An Injury privatize and profit from these programs. To One Is An Injury To All!

6 November 2011 www.baycrossings.com WORKING WATERFRONT NEWS WETA Awards Ferry Operating Contract to Blue & Gold Fleet

t its board meeting last between Vallejo and San agreement, and we are operate a comprehensive San Francisco Bay month, the San Francisco Francisco. Under the new “This contract grateful to WETA for Area public water transit system, and to plan Bay Area Water Emergency contract, Blue & Gold acknowledging Blue and coordinate the water transit response to Transportation Authority Fleet will be responsible marks the & Gold Fleet’s unique a regional emergency. (WETA) awarded Blue & for the daily operation beginning of a capabilities and highly Founded in 1979, Blue & Gold Gold Fleet a five-year contract for the of all these services at an new era for San skilled employees,” said Fleet has operated ferry service between Aoperation of WETA’s San Francisco Bay estimated five-year cost of Taylor Safford, president Oakland, Alameda and San Francisco Francisco Bay Ferry services. San Francisco Bay Ferry, $44.5 million. of Blue & Gold Fleet. under contract with the City of Alameda which recently assumed operation of the “I am very pleased with Ferry” “We look forward to our since 1992. In 1994 Blue & Gold Fleet Alameda/Oakland and Harbor Bay Ferries, this contract award,” said -Nina Rannells, partnership with WETA, began operating ferry service between provides daily commute and excursion Nina Rannells, Executive Executive Director and to operating expanded San Francisco and Vallejo under contract service between Alameda, Oakland, San Director of WETA. “It of WETA ferry service throughout to the City of Vallejo. In addition, Blue Francisco and Harbor Bay. marks the beginning the Bay,” added Safford. & Gold Fleet operates a commuter ferry In early 2012, San Francisco Bay of a new era for San WETA was established in service from Tiburon to San Francisco, Ferry plans to launch new ferry service Francisco Bay Ferry and 2007 as successor to the San provides scheduled ferry service to between South San Francisco and the the continuation of a great partnership Francisco Bay Area Water Transit Authority, Sausalito and Angel Island and operates East Bay and to assume operation of the with Blue & Gold Fleet.” which had been established in 1998. WETA sightseeing cruises that sail under the City of Vallejo’s Baylink ferry operating “It is great to have this long-term is mandated by the State of California to .

www.baycrossings.com November 2011 7 Tips for Staying Pesticide Free

By Deb Self Disease Control has found triclosan, a 3. Say no to lawn chemicals and consider 6. Ants appear in your kitchen and harmful chemical, in 75 percent of people going turf free! Just don’t use lawn bathroom from time to time? Mostly tested (and 86 percent of pregnant women chemicals. Avoid herbicides to keep they seem to be looking for water or esticides are one of the tested). Always check the label: Clothing, weeds down; they poison pets, kids and trying to get out of the rain and will main contaminants to Bay toothpaste and other items claiming to be creeks. Even simple fertilizers contribute generally leave after a day or two. Area creeks and the aquatic anti-odor or to kill germs often contain excess nutrients to creeks and the But if you have a more entrenched life that forms the base of the pesticide triclosan. Bay, harming the ecological balance. problem, boric acid will kill them by the Bay’s food web. Future Consider losing your lawn. Converting dehydrating them without the use of columns will discuss our efforts to reduce 2. Avoid nano-silver! Don’t buy a new to drought-resistant native plantings toxic chemicals. localP governments’ use of pesticide. Read washing machine with a nano-silver can provide needed habitat for birds, on to learn what you can do to stay generator. This anti-odor technology butterflies and other wildlife. Download 7. Fleas in your home? Don’t bomb pesticide free—for the health of your impregnates your clothing with tiny Bay-friendly landscaping guidelines at them with pesticides, which tend not family and the Bay. toxic particles and contaminates the www.stopwaste.org. to work that well and leave your home water you are sending into the Bay. contaminated. Instead, use this tried- 1. Avoid anti-bacterial soap with triclosan. Nano-silver is toxic to fish and may 4. Avoid pesticides, even “safer” ones, in and-true method: Place a dish or glass Washing your hands with regular soap soon be registered as a pesticide by EPA. your vegetable garden. Available widely of soapy water on the floor under a light is just as effective, according to research Nano-silver is now also being added to in pesticides products for home gardens, bulb and leave it out overnight for a recently published in the Journal of toothbrushes, clothing, counter tops and Pyrethrins are marketed as safe and few days. Fleas will find the dish, hop Infectious Diseases. The U.S. Centers for cutting boards. natural, because they are derived from in and drown. chrysanthemums. However, this pesticide now contaminates every Bay Area creek 8. Report pesticide spraying by public and has been linked with developmental works departments to Baykeeper. If delays in children who were exposed you see county or city staff spraying as fetuses when their mothers came in herbicides along roadsides, medians contact. Try physical removal of the pests, and waterways, let us know. We’re spraying down plants with water and monitoring municipal practices under squishing invaders instead. It’s just not new storm water regulations. Send worth exposing family, pets, frogs and photos of pesticide spraying with fish to more pesticides. location if possible. 1-800-KEEP-BAY or www.baykeeper.org. 5. If you suspect you have a termite or other wood-foraging pest, consider baiting the termites yourself. You can stake PVC pipe near the foraging site, fill it with Baykeeper Executive wetted cardboard for food, and seal it with Director Deb Self cork (moistened toilet paper in a toilet is a member of the paper tube also works). Check the cork California Office weekly and when you see termites, add of Spill Response boric acid to the top of the food source. Technical Advisory If you want professional help, be sure to Committee, the hire a pest control operator who is well- San Francisco versed in integrated pest management Harbor Safety techniques. Forego perimeter spraying, Committee, the Coast Guard’s Area which is unreliable, dangerous to pets Committee and an advisor on oil and children and eventually contaminates spill response technologies to the Gulf creeks and the Bay. Instead, insist on of the Farallons National Marine identification of nesting/foraging areas Sanctuary. Baykeeper uses on-the- so local bait stations using pastes and gels water patrols of San Francisco Bay, science, advocacy and the courts to can intercept the pest. Learn more from stop Bay pollution. the Bio-Integrative Resource Center at www.birc.org.

8 November 2011 www.baycrossings.com ENVIRONMENT San Francisco Slashes Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Exceeding International and State Goals

ayor Edwin Lee recently surpassing international standards through pollution in the low-income southeast composting. SFE’s analysis showed that announced that San tough climate change policies,” said section of San Francisco for decades—and the City’s mandatory waste recycling and Francisco greenhouse Lt. Governor . “Cities replacing it with clean power benefits the composting law resulted in the diversion gas emissions are are proving to be the primary agents entire city,” said Bayview-Hunters Point of 1.5 million tons of waste in 2009 nearly 12 percent of action to address the world’s climate community activist Espanola Jackson. that would have otherwise ended up in below 1990 levels and have exceeded change problem. We need other cities At the same time, San Francisco’s landfills. The City now leads the nation emissionM reduction goals set by both to follow San Francisco’s lead if we electricity mix is growing increasingly among major U.S. cities with a 78 percent the United Nations and the State of are going to reduce worldwide carbon cleaner. Electricity for the City’s municipal diversion/recycling rate. California even as the population has grown. emissions and halt climate change.” operations comes primarily from the San Mayor Lee said he will develop a “I thank former Mayor Gavin Newsom San Francisco is making steady progress Francisco Public Utilities Commission’s policy framework for the City to reach for beginning our City’s innovative and reducing its carbon footprint even as carbon-free Hetch Hetchy hydroelectric longer term carbon reduction goals, aggressive climate change policies that have population and electricity use increases. The system in the Sierras, and approximately including ensuring that 100 percent of boosted our local economy and advanced City’s population has grown from 724,000 in seven megawatts of solar projects on San Francisco’s electricity needs come our City’s environmental goals to reduce 1990 to 805,000 in 2010, and electricity use municipal facilities around the City. from renewable sources; maximizing green house gas emissions,” said Lee. “San has increased 13 percent over the same period. Other contributing factors to commercial and residential energy Francisco is leading the way toward a San Francisco’s success in cutting San Francisco’s emissions reduction efficiency, particularly measures that future of green jobs and a growing green greenhouse gas emissions demonstrates achievements include local investments reduce natural gas use; improving transit, economy built on renewable energy for significant progress in meeting its targets in energy efficiency and renewable biking, walking and electric vehicle a cleaner and healthier environment.” of reducing carbon emissions to 20 percent energy technologies, and progress in infrastructure and using higher blends of A 2010 data analysis shows that San below 1990 levels by the end of 2012, and waste diversion through recycling and biodiesel in Muni and other City fleets. Francisco’s citywide carbon footprint totaled by 80 percent by 2050. No other city has 5.4 million metric tons of carbon dioxide shown the extent of emission reductions equivalent in 2010. This compares with 6.2 reported in San Francisco’s new analysis. million metric tons in 1990. The analysis, “San Francisco’s early success reducing conducted by the San Francisco Department greenhouse gas emissions is an important ALAMEDA OAKLAND FERRY of the Environment (SFE), covered the example of what can be done when a three primary sources of carbon emissions: city mobilizes municipal government, IS CHANGING IT’S NAME TO buildings, transportation and waste. businesses, and residents to tackle climate “Our citywide carbon reductions—the change,” said Natural Resources Defense equivalent of taking 128,000 cars off Council Deputy Director for Sustainable the road, or avoiding the burning of 1.5 Communities Amanda Eaken. “The million barrels of oil every year—are the results in San Francisco send a hopeful result of the hard work and collaboration signal to national policymakers and other of many City departments, private sector cities and states that cutting emissions Same great service between Oakland’s partnerships and San Francisco residents,” is possible while still maintaining an said SFE Director Melanie Nutter. “This attractive environment for business.” Jack London Square, Alameda Main Street, shows us how far we have come and “Savvy cities get that protecting the will be critical in developing plans to environment is a business opportunity. San SF Ferry Building and SF Pier 41. continue on our clean and green path.” Francisco is capturing that opportunity With this announcement, San and leading the way on climate change Francisco surpasses international and solutions,” said Environmental Defense Seasonal service to AT&T Park for statewide emissions targets established Fund Vice President David Festa. Giants and Cal games and as part of the Kyoto Protocol calling The largest contributing factor to for emission reductions of 7 percent the carbon reductions was the closure Angel Island State Park. by 2012, and California’s landmark of the City’s two remaining inefficient climate law AB 32 calling for statewide natural gas power plants at Hunter’s emissions to return to 1990 levels by 2020. 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www.baycrossings.com November 2011 9 WHO’S AT THE HELM? Who’s at the Helm? Captain Sly Hunter

By Matt Larson & Gold Fleet’s old general manager was a booster at St. Mary’s,” he said. “My summer job was decking on these s a ferryboat passenger it is boats.” easy to enjoy the majestic Upon graduation Hunter was still views of the Bay, a nice cup working for the Blue & Gold Fleet, but of coffee from the bar, even also found a job at a financial institution. a conversation with a fellow “I decided to give it a shot,” he said. “I rider on the way to your destination. was kind of doing two things at once.” APeople come and go, but there’s always But the financial world wasn’t for him; one constant every time you board the Hunter left his office job to go get his ferry—the captain leading the way. captain’s license. This new column asks, “Who’s at “I made my mind up,” he said. “And the helm?” This month, we look into it was a decision; this is something that I the life of Captain Sly Hunter, currently wanted to do. I went for it and it worked commanding the early morning shift out.” Over two decades later, Hunter is on San Francisco Bay Ferry’s Alameda/ the senior captain for the Blue & Gold Oakland run. Fleet. “I just fell in love with it.” Hunter’s original love was sports. Over Now a father of five and a grandfather 20 years ago, after breaking basketball of one, Hunter has been a ferry captain for Photo by Matt Larson records playing for Diablo Valley College, 23 years. Working in the early mornings Captain Sly Hunter at the helm of the Encinal on the Alameda/Oakland ferry run to San Francisco he got a basketball scholarship to St. has allowed him to keep several careers in the early morning hours. Mary’s College and earned a business going along the way. “I worked three degree. During his fifth and final semester, jobs for 15 years or so,” he said. He was a the coaches asked him to do something basketball coach at local high schools and blue sky,” said Hunter. Having grown up Humor is a big part of Hunter’s a little different—football. “When I junior colleges for 18 years, and has now in San Francisco, he’s learned to really outlook on life. “Even though this is a played football I was still on a basketball been a part-time union representative of appreciate the Bay. “My wife and I went tough time, I think it’s really important to scholarship, which is really rare,” Hunter Masters, Mates and Pilots for the past to France and the Eiffel Tower was a big have a sense of humor,” he said. “If I don’t explained. “At the time they asked me 12 years. “I oversee the captains on all deal to me. I’m sure to the French it’s laugh throughout my day, then we have to play, my brother [Patrick Hunter] of the ferries, I deal with contract issues, like the Golden Gate Bridge is to us. I some serious problems. The last thing I was in the NFL, so they thought they discipline, even negotiate labor contracts.” realized how important San Francisco is need to be is stressed out.” Bwereay gettingCross ain goodgs football player.” And Eventually Hunter may become a full- on a world scale.” Now that you’ve met Captain Hunter, they were right. “We went 10-0. I’m November 2011 time union rep, but for now he’s happy During the week, bedtime for Hunter we hope you’ll look at your next ferry cruise actually in the St. Mary’s Hall of Fame at the helm. is about 7 p.m. Fortunately, he’s a morning a little differently. Be sure to give him a 1/4 Page 10’ X 2.8 for football.” “There’s no better view to me than person. “I’m up at 3:03 everyday, Monday friendly wave next time you see him, and C olHeor first began working as a deckhand being on the boat, up in the wheelhouse, through Friday,” he said. Why 3:03? “Because look for future issues of Bay Crossings to while attending St. Mary’s. “The Blue heading toward the Golden Gate with a three o’clock is just too damn early.” find out who else is at the helm.

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settling the boat down, I asked, “Does sail across the wind and we eased the sails anyone want to take the wheel?” Shy out, we could feel the acceleration. We held Such a Simple Pleasure smiles crept across both of their faces, so I a steady 7.5 to 8 knots all the way across the slid over to one side and motioned for one slot, with spray flying as we punched into the of them to take my place behind the wheel. waves. After that, it was a short sail back to BY CAPTIAN RAY tack, it was blowing a moderate breeze, In less than a minute, he had the feel of the Berkeley and the end to a great sail. about 15 knots. As the day went on, the boat, and we were sailing in the groove, a Good weather, good wind, good folks, wind continued to strengthen until it sailor’s term implying that everything is good boat. . . Sometimes it is just that ometimes, sailing is such a peaked at about 25 knots. That was enough working perfectly. For the next hour, all simple! simple pleasure. It all just comes to heel the boat just beyond its best sailing I did was take an occasional look behind together: great weather, great angle, so partly through the afternoon we the jib for any traffic. We just enjoyed the Ray Wichmann, wind, great people and a great reefed the main. We may have lost a little sail, with almost no talking until we were is a US SAILING- boat. Recently, I had one of speed by doing that, but we had plenty, so about to enter the wind shadow of Angel c e r t i f i e d Oc e a n those days. what did it matter? Island. I suggested that we bear away and P a s s a g e m a k i n g S We started our sail at 1 p.m. from The boat we were sailing was a J/105. head toward Red Rock so that we wouldn’t Instructor, a US the Berkeley Marina. The weather was The J is the initial of the man who founded be completely becalmed. Within a few SAILING Instructor perfect. Air temperature was about 68 the company, Rod Johnstone. The 105 refers minutes, we were just where I wanted Trainer, and a member degrees. It was completely clear, except to the length of the boat: 10.5 meters or to be. As we looked south-west through of US SAILING’s for a few high cumulus clouds, and there about 34 feet. Since the J/24 (24 feet)—his Raccoon Strait, the Golden Gate Bridge National Faculty. He was absolutely no fog to obscure the great very popular, very first design in 1974—all was now visible. Framed by Angel Island holds a 100-Ton Master’s License, was a views of San Francisco, Mount Tamalpais J Boats have been performance oriented. on the left and the Marin headlands on charter skipper in Hawai’i for 15 years, and all three bridges. The J/105 is certainly no exception. In the right, it’s one of my favorite views of and has sailed on both coasts of the The wind was from the west-southwest, automotive terms, we were sailing a Porsche, the bridge. United States, in Mexico, the Caribbean, blowing straight in the Gate. It had been not a minivan! We then tacked and headed south and Greece. He is presently employed as light all morning, but was building slowly. My charter guests had sailed before. toward Treasure Island so my guests could the Master Instructor at OCSC Sailing As we cleared the breakwater and sheeted As young teenagers, they had sailed small see the under-construction eastern span in the Berkeley Marina. in the sails for a close-hauled course on port dinghies, perhaps 10 or 12 years ago. After of the Bay Bridge. As the boat turned to

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lobal leaders in the arena unprecedented loss. Half a century ago, of ocean conservation, it seemed the ocean was too vast, too oceanographic research, resilient to be affected by our actions. and environmental Now we know: coral reefs, kelp forests, sustainability gathered in coastal marshes, numerous kinds of fish San Francisco on October 17 to celebrate and other ocean wildlife have declined Gthe launch of the America’s Cup Healthy sharply owing to pressures we have Ocean Project, the global initiative of the applied. Dead zones have appeared. 34th America’s Cup to educate the world’s Oxygen-producing plankton is declining. populations about the issues facing our The ocean is in trouble—and that means oceans and inspire them to act. we are in trouble, too.” Driven by its commitment to have The ocean forms one of the key the 34th America’s Cup be “more than a operating systems of our planet. It creates sport,” the America’s Cup Event Authority more than half our oxygen, drives weather Photo by Tiffany Cheng (ACEA) has set an ambitious goal with systems and modulates the atmosphere, Attendees of the October 17 launch of the America’s Cup Healthy Ocean Project included (left to the AC Healthy Ocean Project to develop as well as provides us with vital resources. right) Neill Duffy, America’s Cup Event Authority; Ashley Tobin, Sailors for the Sea; Jeff Boehm, The the world’s largest communication Damage to the ocean is not as immediately Marine Mammal Center; Gigi Brisson, Ocean Elders; Tom Huston, America’s Cup Event Authority; Maria Browne, Gulf of the Farallones National Marine Sanctuary; Dr. Sylvia Earle, Sylvia Earle outreach program focused on improving apparent as terrestrial destruction, but it Alliance; Laura Cassiani, Sylvia Earle Alliance; David Lewis, Save the Bay; Iain Murray, America’s ocean health. To accomplish this goal, is just as serious. Scientists believe that Cup Race Management; John Frawley, Aquarium of the Bay ACEA has partnered with some of the there is still time to prevent irreversible, leading voices in the ocean conservation catastrophic changes to our marine field, including Dr. Sylvia Earle and her ecosystems, but this requires drastic action 2013’s and America's will inform people about what they can do organization Mission Blue, OceanElders, within the next decade. Cup Finals in San Francisco. individually and together to protect and Sailors for the Sea, One World One From public service announcements Event organizers selected San restore health to the ocean. In so doing, Ocean and IUCN, the International woven into America’s Cup broadcasts to Francisco as the launch city for the there will be benefits for human health, Union for the Conservation of Nature. visible identification on all America’s AC Healthy Ocean Project not only prosperity, security – and our very lives,” Dr. Earle, oceanographer, explorer- Cup boats and events committed to because the 34th America’s Cup will said Dr. Earle. “There is time, but no time in-residence at National Geographic and Sailors for the Sea Clean Regattas be held there in 2013, but also because to waste. The race to restore health to the global ambassador to the AC Healthy standards, ocean conservation and the City by the Bay is already a model ocean is one we can’t afford to lose.” Ocean Project: “As an ocean scientist environmental stewardship will be of sustainable practice. The AC Healthy Ocean Project builds and explorer with thousands of hours pervasive throughout the America’s Cup “The America’s Cup Healthy upon the work that ACEA has already on, around and especially under the as it travels to global destinations over Ocean Project provides an unparalleled begun in the areas of ocean conservation sea, I have personally witnessed a time the next three years, beginning with opportunity to show the world that and sustainability, including coastal of unprecedented discovery – and the AC World Series and continuing to San Francisco Bay is more than just a conservation activities and forums on beautiful view; it is a delicate ecosystem issues facing our oceans at the first two that directly relates to the health of the AC World Series events this summer, ocean,” said John Frawley, president and as well as a commitment to organizing Sharing time with whales is a privilege. CEO of Aquarium of the Bay. events that can be Sailors for the Sea Clean A consortium of Bay Area ocean Regattas-certified. and Bay health-related organizations are “The current reality is the majority partnering with the AC Healthy Ocean of people don’t recognize the value that Project to focus on opportunities within the ocean provides, nor do they recognize San Francisco Bay that will continue to that the ocean is in trouble and needs showcase the Bay Area’s leadership in these their help,” said Neill Duffy, director of issues. San Francisco Bay-based partners sustainability, ACEA. “Together with include the Aquarium of the Bay, the our global and local partners, we hope 415-331-6267 Marine Mammal Center, Mission Blue, to change that fact and instead activate a National Marine Sanctuaries, NOAA, global call to action—reaching those who Sailors for the Sea and Save the Bay. have affinity and respect for our world’s www.sfbaywhalewatching.com “Working with local and international oceans and motivating them to act in partners, the America’s Cup organization unparalleled numbers.” 12 November 2011 www.baycrossings.com AMERICA’S CUP CORNER America’s Cup World Series Comes to San Diego

his November, the America’s Cup World Series is making its third spot on the circuit, just down the coast in the city of San Diego. San Diego was the home to three previous TAmerica’s Cups in the late eighties and early nineties, and it’s where famed Skipper Dennis Conner brought the Cup after wrestling it back from the Aussies. But this will be the first time that America’s Cup racing will be seen from shore. While previous editions were held out on the open ocean, now racing will be held just feet offshore, live inside San Diego Harbor in front of thousands of spectators. “We spent 16 months in San Diego preparing for the last America’s Cup, so we know that the harbor is a perfect stadium for the new-look high-speed, high-energy America’s Cup,” said James Spithill, skipper of ORACLE Racing. “We thought it was pretty cool just sailing our wing-sailed Photo courtesy of Teatro ZinZanni multihull back in 2009, but this time San Diego Harbor provides a perfect stadium for the new-look, high-speed America’s Cup racing that will occur just feet offshore in front of thousands of spectators. Previous America’s Cup races in San Diego were held out on the open ocean. there will be a whole fleet sailed by teams from around the world. I can promise you this: people in San Diego will have a new stop will feature the all-ages AC Village at compete for the title of AC World Series “This exciting event will provide the appreciation for America’s Cup sailing.” Harbor Drive, which encompasses activities San Diego Champion, as well as the city with a healthy economic jolt and The AC World Series San Diego event on Broadway Pier and the Navy piers with chance to put points on the board for an also serve as a great advertisement for will take place November 12 – 20 inside interactive displays, concession booths and overall 2011-12 AC World Series win. San Diego,” said San Diego Mayor Jerry San Diego Bay, with numerous waterfront a nightly entertainment schedule. Another fan showcase is the AC 500 Sanders. “Media from all over the globe viewing locations that will allow spectators The highlight of the event is the Speed Trial, where teams push their boats will broadcast images of San Diego’s to see the on-the-water action up close. In winner-takes-all fleet race on Sunday to the limit to cover a 500-meter straight- spectacular scenery to viewers as far away addition to a full race schedule, the series November 20, where the teams will line course in the shortest time. as China and New Zealand.”

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www.baycrossings.com November 2011 13 COVER STORY TH HAPPY 75 BIRTHDAY, BAY BRIDGE! ver the past couple design challenges inherent in developing a of years, Bay Crossings bridge to span eight miles across the Bay has featured many a led some to believe that building such a dramatic photo of the bridge was unthinkable. construction of the The largest and most expensive bridge daring and iconic new East Span of the of its time, the Bay Bridge faced not just OSan Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge. This natural obstacles, but political hurdles month, we pause from examining the as well. There had been discussion of new East Span’s impressive construction building a bridge between San Francisco progress and look back 75 years to the and Oakland since the 1870s, but opening of the original Bay Bridge on construction did not move forward until November 12, 1936. Then as now, the the Reconstruction Finance Corporation, bridge was considered a feat of engineering, with support from President Herbert financing and political will. Then, as the Hoover, agreed to purchase bonds to be East Span is doing now, the silver bridge repaid later with bridge tolls. added sparkle to the region’s skyline, and The bridge design needed to break made a profound impact on the region’s the mold. The result was a unique bridge economy and commute patterns. that combined the best elements of The opening of the original Bay Bridge several different designs. The West Span, in the midst of the Great Depression was made up of two suspension bridges, marked with a gala celebration that lasted allowed easy passage for the Navy and five days and nights. The activities marking merchant ships sailing to and from San the 75th anniversary will be considerably Francisco. While a suspension bridge was more modest by comparison — and more appropriate for spanning the deep waters virtual than physical — but will be imbued near San Francisco, it was not practical with a dignity and elegance fitting for the for spanning the shallow mudflats near venerable workhorse bridge (see box). Oakland. Nor was it feasible to build © Moulin Studios a suspension bridge to span the entire The Bridge Begins distance between the two cities. While ferries had long carried people The original East Span of the Bay across the Bay’s often choppy waters, by Bridge therefore features a truss-cantilever 1936, automobiles were the future of design, with pilings reaching hundreds of transportation. As expected, as soon as the feet under the Bay to anchor the bridge. San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge was Connecting the East and West Spans at built, it immediately became the favorite Yerba Buena Island is the world’s largest- way to travel between San Francisco and diameter bore tunnel, which is 76 feet the East Bay. wide and as tall as a four-story building. Cynics believed that the bridge would At the time, the West Span’s center be impossible to build due to the potential anchorage was taller than any building impact of turbulent waters and gusty in San Francisco. winds. Engineers had assumed that the The bridge was constructed in five area’s high winds posed a greater threat phases: first the East Span, followed by the than earthquakes, despite the bridge’s tunnel through Yerba Buena Island, and proximity to two major fault lines. then the West Span. This was followed by © Moulin Studios The varying soils and water depths, the the Interstate-80 West approach and on- inaccessibility to bedrock, and the unique and off-ramps, and finally, the Transbay 14 November 2011 www.baycrossings.com COVER STORY

Terminal in San Francisco. The terminal housed the control center for the four railroad lines along the bridge’s lower deck. It took three years and $77 million to build the original bridge and Transbay Terminal. In its first year, the bridge served nine million vehicles, far exceeding expectations. Today’s volume is over 102 million vehicles per year. In 1958, the bridge’s lower deck ceased carrying trains and by 1962 the bridge was reconfigured into its current configuration, with both upper and lower decks open only to vehicular traffic. Though she may be three-quarters of a century old, the Bay Bridge is still going strong, with a seismic retrofit of the western suspension half linking San Francisco and Yerba Buena Island completed in 2004. When the new eastern half opens in 2013, the entire eight-mile bridge will be able to handle the ground motions from a 1,500- year seismic event and function as a “lifeline” © Moulin Studios route in the event of the Big One.

Stories by Brenda Kahn with historical information from BayBridgeInfo.org.

Words from the Past: Bay Bridge 1936 Gala Program A Year’s Worth of Celebratory Events Following is an excerpt from the program for brawn that went into this vast undertaking. and Exhibits the gala multiday celebration surrounding It is more than a tribute to the engineering the opening of the Bay Bridge: wonder of this decade. We celebrate a altrans and its partners — the Bay Area Toll Authority and the California “San Francisco Bay is bridged! Traffic flows monument to the indomitable and undying Transportation Commission — are deeming November 2011 to over a great ribbon of steel and concrete eight spirit of the West. November 2012 “The Year of the Bay Bridge.”And they are cooking up and one-quarter miles long! That which has “The days from November 11th to 15th C a year’s worth of activities to mark the bridge’s 75th year, starting with a media been envisioned for five decades has become a are gala ones for San Francisco. Into them event in early November where the 1936 bridge opening will be celebrated reality. Work was started on this vast project are crowded all the glamor and all the joyful anew. In conjunction with the media event, the agencies plan to unveil a new a little more than three years ago. anticipation of what the bridge will mean outdoor interpretive exhibit that will tell the story of the new East Span. The “San Francisco celebrates! The rejoicing to the future – a future well-founded on a exhibit will stand on Treasure Island, directly opposite the East Span, giving is more than a tribute to the brains and brilliant past.” viewers a window onto the dramatic and final phases of construction of the new East Span. The display will feature QR (quick response) codes that will enable viewers to link to online information via their smart phones. The agencies have also developed an online timeline tracking the history of the Bay Bridge from inception to current day, amplifying the story with short videos and historic photos. Also being unveiled in November is a new Facebook page where residents can post their memories of the Bay Bridge, and meet up with other bridge fans. Outside groups are likewise working on projects to commemorate the bridge’s 75th anniversary. For starters, a pair of local artists have collaborated on “Approach, Transition, Touchdown: The San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge Project,” which is running at San Francisco’s Electric Works gallery through November 23 (130 8th Street, SF, sfelectricworks.com). The show consists of a series of prints and drawings focusing on the historic and current construction of the Bay Bridge. Also under discussion is The Bay Lights project, in which the West Span of the Bay Bridge would become a canvas for a dynamic light installation. Go to BayBridgeInfo.org to link to the memory Facebook page, the historical timeline and planned 75th anniversary events. © Moulin Studios

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Local Organic Food Purveyor Hopes to Shake Up Waste Disposal

By Bill Picture to rethink his relationships with food and the environment. “I didn’t know anything ast month, organic about organic food when I moved food entrepreneur here,” he said. “Then I started J a s o n M a h o n reading a lot about it, and how became director of it’s better for you and better for Alameda County’s the environment. First my diet Source Reduction and Recycling changed. Then everything started LBoard, bringing with him the to change.” drive and problem- I n 2 0 0 1 , solving savvy needed Mahon and two of to put Alameda his friends started County head and Premier Organics, shoulders above its which offered a trashier neighbors. modest variety of Going by the raw foods. The name StopWaste. company’s focus org and including a has since narrowed few mayors and city t o o r g a n i c , council members, nothing-added nut Mahon believes a lot of recyclable material could be kept out of landfills if the county made it mandatory for environmentalists butters, which it apartment buildings and office buildings to recycle. He also wants the county to keep a closer eye on private garbage Jason Mahon was recently companies, and would like to see money invested in sorting facilities to give collected garbage a thorough going- and waste reduction/ appointed director of the manufactures in through to look for recyclable material so it doesn’t end up in a landfill. diversion experts, Alameda County Source small, handcrafted t h e b o a rd h a s Reduction and Recycling batches at its facility Board, AKA StopWaste.org. created programs in east Oakland into developing biodegradable cut and thrown away. When the bound waste by using the reusable to promote source and distributes to packaging materials. time comes to move the pallet wrap he’d found. reduction, recycling and the retailers all over the country But it was while researching again, it’s rewrapped in new film. “And no one was interested,” development and procurement of and on the web. Last year, the how Premier Organics’ products “Think about every product he said. “They wouldn’t even eco-friendly products to replace company reported $7 million in are shipped that Mahon happened that gets shipped on a pallet,” he return my calls. Even with green traditional landfill-bound ones. revenue. upon one of the biggest ways that said. “That’s a lot of plastic film companies, it’s really hard to get “ We have to change manufacturers can curb waste. getting put in the trash.” Mahon them to change how they do behaviors,” said Mahon, a Thinking ever-greener Mahon learned that, in order for was sure there must be a better things.” 32-year-old Ohio native who “I was really happy with what a pallet of product to be moved way, so he set out to find a greener Mahon eventually applied moved to the Bay Area in we were doing but I thought, safely (and easily), it must be pallet wrap. That search led him to for grant money from StopWaste. 1999 to be a part of the high- ‘Why stop there?’” he said. “So wrapped tightly. Typically, a plastic an organic food broker in Canada, org to pay for the reusable wraps. tech industry. “We have to do I started really looking at how film similar to Saran Wrap is used. who’d developed a reusable wrap He got enough to cover Premier whatever it takes to get people things were done, and I saw how The problem is that a pallet will years earlier. Organics’ needs, along with extras and companies to change the much waste was being created. I be broken open numerous times Sure his wasn’t the only that he’s given to other local way that they do things, to be thought, ‘If we really want to be a during the course of the shipping company that would recognize companies to try, in the hopes greener. And that isn’t easy.” natural company, we need to do process, both for inspections and the value of the reusable wrap, they’ll make the switch too. Mahon said that recycling something about this.’” so that its contents can be divided Mahon got in touch with other wasn’t a priority back in Ohio, Mahon’s first order of business to fulfill numerous orders. Because companies, including so-called Taking on the county but says it didn’t take long for was redesigning the company’s the plastic film used can’t be green companies like Whole Back in the early days of Premier the Bay Area to gets its crunchy packaging to minimize waste. unwrapped, whenever the pallet Foods, to let them know that they Organics, Mahon led landfill claws into him and inspire him That, in turn, led him to looking must be broken open, the film is could eliminate a lot of landfill- tours for new employees, to share

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his passion for waste reduction. It was during we need to be concerned with where it ends one of those tours that he learned that garbage up. It’s our trash. We need to make sure it’s isn’t sorted in Alameda County the way it handled properly.” is in other counties. Thus, if recyclable or Mahon believes his appointment to compostable materials mistakenly end up in StopWaste.org’s board will afford him the the wrong bin, they end up in a landfill. leverage he needs to really affect change. “I wanted to know why that is,” he said. No longer just a squeaky wheel at meetings, “So I started doing some digging.” he’ll now have the ear of local agencies and After reviewing garbage company elected officials with the power to make contracts and reading through thousands things happen. of pages of records, Mahon came to the And his first order of business is putting conclusion that post-collection sorting is pressure on the county to make recycling rare in municipalities that contract waste mandatory for commercial businesses and management to a private third party. The multi-occupant buildings, which includes reason, he said, is that sorting costs money. apartment buildings and commercial Most garbage companies own their own buildings. landfills, so it’s cheaper for them to dispose “I want these gaps closing,” he said. “And I of garbage there without giving it a costly, want to see some accountability, because there Manufacturers typically wrap pallets in plastic (as shown) to make them easier and safer to second going-through. isn’t any now. I want to see accountability in move. In order to inspect the product or remove units, the film has to be cut off and thrown “The bottom line is, we need to insist auditing and contract management of solid away because it’s not reusable. Then the pallet has to be rewrapped before it’s moved again. on more local control over waste sorting,” he waste. I’ve done my homework, and I know Jason Mahon has been trying for the last few years to convince companies to decrease waste by using a reusable wrap made by a firm he found in Canada. said. “We’re the ones generating the waste, so that’s what needs to happen.”

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ast month, San Francisco birdwatching. We need to do what we can result in exhaustion, injury or death for of American Bird Conservancy’s Bird Mayor Edwin Lee signed into to protect them,” said Eric Mar, the San millions every year. The guidelines will Collisions Campaign. law new standards for bird- Francisco Board of Supervisors member reduce unnecessary interior and exterior “Bird deaths from building strikes, safe buildings. The signing who sponsored the legislation. lighting during the bird migratory seasons, one of the main causes of bird mortality in followed the unanimous Reduction of bird strikes with new reducing risks to birds. the United States, can often be prevented approval of the bill by the San Francisco buildings can be achieved with simple Bird-safe measures often have other with reasonable, affordable measures such LBoard of Supervisors in September. The and cost-effective means. For example, benefits for building owners and operators. as those described in these standards. The standards, which made national news, fritting—the placement of ceramic lines For example, fritting reduces heat gain City of San Francisco’s Standards for Bird will greatly reduce bird deaths and injuries or dots on glass—is often already used to through windows and decreases cooling Safe Buildings constitutes a huge step resulting from collisions with buildings reduce air conditioning costs by lowering costs. Turning off unnecessary lights can forward in mitigating this problem in the in the city—by requiring safer windows, heat gain in windows. If fritting is applied save owners and operators thousands of Bay Area,” said Mark Welther, Executive night lighting, and the construction of in particular patterns, it increases the dollars a year while greatly reducing risks Director of Golden Gate Audubon. wind turbines in the urban environment. visibility of the window to birds and to birds. “There are a number of buildings in San “Protecting and helping birds is not reduces the likelihood of impacts, while “Mayor Lee and the San Francisco Francisco, such as the San Francisco Federal only the right thing to do, it is also good still permitting people to see out clearly Board of Supervisors are showing national Building and the De Young Museum, for the economy and the future of our from the inside of the building. leadership on this critical wildlife issue. that are, albeit unintentionally, already environment. Birds are invaluable as The guidelines also address the effects Up to one billion birds die each year bird-friendly. Where new construction is controllers of crop insect pests, pollinators of light pollution, which can confound in building collisions nationwide. San concerned, the bird-friendly options need of plants and seed distributors; they also birds’ ability to navigate by the stars Francisco is acting responsibly by helping not be more expensive, since bird-safe generate tremendous economic revenues during migration. Lighted buildings and to reduce those preventable deaths,” materials and designs can be incorporated through the pastimes of bird feeding and towers can draw birds off course and said Dr. Christine Sheppard, manager from the beginning,” Sheppard said.

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GET THERE IN STYLE! Take the Golden Gate HOLIDAY FERRY BUS Larkspur Ferry VETERANS DAY Regular Regular Ferry departs AT&T Park 30 minutes after game ends. to Cal football games Friday, November 11, 2011 played at AT&T Park! THANKSGIVING DAY No Service Holiday Thursday, November 24, 2011

FERRY TICKET PRICES FRIDAY AFTER THANKSGIVING Larkspur – Regular $8.75 each way Friday, November 25, 2011 Expanded Service Sausalito – Holiday

CHRISTMAS DAY No Service Holiday GAME DATE OPPONENT Sunday, December 25, 2011

Saturday, November 5 Washington State DAY AFTER CHRISTMAS Regular Holiday Monday, December 26, 2011

Saturday, November 12 Oregon State NEW YEAR’S DAY No Service Holiday Sunday, January 1, 2012 Ferry departs AT&T Park 30 minutes after game ends. Arrive at the Larkspur Ferry Terminal at least 30 minutes prior to ferry departure to purchase your tickets. Capacity is limited and service is first-come, first served.

For more information, visit www.goldengate.org.

18 November 2011 www.baycrossings.com Bay Crossings Cal Bears and TG Shopper 111011-2/ Magazines/Ads/GRFX CULTURAL CURRENTS Vallejo ~ San Francisco San Francisco Symphony Celebrates BBaayyllininkk FFeerrrryy Centennial, Performs Verdi Masterpiece

By Paul Duclos on the waterfront next year as America’s Cup moves in to expand its footprint at ou usually need to go to the Piers 27 and 29. Until then San Francisco Opera House though, there’s plenty of to hear soprano Sondra time to catch their current Radvanovsky and mezzo- offering, “On the Air.” soprano Dolora Zajick hold This is a walk through SAVE MONEY forth with Verdian passion, but in late the past featuring comedy, RIDE TRANSIT OctoberY audiences at Davies Symphony cirque, and the Blues. Hall had the rare pleasure of hearing these Jeff Hoyle—a local talent two together in the composer’s rarely who has gone on to win performed Requiem. international fame as an Photo courtesy of Teatro ZinZanni Opera goers will recall with fondness actor and comedian—joins Teatro ZinZanni will be moving from its current waterfront location at Pier 29 along the Embarcadero to make way for Radvanovsky’s superb singing in Verdi’s blues singer Duffy Bishop America’s Cup facilities at Piers 27 and 29. Il Tavatore a couple of years ago, and the in this rollicking narrative diva again filled Davies with the same of a radio station on the powerful vocal shadings and resonance. ropes. The Teatro ZinZanni Orchestra 3 from 6:30 to 9 p.m., adjacent to the Conductor James Conlon and Ragnar will be at full strength, along with the Presidio Golf Course. The evening will Shuttle Service to Six Flags Bohlin’s Symphony Chorus are also to be company’s acrobatic ensemble. feature a presentation by Danny Sink, celebrated for making these performances The group’s final performance will the USGA Championship director Discovery Kingdom a huge commercial and artistic success. be on New Year’s Eve at the storied responsible for coordinating local/on-site Before pushing off for the next SFS Spiegeltent. According to Norm Langill, arrangements for the 2012 U.S. Open. concert, Bay Crossings readers may wish president and artistic director, a new Danny’s presentation will include a enjoy this engaging read on the ferry: home will be found and announced in history of U.S. Open tournaments at the Music for a City, Music for the World: 100 the coming months. love.zinzanni.org Olympic Club and a preview of what it Years with the San Francisco Symphony. takes to produce the upcoming contest. When the San Francisco Symphony The event will include a no-host presented its first concert just five years U.S. Open Night at the Presidio bar and appetizers. Reservations for the after the 1906 earthquake, its founders Golf Club event can be made by calling (415) 379- intended it to revitalize Bay Area cultural 2520. Admission is $20 in advance or Walk to the Empress Theatre life. Little did they know what they’d Bay Crossings readers have been given a $25 at the door. Proceeds for the event started. In Music for a City, Music for the glimpse of the inner workings of America’s will support the USF Golf program. The in Downtown Vallejo World, Larry Rothe tells the story of the Cup preparations over the past several club is located at 8 Presidio Terrace, just www.EmpressTheatre.org people behind the scenes in an orchestra’s months, and we will continue to keep across the parking lot from the Presidio century-long journey through hard times you up to date as the event approaches. Golf Course. and good times. Published to celebrate Meanwhile, let’s not lose sight of the fact In addition to the U.S. Open the San Francisco Symphony’s 100th that another major sporting contest will presentation, the club’s special guest, anniversary, this comprehensive history, take place at water’s edge next year: the Lawson Little III, will show up for a filled with hundreds of archival photos U.S. Open Golf Tournament, coming in ribbon cutting and dedication of the and images, gives readers a glimpse into June to the Olympic Club. Lawson Little Lounge, which honors the inner workings of one of the world’s OK, so it’s not as immediately his father, a former PGC member and foremost orchestras, and in doing so accessible to ferry traffic, but nonetheless, professional golfer. Lawson Little Jr. it illuminates the cultural life of a city. it does take place near Lake Merced, was the only golfer to win the British www.sfsymphony.org the Pacific Ocean, and even a few water Amateur and U.S. Amateur event for two hazards. A short cross-city commute is all consecutive years before going on to win New Venue to be Announced for that is needed to participate in a preview the 1940 U.S. Open as a professional. Fabled ZinZanni of this highly anticipated show. PGC honorary member and host of The Presidio Golf Club—the city’s “Hooked on Golf” John Abendroth will Teatro ZinZanni, that crazed and beloved oldest, and most revered—will host U.S. serve as emcee for the evening’s festivities. cabaret/cirque, will be relocating its home Open Night on Thursday, November www.presidiogolfclub.com www.baylinkferry.com

www.baycrossings.com November 2011 19 WATERFRONT ACTIVITIES

Every 2:30PM – 4:30PM - Introduction to Sailing Course - OCSC Sailing, Berkeley, 510-843-4200, www.ocscsailing.com Saturday This 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.

November 5 9AM – 12PM & 1PM – 4PM – Girl Scouts “In the Wind” Sail - Call of the Sea, Sausalito, 415-331-3214, www.callofthesea.org Learn the ways of the Bay by sailing on the beautiful tall ship Seaward. Become part of the crew as you set sails, steer, and navigate under the guidance of Seaward’s professional captain and crew! You’ll also participate in learning stations to build your knowledge of Bay ecology. Learn how to serve San Francisco Bay by directly experiencing it! Earn our council’s own award: Girl Scouts Save the Bay’s “In the Wind” badge or interest project patch. Cost is $35 for scouts and chaperones. To register, visit www.callofthesea.org and click on “Public Sails.”

November 5 3PM – 6PM - Open House! - Club Nautique Sailing School & Charters, Sausalito, 415-332-8001, www.clubnautique.net Come check out our new Sausalito location. Share a glass of vino and a laugh. Learn about our award winning sailing school and check out our beautiful fleet. All are welcome. This is a Free event.

November Captain OUPV (6-Pack/100GT) Maritime Institute, Club Nautique Alameda, 888-262-8020, www.maritimeInstitute.com 7-18 Why settle for just an OUPV license when our USCG approved Captain’s course meets the requirement for not only the OUPV/6-PACK License; but also - OUPV up to 100 GT - Master or Mate Near Coastal less than 100 GT - Master or Mate Inland less than 100 GT. Call for details!

November 11 9AM – 12PM & 1PM - 4PM – Girl Scouts “In the Wind” Sail - Call of the Sea, Sausalito, 415-331-3214, www.callofthesea.org Learn the ways of the Bay by sailing on the beautiful tall ship Seaward. Become part of the crew as you set sails, steer, and navigate under the guidance of Seaward’s professional captain and crew! You’ll also participate in learning stations to build your knowledge of Bay ecology. Learn how to serve San Francisco Bay by directly experiencing it! Earn our council’s own award: Girl Scouts Save the Bay’s “In the Wind” badge or interest project patch. Cost is $35 for scouts and chaperones. To register, visit www.callofthesea.org and click on “Public Sails”.

November 12 9AM – 5PM - Big Boat Motoring Clinic - Club Nautique Sailing School & Charters, Alameda, 510-865-4700, www.clubnautique.net Learn to use all aspects of tide, current, wind & propwalk to your advantage and become a pro at maneuvering larger boats. Cost: Members $244/Non Members $325. Please call to reserve space.

November 12 9:30AM – 12PM - Stand up Paddle Boarding, Outback Adventures, Larkspur, 415-461-2222, www.outbackadventures.com Come join Outback Adventures and learn why Stand Up Paddle Boarding is one of the fastest growing paddle sports in the industry. Learn paddle technique and get an opportunity to try many different kinds of board we will practice the skills in the protected waters of the Corte Madera Creek, no experience necessary. Cost is $60 per person.

November 12 9:30AM – 12:30 PM - Family Adventure Sail - Call of the Sea, Sausalito, 415-331-3214, www.callofthesea.org Help the crew raise the sails and steer the boat, or just sit back and enjoy the view! Morning winds are typically light so we often get to sail under the Golden Gate Bridge. This sail will include optional learning stations in San Francisco Bay ecology and seamanship. It’s a great sail for families, though all are welcome! Cost is $45 for adults, $25 for youth 6-12, and children under 6 are free. To register, visit www.callofthesea.org and click on “Public Sails.”

November 16 6PM – 8PM - Moonlight Sail! Plus Women’s Only Boat – OCSC Sailing, Berkeley, 510-843-4200, www.ocscsailing.com This two-hour skippered charter is a great way to break up a long week. We’ll be sailing from 6 to 8 pm and follow that with a chili and chowder social. Don’t miss this great opportunity for a mid-week break! Cost is $40.

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November 19 10AM - 2PM - Bay Cruising Destination Workshop - Club Nautique Sailing School & Charters, Alameda, 510-865-4700, www.clubnautique.net Learn about all the great places to go on the Bay from people who have “been there done that.” Restaurants, golf courses and anchorages, we’ve got you covered. Cost: Members $56/Non Members $75. Please call to reserve space.

November 19 3:15PM – 5:45PM - Sunset Paddle, Outback Adventures, Larkspur, 415-461-2222, www.outbackadventures.com Navigating your kayak by starlight is a mystical experience you won’t soon forget. This unique kayak tour allows for a grand view of the sun setting behind Mt Tam. We will paddle leisurely while admiring the sunset reflecting off the water’s surface.

November 19 4PM – 6PM - Monthly FREE BBQ – OCSC Sailing, Berkeley, 510-843-4200, www.ocscsailing.com Come sail with us on an Introduction to sailing outing and then partake in our monthly Saturday BBQ. Take a tour of our school, meet club members and make new friends!

November 20 9AM – 2PM - Tomales Bay tour, Outback Adventures, Larkspur, 415-461-2222, www.outbackadventures.com Come experience on of the premier paddling destinations in California on this guided kayak tour! Wildlife abounds in this spectacular setting, one of the largest protected bays and coastal area in California. Half way through our paddling tour we will stop on a secluded beach only accessible by small water craft and eat lunch.

November 20 9:30am – 12:00am - Stand up Paddle Boarding, Outback Adventures, Larkspur, 415-461-2222, www.outbackadventures.com Come join Outback Adventures and learn why Stand Up Paddle Boarding is one of the fastest growing paddle sports in the industry. Learn paddle technique and get an opportunity to try many different kinds of board we will practice the skills in the protected waters of the Corte Madera Creek, no experience necessary. ($60 per person 2.5 hrs class)

November 26 7PM – 9PM - Knot Tying Seminar - OCSC Sailing, Berkeley, 510-843-4200, www.ocscsailing.com This course is designed to be a supplement to the basic knot tying skills that are taught in the Basic Keelboat and Crew Courses. It will give you the opportunity to become comfortable with the many knots that are utilized for sailing and allow you the chance to have all your knot-related questions answered. $25 retail, free to members.

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www.baycrossings.com November 2011 21 MARINE CONSERVATION

Conservation Groups Win New Protections for California’s Sea Turtles

By Teri Shore November 15 plans to designate more than 70,600 square miles of ocean as protected critical habitat for these sea ust outside the Golden Gate, turtles along the California, Oregon critically endangered Pacific and Washington coasts. Doing so will leatherback sea turtles are now establish the first and largest protected gorging themselves on jellyfish. areas for sea turtles ever designated in JThese mysterious ocean dwellers continental U.S. ocean waters under the swim 6,000 miles across the Pacific from Endangered Species Act. Photo by Deasey Lontoh distant nesting beaches in Indonesia to “Few people know about the The endangered Pacific leatherback sea turtle swims 6,000 miles across the pacific from distant feed here during summer and fall. More leatherbacks along our coast,” said nesting beaches in Indonesia to feed off the west coast of the United States during summer and fall. than 20 sightings have been recorded by Todd Steiner, executive director at sailors and whale watchers along the West Seaturtles.org, the Marin-based marine Coast this year. conservation group that won the new movement of these giant reptiles across to protect key migratory and foraging Because of the importance of these leatherback habitat protections. “In fact, the Pacific.” habitat for these ancient turtles filed coastal feeding areas to the rare marine it’s only been in the last decade that The largest of all sea turtles, by SeaTurtles.org, the Center for species, the federal government on sea turtle biologists began tracking the leatherbacks can grow to be nine feet Biological Diversity in San Francisco, long and weigh as much as 1,200 pounds. and Washington D.C.-based Oceana. They are unique among sea turtles because After numerous delays and lawsuits, their backs are covered in leathery ridges the National Marine Fisheries Service instead of hard shells. Their 12,000- agreed to make it final on November SUPPORT THE BAY. mile round-trip journey from nesting 15. However, conservationists are now beaches to our coast is the longest known concerned that the Obama administration migration of any living marine reptile. will seek further delay in these urgently While foraging along the California coast, needed protections. A similar last-minute they eat 20 percent to 30 percent of their delay halted new endangered protections body weight per day—as many as 50 large for loggerhead sea turtles on the Atlantic brown nettle jellyfish. coast. Instead, it seems a Congressional During their journey, leatherbacks letter prompted by seafood lobbyists run a gauntlet of threats across the Pacific, trumped the Endangered Species Act. including capture in commercial fishing “Protecting the cool, nutrient-rich gear—particularly swordfish fisheries feeding grounds off the West Coast, and that use longlines and gillnet—ingestion the pathways that lead to them, is crucial of plastics, poaching, global warming to ensuring leatherbacks’ survival,” said and ocean acidification. Protection of Catherine Kilduff, an attorney with the their foraging habitats and migratory Center for Biological Diversity in San Support San Francisco Baykeeper. corridors is essential to the recovery of Francisco, which represented TIRN and this imperiled species. other groups in petitions and legal actions San Francisco Baykeeper is the pollution watchdog for San Francisco Bay. Pacific leatherback sea turtles have to gain the critical habitat protections. Since 1989, we have been patrolling the Bay for pollution, strengthening declined more than 95 percent since the “The habitat protections will also benefit clean water laws, and holding polluters accountable. Baykeeper is dedicated 1980s; as few as 2,300 adult female western other marine species that depend on to restoring the Bay to a healthy, thriving estuary. Pacific leatherbacks remain. The species healthy Pacific waters—including whales, We rely on the support of people like you who care dates from the time of the dinosaurs, sharks and seabirds.” about the health of the Bay and its wildlife. having survived for 100 million years In a local citizen science program Visit us online at www.baykeeper.org and virtually unchanged; now their kind risks designed to help enhance recovery become a member today. disappearing from the planet. prospects for Pacific leatherbacks, last year The government action to protect SeaTurtles.org launched the Leatherback www.baykeeper.org leatherback habitat along the West Watch Program to engage charter vessels, Coast dates back to a 2007 legal petition recreational sailors, whale watchers and

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movements and habits of the endangered leatherback turtles to 415.773.1188 aide in conservation.” www.blueandgoldfleet.com To learn more about California’s sea turtles, the Leatherback Watch Program and how you can support protection of endangered sea turtles and the ocean, go to www.seaturtles.org or join these upcoming public events: Pacific Sea Turtles and the Great Leatherback Migration, Wednesday, The enchanting nautical experience begins when passengers board November 16 7 p.m. - Blue & Gold Fleet boats that sail on San Francisco Bay. 8:45 p.m. in Sonoma. Blue & Gold Fleet is the largest excursion and commuter Join us for a journey ferry service provider in the Bay Area. into the secret lives of sea turtles from the Sonoma Coast to the Cocos Islands in Costa Rica on Wednesday, The federal government plans to designate more than 70,600 square N o v e m b e r 1 6 , miles of ocean as protected critical habitat along the California, S o n o m a B i r d i n g Oregon and Washington coasts. Nature Lecture Series, Sonoma Veterans marine researchers to compile, record Memorial Building, 126 First St. West, and communicate sightings of Pacific Sonoma CA. 95476. $5 donation at leatherbacks off the West Coast. the door. The Leatherback Watch Program Friday, November 11, 8 p.m. Free recorded over twenty sightings in 2011 event: Cocos Island Marine Preserve: from Point Sur, California up to British a Unique Citizen Science Program for , Canada. Visitors onboard Sea Turtle and Shark Conservation, San Francisco Bay Cruise Adventure An hour long cruise along the with the Blue Ocean Whale Watching Underwater Photographer’s Society, 450 City’s historic waterfront, right past the PIER 39 sea lions, under the Golden Gate Bridge, by Sausalito, past Angel Island and around Alcatraz. in the Monterey Bay National Marine Chadbourne Avenue, Millbrae, CA Sanctuary and the Oceanic Society in the Sausalito & Tiburon A comfortable ride across the San Francisco Bay Gulf of the Farallones National Marine to the two Marin seaside villages of Sausalito and Tiburon to enjoy shopping, Sanctuary have scored the most sightings dining or an easy stroll around town. Teri Shore is Program Director at this summer. Seaturtles.org, an international “Seeing this rare sea turtle was the Angel Island A California State park and wildlife reserve. Angel Island is marine conservation organization both a great picnic destination with hiking, kayak tours, an hour-long fully- highlight of our day and taking part headquartered in California whose narrated TramTour, as well as a historical site dating back to the U.S. Civil War. in the voluntary Leatherback Watch 55,000 members and online Program transformed our lucky sighting activists work to protect sea turtles Vallejo Sail to Vallejo, a waterfront community that includes the city’s into another data point in the ongoing and marine biodiversity in the Heritage District, Vallejo Naval and Historical Museum and family-friendly conservation work of the Sea Turtle United States and around the Six Flags Discovery Kingdom theme park. Restoration Project,” said Captain Larry world. For more information, visit www.seaturtles.org. Alameda & Oakland There’s dining in Jack London Square, the Farmer’s Twomey, calling from his yacht offshore market on Sundays and jazz nightly. of Monterey. The Center for Biological Diversity “The best way to monitor a species is a national, nonprofit conservation is to collaborate with others and create organization with more than 320,000 a network,” said Kate Cummings from members and online activists Blue & Gold Fleet at PIER 39 Blue Ocean Whale Watch based in dedicated to the protection of Moss Landing. “The Leatherback Watch endangered species and wild places. Beach Street & The Embarcadero Program is doing just that—getting the www.biologicaldiversity.org San Francisco public involved to better understand the

www.baycrossings.com November 2011 23 All Bay Area Ferry Schedules in One Place!

Golden Gate Ferry Blue & Gold Ferry LARKSPUR* TIBURON COMMUTE SAUSALITO TIBURON – S.F. Ferry Building FISHERMAN’S WHARF, PIER 41 Weekdays (excluding Holidays) Weekends and Holidays Weekdays Weekdays Depart Arrive S.F. Depart S.F. Arrive Depart Arrive S.F. Depart S.F. Arrive Depart Arrive S.F. Depart S.F. Arrive Depart S.F. Arrive Depart Arrive S.F. Larkspur Ferry Bldg. Ferry Bldg. Larkspur Larkspur Ferry Bldg. Ferry Bldg. Larkspur Tiburon Ferry Bldg. Ferry Bldg. Tiburon Pier 41 Sausalito Sausalito Pier 41 5:50 a.m. 6:20 a.m. 6:25 a.m. 6:55 a.m. 9:40 a.m. 10:30 a.m. ------10:45 a.m. 11:05 a.m. 11:15 a.m. 11:50 a.m. 5:35 a.m. 6:00 a.m. 6:05 a.m. 6:30 a.m. 6:35 7:05 7:10 7:40 11:40 12:30 p.m. 12:40 p.m. 1:30 p.m. 11:55 12:25 p.m. 12:30 p.m. 12:50 p.m. 6:40 7:05 7:10 7:35 7:10 7:40 7:45 8:15 1:40 p.m. 2:30 2:40 3:30 12:55 p.m. 1:10 1:20 2:05 7:50 8:15 8:20 8:40 7:50 8:20 8:30 9:05 3:40 4:30 4:40 5:25 2:10 2:40 2:45 3:20 8:45 9:10 ------8:20 8:50 9:10 9:45 5:30# 7:00 7:15 8:00 ------8:20 * 8:45 * ------4:25 p.m. 4:50 p.m. 9:15 9:50 10:10 10:45 One-way Ferry Fares 4:55 p.m. 5:20 p.m. 5:25 5:50 *Fridays only - Friday North Bay Getaway 10:10 10:45 10:55 11:30 Larkspur Sausalito 5:55 6:20 6:30 6:55 11:10 11:45 11:55 12:30 p.m. 7:05 7:30 7:35 8:00 Weekends and Holidays 12:40 p.m. 1:15 1:25 2:00 Daily Daily Depart S.F. Arrive Depart Arrive S.F. 2:15 2:50 3:00 3:30 * Fridays only - Friday North Bay Getaway Pier 41 Sausalito Sausalito Pier 41 2:50 3:25 3:35 4:05 Adult Cash Fare $8.75 $9.25 3:40 4:15 4:25 4:55 Clipper $5.70 $4.85 TIBURON – Pier 41 9:40 a.m. 10:45 a.m. 10:55 a.m. 11:20 a.m. 4:15 4:45 4:55 5:25 11:35 12:00 p.m. 12:10 p.m. 1:05 p.m. Youth/Senior/Disabled $4.25 $4.50 Weekdays ------5:20 6:05 2:00 2:50 3:00 3:25 5:10 5:45 5:55 6:25 Children 5 and under FREE FREE Depart Arrive Depart Arrive 3:35 4:45 4:55 5:20 5:35 6:10 6:20 6:50 (limit 2 per fare-paying adult) Pier 41 Tiburon Tiburon Pier 41 No service on Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day, 6:35 7:10 7:20 7:50 Children ages 5 and under travel free when accompanied by a 10:45 a.m. 11:25 a.m. 11:30 a.m. 11:50 a.m. full fare paying adult (limit two youth per adult). and New Year’s Day / Weekend Schedule on Presidents Day 7:20 7:55 8:10 8:40 11:55 12:10 p.m. 12:15 p.m. 12:50 p.m. 8:10 8:45 8:50 9:20 12:55 p.m. 1:40 p.m. 1:45 2:05 FARES: One-way Round-trip 8:50 9:25 9:35 10:05 Golden Gate Ferry Fares, Effective July 1, 2011 2:10 2:25 2:30 3:20 Adult $10.50 $21.00 Fares shown are for one-way travel 4:10 4:50 ------Child (5-11) $6.25 $12.50 * Direct ferry service is provided to most Giants games at AT&T Park. Special service is provided to various concerts and the ------8:05 8:30 For the most current schedule, visit Bay to Breakers Race. On weekdays, with the exception of the 5:20pm San Francisco departure which uses a 715 passenger http://www.blueandgoldfleet.com/Ferry/Sausalito/index.cfm Spaulding vessel, all other trips use high-speed catamarans. Weekend service is provided by a 715 passenger Spaulding vessel. ANGEL ISLAND - S.F. # 5:30pm trip is via Sausalito. . * Fridays only - Friday North Bay Getaway Weekdays – Daily Departures Pier 41 SAUSALITO TIBURON Weekends and Holidays Depart Arrive Depart Arrive Weekdays (excluding Holidays) Weekends and Holidays Depart Arrive Depart Arrive Pier 41 Angel Island Angel Island Pier 41 Pier 41 Tiburon Tiburon Pier 41 Depart Arrive S.F. Depart S.F. Arrive Depart Arrive S.F. Depart S.F. Arrive 10:05 am 10:20 am 3:00 pm 3:20 pm Sausalito Ferry Bldg. Ferry Bldg. Sausalito Sausalito Ferry Bldg. Ferry Bldg. Sausalito 9:40 a.m. 10:20 a.m. 10:25 a.m. 11:20 a.m. 11:35 12:30 p.m. 12:40 p.m. 1:05 p.m. Weekends & Holidays Pier 41 7:10 a.m. 7:35 a.m. 7:40 a.m. 8:10 a.m. ------10:40 a.m. 11:10 a.m. 2:00 p.m. 2:25 p.m. 2:35 3:25 8:20 8:45 10:15 10:45 11:20 a.m. 11:50 a.m. 12:00 p.m. 12:30 p.m. 3:35 4:25 4:35 5:20 Depart Arrive Depart Arrive 10:55 11:25 11:35 12:05 p.m. 12:45 p.m. 1:15 p.m. 1:25 1:55 Pier 41 Angel Island Angel Island Pier 41 12:15 p.m. 12:45 p.m. 12:55 p.m. 1:25 2:10 2:40 2:50 3:20 9:40 am 10:05 am 10:10 am 11:20 am 1:55 2:25 2:35 3:05 3:50 4:20 4:45 5:15 ------4:10 pm 5:20 pm 3:20 3:50 4:00 4:30 5:35 6:05 6:30 7:00 FARES: One-way Round trip 4:45 5:15 5:30 6:00 6:30 7:00 ------6:10 6:35 6:45 7:10 Adult $10.50 $21.00 ANGEL ISLAND PRICES (Round-trip) 7:20 7:50 7:55 8:20 Child (5-11) $6.25 $12.50 FARES S.F. Pier 41 Alameda/ Vallejo* 20 Ticket Commute Book $140.00 (Mon. - Fri.) Ferry Bldg* Oakland* Contact Information For the Golden Gate Ferry website, visit: http://goldengateferry.org/ ALAMEDA/OAKLAND - WEEKENDS ONLY Adult $17.00 $14.50 $30.50* Toll free 511 or 711 (TDD) Comments and questions can be submitted at http://ferrycomments.goldengate.org/ Child $9.50 (age6-12) $8.50 (age 5-12) $21.00 (ages 6-12) Depart Depart Arrive Depart Arrive Arrive Holiday service is in effect on Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, Presidents No ferry service on New Year’s Day, Child Free (5 & under) Free (4 & under) Free (5 & under) Oakland Alameda Angel Angel Alameda Oakland Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, and the day after Thanksgiving Day, and Christmas Day. * All prices include State Park Fees / Weekend Schedule on Memorial Island Island Thanksgiving Day (Sausalito). The Larkspur line operates on a Modified Day (May 25) / Independence Day (July 4) and Labor Day (Sept 7) Holiday Schedule on the day after Thanksgiving Day. 9:00am* 9:10am* 10:10am 3:10pm 3:45pm* 3:55pm VALLEJO/ANGEL ISLAND - Weekends Only Depart Arrive Depart Arrive Angel Island Ferry Vallejo Angel Island Angel Island Vallejo TIBURON – ANGEL ISLAND Bay Area Ferry Terminal Locations 8:30 am * 10:10 am 3:20 pm 5:40 pm ------4:40 pm 9:45 pm Weekdays (November – December) * Requires transfer at Pier 41 to 9:40am AI Ferry. Ferry service by advance reservation for groups of 25 or Alameda Ferry Terminal Return ferries transfer at Pier 41 onto Vallejo Baylink. more. Call (415) 435-2131 to find out if you can “piggyback” 2990 Main St. in Alameda with groups BAY CRUISE Weekends (November – December) Harbor Bay Ferry Terminal Depart Pier 39 10:00 a.m. 11:00 1:00 p.m. 3:00 2 MeCartney Drive in Alameda Weekdays Weekends and Holidays Returning 10:20 a.m., 11:20 1:20 p.m. 3:30 (*Limit one 10:45 am 2:30 FARES: Round Trip 11:45 a.m. Adult (13 and over) $13.50 free child, Larkspur Landing Ferry Terminal 12:00 p.m. 3:15 1:00 p.m. Child (6 - 12) $11.50 ages 2 1:15 4:30 101 E. Sir Francis Drake Blvd., just east of U.S. Highway 101 in Larkspur, CA 2:45 Children (3 - 5) $3.50 and under, 4:00 2:00 - - - Toddlers (ages 2 and under) Free* per paying Oakland Ferry Terminal Bicycles $1.00 adult.) For the most current schedule and other information, visit 530 Water St @ Jack London Square in Oakland For the most current schedule, visit www.blueandgoldfleet.com http://www.angelislandferry.com/ Bay Cruise does not operate during inclement weather. Schedule Subject to change w/o notice Sausalito Ferry Terminal Additional cruises may be added on demand. Check Humbolt St. & Anchor Ave. in downtown Sausalito with ticket booth on day of sailing for schedule. No reserved seating available. Red & White Tiburon Ferry Terminal FARES: All prices include audio tour. BAY CRUISE Pier 43½ Behind Guaymus Restaurant & the Intersection of Monday through Sunday FARES: Tiburon Blvd. & Main St. in Tiburon Adult $25.00 Junior (12-18) $21.00 Adult (18+) $24.00 Senior (62+) $21.00 Child (5-11) $17.00 10:00 a.m. 1:45 p.m. Youth (5-17) $16.00 10:45 2:30 Child (under 5)Free Vallejo Ferry Terminal Discount fares available at 11:15 3:00 Family Pass $69.00 289 Mare Island Way in Vallejo http://www.blueandgoldfleet.com/Sightseeing/Boat/ 12:00 p.m. 3:45 (2 Adult + 4 Youth) baycruise.cfm 1:15 4:15 * * Weekends Only Sponsored by

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Larkspur ALAMEDA/OAKLAND ALAMEDA/OAKLAND Weekdays to San Francisco Weekends and Holidays to San Francisco Richmond Depart Depart Arrive S.F. Arrive S.F. Depart Depart Arrive S.F. Arrive S.F. Oakland Alameda Ferry Bldg. Pier 41 Oakland Alameda Ferry Bldg. Pier 41 Tiburon 6:00 a.m. 6:10 a.m. 6:30 a.m. ----- Sausalito Angel Island 10:00 10:10 10:30 a.m. 10:45 7:05 7:15 7:35 ----- 11:30 p.m. 11:20 pm * 12:00 pm 12:15 p.m. 8:10 8:20 8:40 ----- Pacific Alcatraz Berkeley 1:45 1:30 * 2:20 2:35 Ocean 9:15 9:25 9:45 10:00 a.m. 4:15 4:05 * 4:45 4:55 11:00 10:50* 11:30 11:45 5:45 5:35 * - - - 6:20 Oakland 12:45 p.m.^ 12:35 p.m.* 1:15 p.m. 1:30 p.m. 7:10 7:00 * - - - 8:05 San Francisco 2:30 2:20*^ 3:00 3:10 Alameda 4:40 4:30*^ 5:10 ----- 5:50 5:40*^ 6:15 ----- Weekends and Holidays from San Francisco Harbor 6:20 6:10* ----- 7:00 San Bay Isle 6:55^ 6:45*^ 7:20 ----- Depart S.F. Depart S.F. Arrive Arrive Francisco Pier 41 Ferry Bldg. Alameda Oakland 7:55^ 7:45* 8:20 ----- Bay N 8:55^ 8:45* ----- 9:25 9:15 9:25 10:10 9:55 Weekdays from San Francisco 10:50 - - - 11:20 p.m. 11:30 p.m. Depart S.F. Depart S.F. Arrive Arrive 1:00 p.m. 1:10 p.m. 1:30 1:45 Pier 41 Ferry Bldg. Alameda Oakland 3:30 3:45 4:05 4:15 5:00 5:15 5:35 5:45 ----- 6:30 a.m.# 7:15 a.m. 7:05 a.m. 6:30 6:40 7:00 7:10 ----- 7:35# 8:20 8:10 ----- 8:40# 9:25 9:15 Baylink Ferry 10:15 a.m. 10:30 10:50^ 11:00^ VALLEJO 12:00 p.m. 12:15 p.m. 12:35 p.m.^ 12:45 p.m.^ No ferry service on Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day, New 1:45 2:00 2:20^ 2:30^ Year’s Day, and Presidents Day. Regular weekday service on Martin Luther King Jr. Day VALLEJO – SAN FRANCISCO 3:45 4:10 4:30^ 4:40^ Weekdays ----- 5:20 5:40 5:50 FARES: One Round 10 Ticket 20 Ticket Monthly 5:20 5:45 6:10 6:20 Way Trip Book Book Pass Depart Vallejo Depart S.F. Depart Pier 41 ----- 6:25 6:45 6:55 to S.F Ferry Ferry Bldg. Fisherman’s Wharf Adult (13+) $6.25 $12.50 $50.00 $90.00 $170.00 ----- 7:25 7:45 07:55 Junior (5-12) $3.50 $7.00 Building to Vallejo to Vallejo ----- 8:25 8:45 08:55 PURCHASE TICKETS Child under 5* FREE FREE ONBOARD THE FERRY 5:30 a.m. 6:35 a.m. ----- * To S.F. via Oakland # To Alameda via Oakland Senior (65+)* $3.10 $6.20 or at the Regional Transit 6:30 7:35 -----  ^ Departs immediately after loading Disabled Persons* $3.10 $6.20 Connection (RTC) at participating 7:00 8:30 ------Bay Area businesses. Please call For the most current schedule, visit http://www. Active Military $5.00 $10.00 the 24-hour Ferry Fone at 7:45 8:55 ------eastbayferry.com/ School groups $2.00 $4.00 (510) 522-3300 to confirm times. 10:00 11:20 11:45 a.m. Short Hop 3 $1.50 n/a 2:00 p.m. 3:30 3:10 p.m. Seniors must show valid I.D., Regional 3:00 4:30 ----- Schedule information collected from Transit Connection Discount or Medicare Card. Disabled Persons must show http://www.eastbayferry.com a Regional Transit Connection Discount Card. Children under 5 ride free 4:00 5:15 ----- when accompanied by an adult. Active Military Personnel must show military 4:45 6:00 ----- I.D. Fares subject to change. All times are estimates. 5:45 7:15 6:55 Weekends & Holidays (May - Oct) Harbor Bay Ferry (EAST END OF ALAMEDA/S.F.) FARES: 10:00 a.m. 11:10 a.m 11:30 a.m Depart Arrive Depart Arrive 1:00 p.m. 2:30 p.m. 2:10 p.m. Harbor Bay S.F. Ferry S.F. Ferry Harbor Bay Alameda Harbor Bay Ferry passengers can purchase Ferry 5:15 7:00 6:30 p.m. Island Bldg. Bldg. Island tickets, passes and books on board the ferries. Alameda Harbor Bay Ferry accepts cash, checks, Visa, Mastercard 6:30 a.m. 6:55 a.m. 7:00 a.m. 7:25 a.m. FARES: One-way and Commuter Checks as payment for ferry tickets. 7:30 7:55 8:00 8:25 Adult (13-64) $13.00 8:30 8:55 4:35 p.m. 5:00 p.m. Fare: Senior (65+)/Disabled/Medicare $6.50 One-way Adult $6.50 Child (6-12) $6.50 ------4:30 p.m. 5:35 6:00 One-way Juniors (5-12) $3.25 Baylink DayPass $24.00 5:05 p.m. 5:30 6:35 7:00 Children (under 5) Free Baylink Monthly Pass (Bus / Ferry) $290.00 6:05 6:30 7:35 8:00 One-way Seniors (62 & over) $3.75 w/Muni $345.00 7:05 7:30 Disabled $3.75 Call (707) 64-FERRY or visit www.baylinkferry.com for updated information. Active Military $5.25 Travel time between Vallejo and San Francisco is approximately 60 minutes. One-way Commute (book of 10) $55.00 No Service on: Thanksgiving Day (Nov 24), Christmas Day (Dec 25), or New One-way Commute (book of 20) $100.00 Monthly Pass (book of 40) $185.00 Year’s Day (Jan 1) Free MUNI and AC Transit Transfers Provided Holiday Schedule in effect for: President’s Day (Feb 20) No weekend service Around the bay in November

Discovery Museum Goes Out art exhibition and sale, BayWood Free Meals For U.S. Veterans On A Limb Artists Make a Splash! A Benefit for McCormick & Kuleto’s Seafood Bay Area Discovery Museum, Save The Bay. The exhibit — which will Restaurant, in San Francisco in at the foot of the Golden be held at the Bay Model in Sausalito Ghirardelli Square and Spenger’s Fresh Gate Bridge in Sausalito, is through November 12 — features Fish Grotto in Berkeley have announced hosting “Out on a Limb”, paintings portraying the beauty of the that for the 13th year in a row they will adventures with nature and art. Bay. Gallery hours are Tuesday through be offering all U.S. military veterans a This enchanting new exhibit Saturday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. The free lunch or dinner entrée on Sunday, promotes nature-play through a exhibit will be closed for Veterans Day, Nov. 13 in appreciation for their service sculptural, interactive design that November 11. For more information, to our country. The two restaurants incorporates nostalgic settings, visit www.BayWoodArtists.org. will hold this event on the Sunday such as a tree house and a fort- following the national Veterans’ Day building area. The 1,200 square A Victorian Christmas at holiday on Friday, November 11 to foot imaginative environment Angel Island State Park make it easier for families to dine is designed to inspire children Visit Angel Island State Park for a together with the veterans in their lives. and their caregivers to learn to Christmas tradition Victorian style! The restaurants will offer a free entree explore nature by using their Join other revelers for period arts & to those defined as a veteran by the senses. More than simply seeing crafts and make your own holiday Veterans Administration, Title 38 U.S. the beauty of a tree, the exhibit ornament to take home. Enjoy the Code 101, which is a person who served encourages visitors to hear the smell and taste of hot apple cider and in the active military, Army, Navy, Air sounds of the forest, use leaves freshly baked cookies made in the Force or Coast Guard, and who was to make beautiful art, and build historic brick oven of the cozy 1860s discharged or released under conditions big and little structures from era Bake House. Tours of the historic other than dishonorable. Veterans will be bark and limbs. Individual Victorian officer’s quarters on site will asked to show proper identification. The activities encourage children be offered, as well as a traditional Camp U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, to experiment with light and Reynolds cannon firing to salute the as well as a number of state Veterans shadow, patterns of leaves, music season at noon and 1:30 p.m. each day. Departments, has lauded this Veterans of the forest, and the effects of the changing dance artists share work and dialogue This event will happen rain or shine. Appreciation program. Reservations seasons. The exhibits also provide practice with audience members and fellow artists. For more information about Angel are highly recommended; McCormick with the physical skills of climbing and Artists working in a variety of movement Island State Park call (415) 435-5390 or & Kuleto’s (415) 929-1730, Spenger’s balancing, which helps children to develop forms and idioms are featured each month. visit www.parks.ca.gov/angelisland. Fresh Fish Grotto (510) 845-7771. self confidence in outdoor play. “Out This is a unique opportunity to experience on a Limb” provides a unique space for the development of a performance work- Pitch In To Improve Local Skating Away unstructured play, where children can in-progress; with facilitated discussion Ridge Trails Delighting families, couples and ice create a connection with nature on their between the artists and the audience On Saturday, November 5 the Bay Area skating enthusiasts for over twenty years, own. For parents and caregivers, the exhibit following each event. The free event on Ridge Trail Council, REI, Chipotle the Holiday Ice Rink at Embarcadero represents an opportunity to reminisce November 13 at CounterPULSE at 1310 Mexican Grill and local park agencies Center presented by Hawaiian Airlines about their own childhood experiences in Mission Street from 2-4 p.m. will features will again team up for the 4th Annual will open to the public for nine magical the outdoors and to re-connect with nature Laurel Butler/make-shift dancetheatre, REI - Ridge Trail Service Day. Each of fun-filled weeks beginning November exploration along with their children. Scrub Oaks Collective and Hilary Bryan the 10 Bay Area REI stores will partner 9 through January 8. Plan a special For visitors of all ages, there are places Dance Theater. with a local park agency, land trust or holiday experience with your friends and for building, climbing, listening and open space district to build, improve, family and skate under the stars in the exploring — all designed to inspire a love Make A Splash & Save The Bay or restore sections of the Ridge Trail. shadow of the waterfront throughout of nature. This exhibit will be at the Bay Save The Bay, the oldest and largest With 12 different projects around the the holiday season at Embarcadero Area Discovery Museum through January regional organization working to protect region, in all nine Bay Area counties, Center, where you can shop, skate, dine 8, and is included with general museum and restore San Francisco Bay, recently there’s sure to be one near you, so pitch and park for free. Admission is $9.00 admission. For more information, visit announced a special partnership with in, get dirty and help build the Ridge for adults and $5.50 for seniors and www.baykidsmuseum.org. BayWood Artists, a group of twelve Trail! No experience necessary; tools children 10 and under from 10 a.m. distinguished Bay Area landscape painters and supervision provided. Projects vary until 6 p.m. and $9.50/$6.00 from 6 2nd Sundays Offers Free Dance dedicated to preserving the environment. at each site. Chipotle Mexican Grill is p.m. until 10 p.m. Monday through Performances In conjunction with Save The Bay’s 50th donating lunch to most of the project Thursday and until 11:30 p.m. on Friday Now in its sixth year, Dancers’ Group and Anniversary, the BayWood Artists will sites. Advance registration required. For and Saturday. Skates can be rented for CounterPULSE present 2nd Sundays, a raise funds and awareness for the non- more information on each project and just $3.50. For more information, visit series of free performance salons where profit organization through their annual to register, visit ridgetrail.org. www.embarcaderocenter.com.

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