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“The Voice of the Waterfront” November 2015 Vol.16, No.11

WORKING WATERFRONT

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7647 Big Bus San Francisco Bay Crossing Advert_AW.indd 1 29/01/2015 09:20 www.baycrossings.com November 2015 3 columns features 08 WHO’S ON DECK? 12 COVER STORY Deckhand Pat Mooney Dutra Group Begins 11 by Matt Larson Removal of Emergency Drought Barrier In Delta 10 IT CAME FROM by BC Staff guides BENEATH THE SEA GREEN PAGES WATERFRONT ACTIVITIES The Sharks of Alcatraz 14 18 Our recreational resource guide by Mallory Johnson Port of Oakland Gets EPA Grant to Retrofit BAY AREA FERRY SCHEDULES 20 Be on time for last call 16 SAILING ADVENTURES Diesel Crane Engines It Used to Be an Island by Bill Picture AROUND THE BAY by Captain Ray 22 To see, be, do, know news 06 WATERFRONT NEWS ON OUR COVER Bay Cargo Ports to November 2015 Volume 16, Number 11 Benefit From State’s New Bobby Winston, Proprietor Joyce Aldana, President Freight Policy Joel Williams, Publisher Patrick Runkle, Editor by Patrick Burnson

ADVERTISING & MARKETING Joel Williams, Advertising & Marketing Director BAYKEEPER GRAPHICS & PRODUCTION 09 Francisco Arreola, Designer / Web Producer Global Climate Change ART DIRECTION Is Already Affecting S.F. Francisco Arreola; Patrick Runkle; Joel Williams Bay and Its Wildlife COLUMNISTS by Sejal Choksi-Chugh Paul Duclos; Patrick Burnson; Sejal Choksi-Chugh; Matt Larson; Mallory Johnson

WRITERS & PHOTOGRAPHERS Bay Area Ferry Terminal A fourth year of drought made installation of an emergency Bill Picture; Joel Williams; 11 barrier on the West False River necessary to preserve Delta ACCOUNTING Maintenance Projects Cindy Henderson water quality and conserve water in upstream reservoirs that Now Underway otherwise would have been released to help block incoming Advertising Inquiries: (707) 556-3323, [email protected] by BC Staff tides of salty water from San Francisco Bay. Permits issued to DWR for installation of the barrier require removal in November Bay Crossings SF Ferry Building Store (415) 362-0717 due to fishery and potential flood concerns. Dismantling of the Clipper customer service center CULTURAL CURRENTS (877) 878-8883 17 approximately 750-foot rock barrier began on September 8 and For Transit Information – Dial 511 Revisiting the Past in will be completed by mid-November. Bay Crossings Sight and Music Photo courtesy of CA Department of Water Resources Ferry Building, #22 San Francisco, CA 94111 by Paul Duclos www.baycrossings.com Corrections & Letters A Division of Nematode Media, LLC We appreciate the opportunity to publish our readers’ comments, letters or requests for corrections, which can be sent to [email protected].

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www.baycrossings.com November 2015 5 WATERFRONT NEWS Bay Cargo Ports to Benefit From Gov. Brown’s New Freight Policy

BY PATRICK BURNSON ports are making their way back to the while in many instances is extremely trucks, railroads, ships, manufacturers, Port of Oakland and other traditional innovative, at its core it remains agriculture, retailers and final mile West Coast gateways. focused and based on the unannounced delivery,” said McLaurin. he Pacific Coast Council “There are multiple reasons for the random pickup and delivery of cargo. PMSA cautioned, however, that of Custom Brokers return of cargo to West Coast ports Should cargo volumes continue to this effort will be transformative and Freight Forwarders ranging from congestion at East Coast grow through West Coast ports, we will and very expensive. “If drafted and Association stages its ports, geography, faster transit time, cost, eventually choke on our own success— implemented poorly, this policy annual conference, population and an extensive warehouse, or, restated a different way, choke on directive will negatively impact WESCCON, at this time of year to distribution and rail service network,” our own stubbornness.” everyone in this room that moves cargo bringT shippers up to date on the latest McLaurin said. “However, the cynic in Absent a willingness by all elements through California and negatively ocean freight trends and practices. It me would respond to the question by of the supply chain to change, if we impact the ability of California’s ports also gives industry experts a chance to asking, ‘Recover from what?’” maintain our current culture and cargo to compete with alternative gateways,” speculate on worst case scenarios. Unfortunately, said McLaurin, life delivery systems, our current practices said McLaurin. John McLaurin, president of the is not static. He said West Coast ports will not be sustainable over time. Fortunately, the governor’s executive San Francisco-based Pacific Merchant continue to face a number of challenges “Unless all of us are willing to take order acknowledged the importance Shipping Association (PMSA) was that threaten future growth and market a hard and honest look in the mirror of California’s freight transportation hardly surprised to address a question share. These challenges include an and are willing to be open about system, noting that it is responsible for that is top-of-mind in 2016: “Will uncertain regulatory environment changing business practices throughout one-third of the state’s economy and West Coast Ports Recover?” and the associated cost of compliance; the supply chain, we are simply putting jobs. However, the development of a “I am assuming that the question waterfront contract negotiations in off the inevitable—more congestion, zero-emissions strategy for California’s is referring to the congestion that 2016, at least for the ports of Los less reliability, higher costs, loss of freight system will require not only occurred during prolonged waterfront Angeles and Long Beach; continued reputation, diversion of cargo and immense creativity by the private sector contract negotiations which resulted development of competitive alternative fewer job opportunities.” to overcome technological challenges in congestion, the diversion of cargo gateways, whether found in Prince McLaurin said that in addition to in achieving zero emissions, it will also and damage to the reputations of West Rupert, the Panama Canal, the Suez “self-inflicted wounds,” California’s require an equal amount of creativity Coast ports,” he said. “The short answer Canal, shifting overseas manufacturing recovery will also depend on future by state regulators in the formation of based on conventional wisdom and port locations with accompanying changes environmental policies and regulations a public policy strategy to successfully press releases would be a firm ‘yes.’” in supply chains and ongoing concerns currently under discussion. transform California’s freight industry McLaurin noted that publications about reliability. “As part of the governor’s plan to while ensuring that the state remains like Bay Crossings have recently “In addition, we are a victim of our reduce greenhouse gas emissions 40 positioned as a global economic leader. reported that cargo volumes that had own success—or luck,” said McLaurin. percent below 1990 levels along with “Alleviating and preventing been diverted to Gulf and East Coast “We work in a supply chain system that, a 50 percent reduction in the use of congestion at West Coast ports petroleum in cars and trucks from and achieving an innovative and current levels by 2030, in late July of sensible Sustainable Freight Strategy in this year, Governor Jerry Brown issued California represents a call for action,” an executive order requiring various state said McLaurin. agencies to work together,” he said. He told shippers to be fully engaged According to McLaurin, Governor and to express their opinions. “Silence Brown has pledged to develop an equates to acceptance,” McLaurin said. integrated action plan by July 2016 that “Acceptance will lead to failure.” establishes clear targets to improve freight efficiency, transition to zero-emission technologies and increase competitiveness of California’s freight system. Patrick Burnson is the past “The governor’s policy directive will president and current board member impact everyone that handles or receives of the Pacific Transportation domestic or international freight, Association, based in San Francisco. including warehouses, distribution www.pacifictrans.org facilities, airports, airplanes, ports,

6 November 2015 www.baycrossings.com Follow. Connect. Share. WHO’S ON DECK? Pat Mooney

BY MATT LARSON 1970s to work at a winery in Northern California for about 20 years. “Then one day my at Mooney has been a wife was looking around and deckhand for Blue & Gold said, ‘Are you ever going to do Fleet out of its Vallejo anything with your merchant terminal for more than three mariners’ credentials?’ So I took years, but his history of life a class with Matt Kirkpatrick on the water has deep roots: His father [featured in our December wasP in the Sailors’ Union of the Pacific as 2013 issue] and ever since far back as the 1930s, Mooney himself then we went from casuals to worked for the Matson steamship making it into Blue & Gold.” company in his early years, and his two Currently they’re working on brothers worked on oil tankers in Alaska the same maintenance team. Photo by Matt Larson and Los Angeles. Working in Vallejo affords Pat Mooney comes from a family that works on the water. His father worked on cargo and container ships and “It’s really been in our family for lots of opportunities for his two brothers worked on oil tankers in Alaska and Los Angeles. a long time,” said Mooney. “When Blue and Gold employees to my father was doing it he was in one do a lot of different things. generation and now I’m kind of like Mooney splits up his year by working as right now so they’re here.” And Mooney the country, I have about three or four the next generation; he was deep a deckhand during the summer months, loves going above and beyond for his wineries within walking distance, and I sea, container ships and cargo, and and then working on the maintenance customers, whether it’s giving them do a lot of hiking in the area.” He also everything I’m doing is inside the Bay.” crew in the winter. “I like it all,” he said. insider knowledge about Fleet Week or collects honey from his several beehives, BayEven Cro asss ai nyoungster,gs growing up in “It’s a nice change. I enjoy working on calling a cab for them soB theylue Sdon’tkyN missew s.hasco mfruit and olive trees, and just enjoys South San Francisco when his dad was November 2015 the high-speed boats—I do training, a out on nonrefundable Napa700 ValleyW. Ha Winerbor D r.,living Suite the18 0country5, San Dlife.ieg o, CA 92101 working for American President Lines at little driving, I also do some line splicing 1/4 Page 10’ X 2.8 Train tickets. “A huge partTe lof: 6 what19-2 3we3- 2do00 7 E-MEspeciallyail: Mon iccominga@Blue SfromkyN ewSonoma,s.com Pier 50 by China Basin, Mooney spent and to me it’s kind of fun. It’s interesting is customer service and helping people,” Mooney can’t recommend the ferry Color a lot of time around the ships. “When I in Vallejo because you can do quite a bit; Mooney said. That’s what keeps him enough. “On our end we have a was a kid we would check out the whole lots of opportunity to do different things coming to work every day. “For me, it’s tremendous amount of traffic,” he said. area down there,” he said. “Walk along and actually learn stuff.” helping the people.” “You look at the roads and every morning the waterfront just having a great time. As a deckhand, Mooney always Living in Sonoma with his wife of highway 37 is a parking lot. I think the We spent a lot of time on the docks looks forward to the people. “You see 35 years, Mooney enjoys the quiet life in ferry is the only way to go up here.” He goofing around.” people from all over the world,” he his small town of Schellville. “A deli, a even takes it himself when commuting Mooney took a break from working said. “Right now we’re getting a lot of gas station and a fire department—that’s to the city, so follow his lead! We’ll see the waterways when he left Matson in the people from Australia; it’s their winter Schellville.” said Mooney. “It’s out in you out there.

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8 November 2015 www.baycrossings.com Global Climate Change Is Already Affecting San Francisco Bay

BY SEJAL CHOKSI-CHUGH San Francisco Baykeeper is working to make San Francisco Bay and the Bay Area more resilient to sea level rise. One his year, record numbers way we’re doing this is by challenging of starving seals and sea dredging methods that rob the Bay of lions have washed up sand. Routine dredging is necessary on California beaches, to keep ship channels open, but clean including those in the Bay dredged mud and sand are being Area. In recent months, hundreds of wasted—dumped far out in the ocean. Tyoung common murres—sea birds that The mud and sand could instead be look like small penguins—have been used to build up and restore shorelines, discovered dead or dying on beaches in creating natural flood defenses that more than a dozen Bay Area locations. protect communities and wetlands Scientists believe global climate change against rising water. Photo by Robb Most is negatively altering the supplies of fish Another way we’re making San Seals, birds and other wildlife are already feeling the effects of global climate change. eaten by birds and marine mammals. Francisco Bay more resilient to climate In addition to the wildlife impacts change is by reducing toxic pollution washes off city streets and into the Bay. you find a sea bird in distress, wrap it we’re already seeing, global climate in the water. Healthy wildlife, free of We’re working with the city of San in a soft towel or jacket and gently put change will bring another serious toxins, will be better able to cope with Jose to protect the Bay from trash and it in a well-ventilated box. You can take consequence to San Francisco Bay: sea disruption caused by climate change fecal bacteria that washes off the city’s it to a wildlife rescue center or contact level rise. We only have estimates about than wildlife stressed by polluted water streets, parks, and open spaces into your local animal control agency. If you how fast it will happen, but we know for and a contaminated food supply. Bay tributaries. Our goal is zero trash find a stranded marine mammal, don’t certain that the result will be flooding Baykeeper’s Clean Water Act lawsuits pollution from San Jose by 2017. And approach it or touch it. Instead, call along the shore. Wildlife habitat could stop toxic pollution from some of the then we’re going to work with other the Marine Mammal Center hotline vanish underwater. Wetlands, which Bay’s worst polluters. Sewer agencies cities in a similar way. at (415) 289-7325 with exact location help buffer the shoreline from flooding, serving 20 Bay Area cities are now As Baykeeper works to make San information. but which also need some time during annually inspecting and upgrading their Francisco Bay more resilient to future To learn more about Baykeeper each 24 hour-period above water, could pipes and treatment plants to protect climate change, we can all help the and support our work, please visit be permanently submerged. Bay waters from raw and undertreated wildlife that’s being harmed now. If www.baykeeper.org/donate. Where the shoreline is developed, sewage. Twenty-nine highly-polluting flooding could reach major infrastructure Bay Area industrial facilities are also now Sejal Choksi-Chugh is the Executive Director of San Francisco like sewage treatment plants, industrial legally required to keep contaminated Baykeeper. Baykeeper uses on-the-water patrols, science, advocacy and facilities, and airports. This would lead rainwater from running off their sites the courts to stop San Francisco Bay pollution. To report pollution, call to significant economic damage, and also and into the Bay. Baykeeper’s hotline at 1-800-KEEP-BAY, e-mail hotline@baykeeper. send large amounts of toxic pollution In addition, Baykeeper’s legal actions org, or click “Report Pollution” at www.baykeeper.org. into the Bay. help stop trash and other pollution that

NEW APARTMENT HOMES NOW LEASING in Corte Madera IT CAME FROM BENEATH THE SEA Sharks of Alcatraz

MALLORY JOHNSON been circulating on the Internet. To follow up on the renewed interest in the Bay’s sharks, you can enjoy these harks are an integral species fun facts that we do know about the that play an important role in sharks of Alcatraz. You can learn even our ecosystems. Even though more about these amazing animals in sharks have been around for person at Aquarium of the Bay. over 400 million years, there’s still a lot about these prehistoric animals Horn Shark – Horn sharks inhabit Sthat remains a mystery. temperate waters from central For example, last month, we California to Baja Mexico, and tend to presciently published a story about stick with shallow waters less than 40 white sharks occasionally peeking their feet deep. These bottom dwellers can heads into the Bay. The story was timely be seen virtually crawling along the because, in October, a group of tourists ocean floor with the help of their strong Photo by Aquarium of the Bay/Courtney Lauchaire witnessed a white shark attacking a sea pectoral fins. At up to 9.5 feet long, sevengill sharks are the largest species of shark that lives and breeds in San lion just off Alcatraz Island. The attack, Francisco Bay. which is the first known white shark Fun fact: Female horn sharks lay spiral predation event inside the Bay, was egg cases, which they place in crevices captured on dramatic video that has while they wait for them to hatch. Leopard Shark – Leopard sharks are typically be spotted along the California the most common shark species in San coast from late summer to early winter, Francisco Bay and along the California also known as “Sharktober.” coast. Similar to horn sharks, leopard sharks tend to stick toward the bottom of Fun fact: White sharks are one of the shallower waters, where there is bountiful only sharks that can lift their heads above access to favorite foods including crabs, water to observe their surroundings—a shrimp, worms, small fish and fish eggs. behavior called spy-hopping.

Fun fact: Leopard shark pregnancy You can get up close and personal with lasts 10-12 months and can produce the Bay’s sharks when you visit Aquarium anywhere from 4-33 pups at a time. of the Bay. Walk through out underwater tunnels and surround yourself with local Sevengill Shark – Sevengill sharks are shark species, including leopard sharks, the largest shark species living in San tope sharks, angel sharks, swell sharks Francisco Bay. Male sevengill sharks grow and sevengill sharks. Catch exciting up to 6.5 feet long, while their female presentations given by shark experts, counterparts grow to an impressive 9.5 play at our interactive shark stations, feet. Sevengill sharks are ovoviviparous, and learn everything you need to know meaning they give birth to live young. It about the sharks of Alcatraz. is thought that San Francisco Bay may be the primary pupping ground on the For more information, visit www. West Coast for sevengills. aquariumofthebay.org.

Fun fact: Sevengill sharks sometimes hunt in groups, with individual sharks working together to capture larger prey. Mallory Johnson is the Communications Manager at Aquarium of the Bay, White Shark – Unlike sevengills, a nonprofit dedicated to leopard and horn sharks, white sharks do protecting, restoring and not reside in San Francisco Bay, though inspiring the conservation they have been known to stop by for the of San Francisco Bay and its watershed. occasional quick visit. White sharks can

10 November 2015 www.baycrossings.com DREDGING Bay Area Ferry Terminal Maintenance Projects Underway

BC STAFF REPORT float structure was drydocked in order to perform several important procedures: renewing the slip resistant (non-skid) Photo by Joel Williams f you have been travelling by ferry paint on the decks to ensure traveler The passenger float was removed from the end of the gangway at the allejoV ferry terminal to allow over the last month, chances are safety; replacing the sacrificial anodes better access for dredging, which was last performed in 2011. you’ve seen some recent dredging to prolong the life of the vessel; and and maintenance activities being completing underwater/freeboard paint to environmental restrictions, dredging ing work is expected to be complete by performed at the ferry terminals renewal. Bay Ship & Yacht performed within a 250-foot buffer of the marsh- November 30. Golden Gate Ferry does in Vallejo, Larkspur and San Francisco. routine maintenance and replacement lands near the berths and turning basin not anticipate that the work will affect I In Vallejo, the passenger float at of the hydraulic cylinders that adjust the was not allowed to begin until Septem- operations, but passengers may see more the end of the gangway was removed to gangway height, and also replaced some ber 1. After that window had opened, equipment and work in the area. allow for periodic maintenance dredging, of the rubber fendering that became the contractor, San Rafael-based Dutra Elsewhere, work started several which occurs every four years and ensures damaged over time as vessels docked Group, mobilized a second dredging months ago on Golden Gate’s San Fran- that ferry service between Vallejo and San against the structure. The project also crew in this area. The work within the cisco Terminal outer berth to retrofit and Francisco continues uninterrupted. The included replacing gangway lights at berths and turning basin is also restricted replace the boarding ramp cylinders. This passenger float structure was then sent to the Vallejo Ferry Terminal with high to between the hours of 8:30 a.m. and 4 work is part of a larger overhaul of the Alameda’s Bay Ship & Yacht for routine efficiency LED fixtures. p.m. to minimize effects on ferry opera- terminal that includes replacing the roofs, maintenance and upkeep. Dredging is also underway at the tions. Dutra is continuing work in the replacing the water and sewer lines, and At Bay Ship & Yacht, the passenger Larkspur Ferry Terminal. However, due channel around the clock, and the dredg- repairing and repainting the walls.

Clockwise from top left: San-Rafael based Dutra Group performs maintenance dredging in the channel leading to the Larkspur ferry terminal. Work continues at the San Francisco ferry terminal to retrofit and replace the boarding ramp cylinders. The passenger float for the Vallejo ferry terminal heads back from Alameda’s Bay Ship & Yacht after routine maintenance and upkeep procedures. All photos by Joel Williams

www.baycrossings.com November 2015 11 COVER STORY Emergency Drought Barrier Removal Underway in Delta

In early October, water began flowing over what remains of the salinity barrier that was completed in June to preserve Delta water quality and conserve water in upstream reservoirs that otherwise would have been released to help block incoming tides of salty water from San Francisco Bay.

BC STAFF REPORT Project and the federal Central Valley to fishery and potential Project convey Delta water through their flood concerns. aqueducts to distant parts of the state. Dismantling of the n June, Bay Crossings reported Last month, DWR had the Dutra approximately 750-foot that a temporary rock barrier Group return to the site to dismantle rock barrier began on across a Sacramento-San Joaquin the emergency drought barrier located September 8 and will Delta channel was constructed between Jersey and Bradford islands. The be completed by mid-November. About ensure continued operation if something due to potentially insufficient Dutra family has been working in the 150,000 tons of large rocks (riprap) went wrong.” water supplies to repel salinity in the Delta since the early 1900s performing taken from the Dutra rock quarry in San Continued removal of the riprap IDelta. San Rafael-based Dutra Group numerous repairs to levee breaches, Rafael were used to build the barrier. By allowed water to begin flowing over what installed the single emergency salinity which are comparable to the installation the beginning of October, cranes had remained of the barrier while dismantling barrier across West False River and has of the salinity barrier. removed about 22,000 tons of riprap on of the remaining submerged portions of now begun removing it. A fourth year of drought made the downstream side of the barrier along the barrier will continue until all of it is The barrier was erected to block salt installation of the barrier necessary its length between the West False River’s removed and boating restrictions end at water from pushing into the Delta from to preserve Delta water quality and banks, thereby narrowing the width that location. According to O’Sullivan, San Francisco Bay. The Delta’s water conserve water in upstream reservoirs while not lowering the barrier’s height. “The velocity of water flowing over a is used by 25 million Californians, that otherwise would have been released Bryan O’Sullivan, Dutra’s project partially complete barrier meant all barge including residents of the Delta and to help block incoming tides of salty manager, said, “Both the installation and boat moves needed to be thoroughly Contra Costa, Alameda and Santa Clara water from San Francisco Bay. Permits and removal of the salinity barrier had planned around the tides.” counties. The California Department of issued to DWR for installation of the extremely tight timelines. Redundancy The removed riprap will be stored near Water Resources’ (DWR) State Water barrier require removal in November due had to be built in to our work plans to Rio Vista for possible use if drought

12 November 2015 www.baycrossings.com COVER STORY conditions continue and installation of of water—remains California’s most an emergency drought barrier once again reliable drought management tool. The becomes necessary to preserve water three-year period from 2012 through quality. 2014 was the driest three-year period on The barrier was an essential part of record in California, and 2015 opened DWR’s strategy to maintain good water with the driest January in the state’s quality in the Delta and preserve water history. The Sierra Nevada snowpack in upstream reservoirs to help keep typically peaks by April 1; this year, the young salmon cool enough to stay alive snowpack was measured at five percent of downstream of dams. Construction, historic average, the lowest measurement monitoring, mitigation and removal are in recorded history. estimated to cost roughly $28 million, to Paul Marshall, chief of DWR’s Bay- be paid for with a mix of funding from Delta Office, said the barrier performed Proposition 50, a $3.4 billion water as expected based on DWR’s computer bond approved by voters in November modeling. “The water users in the 2002, and general fund dollars. Removal interior of the Delta, including many Complete removal of the 750-foot-wide salinity barrier is expected to take 45-60 days and be done by mid-November. is expected to take 45 to 60 days. DWR farmers and residents there, would last used emergency drought barriers to have experienced much higher salinity reduce salinity intrusion in 1976-77. without it,” he said. “The barrier has it go in by early June helped us to counter All photos courtesy of CA Department of Conservation—the wise, sparing use achieved what we intended, and having high tides experienced later that month.” Water Resources

The salinity barrier was an essential part of the California Department of Water Resources’ strategy to maintain good water quality in the Delta and preserve water in upstream reservoirs to help keep young salmon cool enough to stay alive downstream of dams.

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Port of Oakland Gets EPA Grant to Retrofit Diesel Cranes

BY BILL PICTURE of Oakland to drastically reduce carbon emissions on the waterfront since 2008, when it pledged an 85 percent reduction he Port of Oakland in diesel particulate matter (DPM) by announced last month 2020. “We’re now well beyond the 70 that TraPac, one of percent mark, which we’re really proud four terminal operating of,” adds Bernardo. companies at the port, has been awarded money by the Port’s bit part TEnvironmental Protection Agency to While air quality in bustling West upgrade cargo-handling equipment in a Oakland continues to be a hot-button further effort to reduce greenhouse gas issue for the people who work and live in emissions along the waterfront. the area—and the politicians and groups The $277,885 grant will be used to who represent them—it’s important to install cleaner-burning diesel engines note that a health inventory assessment and/or exhaust filters on four rubber- completed in 2008 showed the port tired gantry cranes and one top-pick itself to be a pretty minor player in crane. These cranes are used at the port this ongoing problem. At-port sources Photo courtesy of Port of Oakland to load inbound containers onto trucks accounted for only about 16 percent of for transport to customers all over the the diesel particulate matter in the air. In 2008, the Port of Oakland pledged an 85 percent reduction in carbon emissions and is already beyond the 70 percent mark. The recent EPA grant will help further the port’s efforts to reduce country. The study went on to show that greenhouse gas emissions. An earlier EPA grant allowed two the biggest culprit was I-880 and the other rubber-tired gantry cranes at the many, many vehicles that travel on port to receive similar green makeovers it. The thousands of drivers weaving creation of an on-land power grid that one is a good fit for us,” he said. “When early last year. Those cranes were each through West Oakland’s heart each day vessels could use while at port, allowing this grant came up, it looked really re-engineered to run on a rechargeable are unwittingly leaving behind dense captains to switch off their diesel doable for us, so we approached all of our battery. An energy management system concentrations of exhaust, and the engines. Ocean-going vessels had been marine terminal operating companies and small diesel generator were also chemicals in that exhaust are largely to found to be the biggest at-port source of about applying.” added. When the battery runs low, the blame for the higher-than normal rates pollution, with off-road equipment, like In the end, TraPac’s equipment was onboard energy management system of asthma and cancer being reported in the cranes benefitting from the EPA’s the best suited for the proposed retrofit. fires up the generator to recharge it. the area. latest green grant, coming in last. “And they were really excited,” Bernardo “The port is always looking to Naturally, that stream of emissions- “But every source is taken very said. identify new ways to reduce pollution,” spewing vehicles includes large trucks seriously,” Bernardo said. A retrofit is expensive, and it’s said Port of Oakland Communications heading to and from the port, so unclear if the EPA grant will cover the Manager Robert Bernardo. “We’re regulation was enacted at the state level Keeping an eye on the money cost entirely. Still, the money is well looking at all of the contributing sources to require older trucks to either be Bernardo said that port management spent. Once the retrofit is completed, and making cuts wherever and whenever retrofitted with cleaner engines or be keeps a close eye on grant opportunities each crane will reportedly emit 95 we can. It’s a very holistic approach that replaced entirely. And that’s improved air so as not to miss out on the chance percent less carbon monoxide and 44 we are taking.” quality in West Oakland considerably. to make improvements. “Grants are percent less diesel particulate matter. That approach has allowed the Port Next on the port’s to-do list was the popping up all the time, but not every At this point, emissions standards

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haven’t been set for this kind of Bernardo said, “It certainly feels that equipment, so emissions reductions are way to me; but it’s hard to tell sometimes completely voluntary. because of my allergies.” But Bernardo doesn’t So what will happen foresee a day when such Once the retrofit when the port reaches equipment will be subject its goal of an 85 percent to emissions standards is completed, reduction in DPM? Is like the ones enacted for each crane will that good enough for the trucks, because operators reportedly emit 95 seemingly always ahead- at the port are eager to percent less of-the-green-curve Port do their part for the of Oakland? Will they environment. carbon monoxide sit back and let the other “All of us recognize and 44 percent ports catch up? that climate change is a less diesel “Absolutely not,” very real thing, so we’re Bernardo said. “There’s always looking for ways to particulate matter. always something you improve things,” he said. can do, always room to “We’re here for eight to be better. As soon as we

10 hours a day and breathe this air, so air reach that goal, we’ll do an assessment, Photo courtesy of Port of Oakland quality here is very important to us.” determine where improvement can be When asked if he’s noticed an made, and come up with a new set of An EPA grant was recently awarded to TraPac to improve emissions on four gantry cranes and one top-pick crane. An earlier EPA grant allowed two other rubber-tired gantry cranes at the port to improvement in air quality himself, goals for ourselves.” receive similar green makeovers early last year.

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BY CAPTAIN RAY still an island. The present bridge was constructed in 1881 and has been in continuous operation ever since. thought I had finished my The Ohlone people gathered food series of articles about the on Bay Farm Island for millennia. islands in San Francisco Bay With the coming of the Spanish in

some time ago. But now I the 1770s, the use and title of the land Alameda’s Bay Farm Island (now a peninsula) can be seen at bottom of photo. realize that if I can do an changed radically. Land that had been article about a place that sometimes is held communally by the Ohlone was Island. In 1873, Amos Mecartney (a on the oyster beds around Bay Farm Iand sometimes is not an island (Mare transferred to private ownership. Bay major street on the island bears his Island in his boat Razzle Dazzle. The Island), and about a place that was Farm Island was part of a very large name) moved to the island and began Olympia oyster beds were quickly not but is now an island (Alameda), land grant (stretching from Albany to farming. This inspired Farm Island, destroyed by land fill, silt from why not an article about a place that San Leandro) given to Don Luis Maria another of the early names for the hydraulic mining for gold in the Sierra once was but is no longer an island? Peralta in 1820 as a reward for his years island. Manure from the farm animals Nevada, introduced oyster species and I am referring to Bay Farm of service in the Spanish army. He mixed with imported dirt helped enrich industrial pollution. Environmental Island. It is located just southeast of divided this grant among his four sons the sandy soil, and the mild climate organizations are now attempting to Alameda Island, separated from it by in 1845; Bay Farm Island was part of allowed for long growing seasons. One restore these native beds. San Leandro Bay. The Bay Farm Island the 16,000 acres presented to Antonio crop that did very well was asparagus, Early maps show that Bay Farm Bridge provides access to Alameda. Maria Peralta. which prompted use of yet another was clearly an island, separated from The first bridge in this location was Europeans had several names for name for the land—Asparagus Island. the shoreline of the East Bay by the built in 1854, when Bay Farm was the island, the first of which was Bay In the 1880s, the Silva family marshes at the mouth of San Leandro settled on the island and in 1905 the Creek. Island Drive marks the original Ratto family arrived. (Island street shoreline of the island. This land (to names memorialize both of these the east and south of the island) was families.) They farmed the land, filled for housing, a golf course and an growing a great variety of produce airport. The fill connected Bay Farm in addition to asparagus—including Island to the mainland; it ceased to be potatoes, many types of lettuce and an island. hops. The Ratto enterprise eventually The original Oakland Airport became Ratto Bros., which later moved (now called North Field) was dedicated to the Central Valley and which still by Charles Lindbergh in 1927. At continues to grow produce. that time it was the longest runway Bay Farm Island was also known in the world (just over 7,000 feet) for the native Olympia oysters. The and was the takeoff site for the first shallow waters around the island were commercial flights to Hawai’i as well once rich with the mollusks, upon as Amelia Earhart’s ill-fated attempt to which the Ohlone and early San fly around the world. Further filling Franciscans feasted. Oakland native of the Bay in the 1960s enlarged Bay Jack London, certainly more famous Farm Island (now a peninsula) and as an author, was once an oyster pirate. created what is the present Oakland London would make nighttime raids International Airport.

Ray Wichmann, is a US SAILING-certified Ocean Passagemaking Instructor, a US SAILING Master Instructor Trainer, and a member of US SAILING’s National Faculty. He holds a 100-Ton Master’s License, was a charter skipper in Hawai’i for 15 years, and has sailed on both coasts of the United States, in Mexico, the Caribbean and Greece. He is presently employed as the Master Instructor at OCSC Sailing in the Berkeley Marina.

16 November 2015 www.baycrossings.com CULTURAL CURRENTS Revisiting the Past in Sight and Music

BY PAUL DUCLOS by San Francisco to commemorate the American and European artists that were educational opportunity. Can you tell us opening of the Panama Canal and also among the works on view at the PPIE, more about how these are put together? served to promote the area’s recovery which numbered an estimated 20,000. he Fine Arts Museums following the 1906 earthquake. At the Jewel City features works from more Gockley: The guild arranges for the of San Francisco are heart of the PPIE was one of the most than 70 international lenders as well space. We provide the panelists. now presenting Jewel ambitious art exhibitions ever presented as works drawn extensively from the City: Art from San in the United States. It included a museums’ own permanent collections. BC: Each of the productions this season Francisco’s Panama-Pacific comprehensive survey of American These artworks have not been seen pose their own unique challenges in International Exposition, on view at the painting, sculpture and printmaking together in the 100 years since the PPIE staging, casting, and orchestration. Can Tde Young from October 17 through as well as European works drawn was held, and they may never be reunited you give us a few examples of how SFO if January 10, 2016. from international public and private in an exhibition again. using innovation to get over these hurdles? Celebrating the centennial of the collections. Among the featured paintings are 1915 Panama-Pacific International “The curatorial team has spent Winslow Homer’s Saco Bay (1896), a Gockley: The production of Lucia di Exposition (PPIE) in San Francisco, more than three years assembling this dramatic seascape set near the artist’s Lammermoor uses very high resolution this exhibition revisits a vital moment ambitious exhibition that recreates home at Prouts Neck, Maine, as well projections to create many different stage in the inauguration of San Francisco as highlights of the original exposition of as The Sketchers (1913) by John Singer pictures at a surprisingly reasonable cost. a cultural center on the West Coast. 1915,” said James Ganz, curator of the Sargent, a painting of artists working The PPIE was a world’s fair hosted Achenbach Foundation for Graphic en plein air. Jewel City will also display BC: Now a little bit about you. As general Arts at the Fine Arts photographs by Ansel Adams, Paul director you have a frantic social agenda Museums of San Strand, Edward Weston and Imogen and extremely complex management Francisco and lead Cunningham. duties. Can you describe your daily routine curator of Jewel City. during the season? “Our efforts to identify Matthew Shilvock has been named new and locate actual works general director of San Francisco Opera. Gockley: I go to work between 9:00 of art shown in the He will begin his five-year contract on and 9:30 a.m. Meetings and desk work PPIE have led from August 1, 2016. He fills the shoes of consume the day. I stay for many— our own storerooms to David Gockley, who will retire next July, but not all—performances, but remain holdings as far away as concluding a 44-year career as opera through the first intermission unless I’m Budapest, Hungary. In impresario. out of town. a way, we are following in the footsteps of the Here, in an exclusive interview, Mr. BC: When you do have time to relax, what original organizers as Gockley shares some insights regarding are your favorite activities? we bring back to San the San Francisco Opera: Francisco a compelling Gockley: Walking in the Marin array of significantBay Crossings: Our readers spend a good Headlands and sailing on the Bay. works by American part of their commute listening to radio and European artists broadcasts, podcasts, and recordings on BC: Finally, can you sum up how SFO has last seen together here a their portable devices. Any advice for them evolved since you first took the helm? What century ago.” on how to prepare for the opera season? is your vision for this season and beyond? Jewel City will present a series of David Gockley: There is ample material Gockley: We have become more galleries devoted to the on our website (sfopera.com) including accessible, including via a number of main artistic venues of a preview of each opera that I research electrically-conveyed platforms: Opera the fair—the Palace of and produce. at the Ballpark, KDFC and international Fine Arts and the Fine radio, West Coast cinemas and KQED Arts Annex—as well BC: The San Francisco Opera Guild’s telecasts. as the French Pavilion, “insight panels” also provide a great bringing together more than 200 paintings, Perham Wilhelm Nahl (American, 1869–1935), “The Thirteenth Labor sculptures, prints and of Hercules: Official Poster for the Panama-Pacific International Follow Paul Duclos’ Cultural Currents online with his blog at: Exposition,” 1913–1914. Collection of Donna Ewald Huggins photographs by major paulduclosonsanfranciscoculture.blogspot.com

www.baycrossings.com November 2015 17 WATERFRONT ACTIVITIES

Nov. 1 Times Vary - Sunday Sunset Sail- Schooner Freda B, Sausalito, 415-331-0444, schoonerfredab.com Sail on San Francisco Bay on Sunday evening for a spectacular sunset sail and enjoy the many beautiful landmark sites with us from the deck of a beautiful classic schooner, including Angel Island, the Golden Gate Bridge, Alcatraz, and the Bay Bridge. $59 per person, tickets available at [email protected].

Nov. 1 6PM – 8PM – Cruising in Mexico Seminar – OCSC Sailing, Berkeley, 510-843-4200, www.ocscsailing.com OCSC instructor Jim Lathe will be sharing his experiences and expertise about cruising in Mexico. Come and learn about the best destinations, what to expect from the weather, best practices for setting up you vessel. Course is free. Call to RSVP

Nov. 14 7PM – 9PM – Africa Planning Party – OCSC Sailing, Berkeley, 510-843-4200, www.ocscsailing.com Join us for our second planning party for our Kenya Safari adventure! Kenya is a popular safari destination that offers private camps and lodges, wide-open spaces, picturesque landscapes, access to unique cultures and wildlife galore. If you are already signed up, coming to this party is a great way to meet your fellow travelers. If you are not a part of this adventure, it is a great opportunity to see what goes into the planning of these trips. Course is free. Call to RSVP

Nov. 18 6PM – 8PM – Moonlight Sail – OCSC Sailing, Berkeley, 510-843-4200, www.ocscsailing.com Set sail aboard one of our larger yachts skippered by a professional OCSC skipper or charter a boat yourself and enjoy an relaxing night out on the Bay. You can soak in the beauty of the twinkling city lights while not lifting SUPPORT THE BAY. a finger; or pitch in and take the helm. Following the sail we will serve chili, chips, salsa, snacks, and beverages from 8:00pm to 9:00pm. There is also a women only boat available. The aim of women-only sailing is to create a learning environment that fosters confidence and growth. Call to RSVP. Retail: $75 Members: $56

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Nov. 19 Deck License Renewal Course - Maritime Institute, San Rafael, 888-262-8020 www.MaritimeInstitute.com Renew your U.S.C.G. Deck license (up to 200 ton only) by completing the one day classroom presentation and course examination. No sea-time is required. Certificates will be awarded to those candidates who complete an open-book examination with a score of at least 90%. To register or view our complete schedule, visit www.MaritimeInstitute.com.

Nov. 22 8:15AM – 11AM - Sunday Morning Eco Sail- Schooner Freda B, Sausalito, 415-331-0444, schoonerfredab.com Set sail on a fresh Sunday morning for a special tour out the Golden Gate Bridge along the Marin Headlands. Sail under the Golden Gate Bridge and learn about the Wildlife and Eco Systems of the San Francisco Bay. $65 per person, tickets available at [email protected].

Nov. 22 Times Vary - Sunday Sunset Sail- Schooner Freda B, Sausalito, 415-331-0444, schoonerfredab.com Sail on San Francisco Bay on Sunday evening for a spectacular sunset sail and enjoy the many beautiful landmark sites with us from the deck of a beautiful classic schooner, including Angel Island, the Golden Gate Bridge, Alcatraz, and the Bay Bridge. $59 per person, tickets available at [email protected].

Nov. 25 4:30PM - 6:30PM - Full Moon Sail: Beaver Moon - Schooner Freda B, Sausalito, 415-331-0444, schoonerfredab.com Sail the San Francisco Bay and watch this month’s spectacular Full Moonrise from the deck of the schooner Freda B! $59 per person, tickets available at [email protected].

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www.baycrossings.com November 2015 19 All Bay Area Ferry Schedules in One Place!

Golden Gate Ferry Blue & Gold Ferry LARKSPUR TIBURON COMMUTE SAUSALITO Weekdays (excluding Holidays) Weekends and Holidays TIBURON – S.F. Ferry Building FISHERMAN’S WHARF, PIER 41 Weekdays Depart Arrive S.F. Depart S.F. Arrive Depart Arrive S.F. Depart S.F. Arrive Weekdays Larkspur Ferry Bldg. Ferry Bldg. Larkspur Larkspur Ferry Bldg. Ferry Bldg. Larkspur Depart Arrive S.F. Depart S.F. Arrive Depart S.F. Arrive Depart Arrive S.F. Tiburon Ferry Bldg. Ferry Bldg. Tiburon Pier 41 Sausalito Sausalito Pier 41 5:45 6:15 6:20 6:50 9:30 a.m. 10:30 a.m. ------11:00 a.m. 11:25 a.m. 11:35 a.m. 12:15 p.m. 5:35 a.m. 6:00 a.m. 6:05 a.m. 6:30 a.m. 6:35 a.m. 7:05 a.m. 7:10 a.m. 7:40 a.m. 11:40 12:30 p.m. 12:40 p.m. 1:30 p.m. 12:20 p.m. 12:45 p.m. 12:55 p.m. 1:45 6:40 7:05 7:10 7:35 7:00 7:30 7:35 8:05 1:40 p.m. 2:30 3:45 4:35 1:50 2:15 2:20 3:15 7:50 8:15 8:20 8:40 7:30 8:00 ------4:45 5:35 6:25 7:15 3:10 3:40 3:45 4:10 7:50 8:20 8:30 9:05 ------7:25 8:10 8:45 9:10 ------8:20 8:50 9:10 9:45 One-way Ferry Fares 4:25 p.m. 4:50 p.m. 8:40 9:15 ------4:55 p.m 5:20 p.m. 5:25 5:50 9:15 9:50 10:10 10:45 Larkspur Sausalito 5:55 6:20 6:30 6:55 10:10 10:45 10:55 11:30 Daily Daily 7:05 7:30 7:35 7:55 Weekends and Holidays 11:10 11:45 11:55 12:30 p.m. $10.00 $10.75 Depart S.F. Arrive Depart Arrive S.F. Adult Cash Fare (19 – 64) Pier 41 Sausalito Sausalito Pier 41 12:40 p.m. 1:15 p.m. 1:25 p.m. 2:00 $6.50 $5.50 TIBURON – Pier 41 2:15 2:50 3:00 3:30 Clipper 9:45 a.m. 10:45 a.m. 10:55 a.m. 11:20 a.m. 2:50 3:25 3:30 4:00 Youth/Senior/Disabled $5.00 $5.25 Weekdays 11:35 a.m. 12:00 p.m. 12:10 p.m. 1:05 p.m. ------4:00 4:30 Depart Arrive Depart Arrive Depart Arrive 2:05 2:30 2:35 3:50 Children 5 and under FREE FREE 3:40 4:15 4:30 5:00 Pier 41 Tiburon Tiburon Ferry Ferry Pier 41 4:00 4:25 4:35 5:25 (limit 2 per fare-paying adult) Bldg Bldg 4:10 4:45 5:00 5:30 5:35 6:00 6:05 6:55 Children ages 5 and under travel free 9:45 am 10:25am 10:30am ------10:55 ------5:30 6:00 when accompanied by a full fare paying 11:00 am 11:45am 11:50am ------12:15pm 5:10 5:45 6:00 6:30 adult (limit two youth per adult). 12:20pm 1:05pm 1:10pm ------1:45pm 5:40 6:15 6:30 7:00 1:50 2:30 2:35 ------3:15 6:40 7:10 7:20 7:50 Giants Ferry $11.50 Holiday Schedule in effect for: Day After Thanksgiving (Nov 23), 4:10 4:50 ------& President’s Day (Feb 18) No service on Thanksgiving Day 7:25 8:00 8:10 8:40 (Nov 22), Christmas Day (Dec 25), & New Year’s Day (Jan 1) 8:50 9:25 9:35 10:05 Direct ferry service is provided to all Giants games at AT&T Park. Special service is provided to various concerts and the Bay to FARES: One-way Round-trip Breakers Race. On weekdays, with the exception of the 5:20pm Adult $11.50 $23.00 San Francisco departure which uses a high-capacity Spaulding Senior (65+) $ 6.75 $13.50 vessel, all other trips use high-speed catamarans. Weekend service TIBURON – Pier 41 Child (5-11) $ 6.75 $13.50 is provided by a high-capacity Spaulding vessel. Weekends and Holidays For the most current schedule, visit http://www.blueandgoldfleet.com/Ferry/Sausalito/index.cfm Depart Arrive Depart Arrive Depart Arrive SAUSALITO Pier 41 Tiburon Tiburon Ferry Ferry Pier 41 Weekdays (excluding Holidays) Weekends and Holidays Bldg Bldg ANGEL ISLAND - S.F. 9:45am 10:25am 10:30am ------11:20 Weekdays (Depart Pier 41) Depart Arrive S.F. Depart S.F. Arrive Depart Arrive S.F. Depart S.F. Arrive 11:35 12:30pm 12:40pm ------1:05pm Sausalito Ferry Bldg. Ferry Bldg. Sausalito Sausalito Ferry Bldg. Ferry Bldg. Sausalito 2:05pm 2:50 2:55 ------3:50 Depart Depart Arrive Depart Arrive Arrive 7:10 a.m. 7:35 a.m. 7:40 a.m. 8:10 a.m. ------10:40 a.m. 11:10 a.m. 4:00 4:50 4:55 ------5:25 Ferry Pier 41 Angel Angel Ferry Pier 41 8:20 8:45 10:00 10:30 11:20 a.m. 11:50 a.m. 12:00 p.m. 12:30 p.m. 5:35 6:20 6:30 ------6:55 Bldg Island Island Bldg 10:55 11:25 11:35 a.m. 12:05 p.m. 12:45 p.m. 1:15 p.m. 1:25 1:55 - - - 9:45am 10:10am 10:15am --- 10:55am 12:15 p.m. 12:45 p.m. 12:55 p.m. 1:25 2:10 2:40 2:50 3:20 ------2:50pm --- 3:15pm 1:55 2:25 2:35 3:05 3:50 4:20 4:40 5:10 3:20 3:50 4:00 4:30 ------6:00 6:30 FARES: One-way Round trip Weekends & Holidays (Depart Pier 41) 4:45 5:15 5:30 6:00 5:35 6:05 ------9:45 am 10:10 am 10:15 am 11:20 am Adult $11.50 $23.00 ------6:10 6:35 6:45 7:10 6:45 7:15 ------3:20pm - - - 3:50pm Senior (65+) $ 6.75 $13.50 7:20 7:50 7:55 8:20 Child (5-11) $ 6.75 $13.50 Contact Information Toll free 511 or 711 (TDD) 20 Ticket Commute Book $140.00 (Mon. - Fri.) Holiday Schedule in effect for: Day After Thanksgiving (Nov 23), & President’s Day (Feb 18) No service on Thanksgiving Day ANGEL ISLAND PRICES Holiday service is in effect on Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, Presidents Day, Memorial Day, No ferry service on (Nov 22), Christmas Day (Dec 25), & New Year’s Day (Jan 1) Independence Day, Labor Day, and the day after Thanksgiving Day (Sausalito). New Year’s Day, Thanksgiving S.F. Pier 41 (round-trip) The Larkspur line operates on a Modified Holiday Schedule on the day after Thanksgiving Day. Day, and Christmas Day. Adult $18.00 BAY CRUISE Child (6-11) $ 9.50 Depart Pier 39 Senior (65+) $ 9.50 Bay Area Ferry Terminal Child (5 & under) FREE Red & White Daily Monday - Thursday Friday - Sunday Locations * All prices include State Park Fees / Weekend Schedule on Memorial BAY CRUISE Pier 43½ 10:15 a.m. 10:15 a.m. 2:15 p.m. Day (May 25) / Independence Day (July 4) and Labor Day (Sept 7) Alameda Ferry Terminal Monday through Sunday FARES: 1:15 p.m. 11:00 3:15 Bay Cruise 2990 Main Street 3:15 12:15 p.m. 4:30 10:00 a.m. 2:30 p.m. Adult (18+) $30.00 4:30 1:15 10:45 * 3:00 Youth (5-17) $20.00 Harbor Bay Ferry Terminal Child (under 5) Free 215 Adelphian Way, Alameda 11:15 3:45 Angel Island Ferry 12:00 p.m. # 4:15 # * # Bridge to Bridge 1:10 5:30 ^ * Adult (18+) $38.00 TIBURON – ANGEL ISLAND Larkspur Landing Ferry Terminal Youth (5-17) $26.00 1:40 For the most current schedule, visit www.blueandgoldfleet.com Weekdays and Weekends 101 E. Sir Francis Drake Boulevard ^ Sunset Cruise Bay Cruise does not operate during inclement weather. Tiburon to Angel Island Angel Island to Tiburon Adult (18+) $64.00 FARES: All prices include audio tour. Oakland Ferry Terminal * Thurs-Sun Only Youth (5-17) $44.00 Saturday - Sunday Saturday - Sunday 10 Clay Street @ Jack London Square Adult $30.00 Child (5-11) $20.00 10:00 a.m. 11:00 a.m. 10:20 a.m. 11:20 a.m. Junior (12-18) $24.00 Senior (62+) $24.00 1:00 p.m. 3:00 p.m. 1:20 p.m. 3:30 p.m. Discount fares available at www.blueandgoldfleet.com Sausalito Ferry Terminal Monday - Friday Humbolt Street & Anchor Avenue There is no scheduled weekday service from November All Ferry schedules through December. Mon-Fri: Ferry service by advance reservation for groups of 25 or more may be available. San Francisco: subject to change. Individuals may "piggyback" with scheduled groups. SF Ferry Building @ foot of Market Street Call 415-435-2131 for details. Pier 41 @ Fisherman’s Wharf ROCKETBOAT Ferry service by advance reservation for groups of 25 or more. For the most up to date Call (415) 435-2131 to find out if you can “piggyback” with groups South San Francisco 911 Marina Boulevard information. FARES: Round Trip (*Limit one Adult (13 - 64) $15.00 free child, Seniors (ages 65+) $14.00 ages 2 Tiburon Ferry Terminal Service resumes in May 2016 Children (ages 6 - 12) $13.00 and under, Tiburon Blvd. & Main St. in Tiburon Small Children (ages 3 - 5) $5.00 per paying Visit: Toddlers (ages 2 and under) Free* adult.) Vallejo Ferry Terminal Bicycles $1.00 For the most current schedule and other information, visit 289 Mare Island Way in Vallejo www.baycrossings.com www.angelislandferry.com / Schedule Subject to change w/o notice VALLEJO ALAMEDA/OAKLAND ALAMEDA/OAKLAND VALLEJO – SAN FRANCISCO Weekdays to San Francisco Weekends and Holidays to San Francisco Travel time between Vallejo and Depart Depart Arrive S.F. Arrive S.F. Depart Depart Arrive S.F. Arrive S.F. San Francisco is approximately 60 minutes. Oakland Alameda Ferry Bldg. Pier 41 Oakland Alameda Ferry Bldg. Pier 41 6:00 a.m. 6:10 a.m. 6:30 a.m. --- 9:45 a.m. 10:00 a.m. 10:45 a.m. 10:25 a.m. 6:30 a.m. 6:40 a.m. 7:00 --- 11:25 11:10 11:50 12:10 p.m. Depart Vallejo Depart S.F. Depart Pier 41 7:05 7:15 7:35 --- to S.F Ferry Ferry Bldg. Fisherman’s Wharf 12:05 p.m. 11:50 p.m. 12:30 p.m. 12:50 7:35 7:45 8:05 --- 1:50 p.m. 1:35 p.m. 2:20 2:40 Building to Vallejo to Vallejo 8:10 --- 8:40 --- 2:50 p.m. 2:35 p.m. 3:20 3:40 5:30 a.m. 6:35 a.m. ------8:20 8:40 --- 4:40 4:25 ---- 5:10 6:30 ------8:40 8:50 9:10 --- 6:10 5:55 6:30 6:50 7:00 ------9:15 9:25 9:45 10:00 a.m. 7:45 7:30 ---- 8:20 7:45 8:15 ------11:00 10:50 11:30 11:45 10:00 11:10 11:30 1:35 p.m. 1:20 p.m. 2:00 p.m. 2:20 p.m. 2:00 p.m. 3:30 p.m. 3:10 p.m. 2:40 2:25 3:05 --- 4:00 4:30 ------3:50 3:35 4:20 --- 5:05 4:45 5:30 --- 4:45 5:15 ------Weekends and Holidays from San Francisco 5:50 5:40 6:20 --- 5:45 6:00 ------Depart S.F. Depart S.F. Arrive Arrive 6:20 6:05 --- 6:50 ------7:15 6:55 Pier 41 Ferry Bldg. Alameda Oakland 6:55 6:45 7:20 --- 9:00 a.m. 9:15 a.m. 9:55 a.m. 9:40 a.m. 7:55 7:45 8:25 8:40 10:35 10:50 11:05 11:20 8:55 8:45 --- 9:25 11:15 11:30 11:45 12:00 p.m. Weekends & Holidays 1:00 1:15 1:30 1:45 10:00 a.m. 11:10 a.m. 11:30 a.m. Weekdays from San Francisco 2:00 2:15 2:30 2:45 11:30 12:45 p.m. ----- Depart S.F. Depart S.F. Arrive Arrive 3:50 4:05 4:20 4:35 2:30 p.m. 3:40 4:00 p.m. Pier 41 Ferry Bldg. Alameda Oakland 5:20 5:35 5:50 6:05 6:55 7:10 7:25 7:40 3:30 4:40 ------6:30 a.m. 7:15 a.m. 7:05 a.m. 5:15 7:00 6:30 ---- 7:00 7:45 7:35 Available beginning November 7, 2015 ---- 7:35 8:15 ------8:05 8:50 8:40 FARES: One-way ---- 8:40 9:25 9:15 Available beginning November 7, 2015 10:15 a.m. 10:30 10:50 11:00 FARES: One-way Adult $13.40 Call (707) 64-FERRY Adult $6.40 Adult (Clipper Only) $10.10 or visit www. 12:45 p.m. 1:00 p.m. 1:15 p.m. 1:30 p.m. Youth (5-18) $ 6.70 Adult (Clipper Only) $4.80 PURCHASE TICKETS sanfranciscobayferry.com 1:45 2:00 2:20 2:35 Youth (5-18) $3.20 Senior (65+)/Disabled/Medicare $ 6.70 3:00 3:15 3:30 3:45 ONBOARD THE FERRY School Groups $ 4.40 for updated information. Senior (65+) Disabled $3.20 Child under 5 FREE for information Child (under 5) FREE 4:00 4:30 4:45 5:05 School Groups $2.10 (MON. to FRI.) 5:00 5:20 5:40 5:50 Short Hop - Adult $1.50 --- 5:40 6:00 6:15 Short Hop - Youth $0.75 (415) 705 8291 Take the Ferry to GIANTS BASEBALL AT AT&T PARK --- 6:25 6:45 6:55 Short Hop - S / D $0.75 --- 7:25 7:45 7:55 8:05 8:25 8:45 8:55 SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO Sevice will resume for Weekday to SSF/Oyster Point Depart Depart Arrive 2015 Season (EAST END OF ALAMEDA/S.F.) Alameda Oakland SSF Harbor Bay Ferry 6:30 a.m. 6:40 a.m. 7:15 a.m. Weekday Commute 7:30 7:40 8:15 8:00 8:10 8:45 Depart Arrive Depart Arrive Harbor Bay S.F. Ferry S.F. Ferry Harbor Bay Island Bldg. Bldg. Island Weekday to Alameda & Oakland 6:30 a.m. 6:55 a.m. 7:00 a.m. 7:25 a.m. Depart Arrive Arrive 7:30 7:55 8:00 8:25 SSF Oakland Alameda 4:20 p.m. 4:55 p.m. 5:10 p.m. 8:30 8:55 4:35 p.m. 5:00 p.m. 5:20 6:00 5:50 5:05 p.m. 5:30 p.m. 5:35 6:00 7:00 7:50 7:35 6:05 6:30 6:00 6:25 7:05 7:30 6:35 7:00 7:35 8:00 FARES: One-way South San Francisco / San Francisco Adult $6.70 Weekday Service - Monday through Friday Adult (Clipper Only) $5.00 Youth (5-18) $3.30 Disabled / Seniors (65+) $3.30 Depart S. San Francisco Arrive Ferry Building Illustration from www.tuscolatoday.com School Groups $2.20 Children (under 5) FREE 9:00 a.m. 9:30 a.m. VALLEJO - ANGEL ISLAND ALAMEDA/OAKLAND - ANGEL ISLAND Depart Ferry Building Arrive S. San Francisco 3:30 p.m. 4:00 p.m. Year-round ferry service is available from Year-round ferry service is available from Adult $7.40 San Francisco Pier 41. Alameda/Oakland and San Francisco Pier 41. Alameda/Oakland and One-way Adult (Clipper Only) $7.20 Vallejo ferry service to Angel Island is available Vallejo ferry service to Angel Island is available Youth (5-18 years) $3.70 FARES: Seniors (65+ yrs), Disabled $3.70 Seasonally from May through October Seasonally from May through October School Groups $2.40 Children (under 5) (with an adult) FREE Around the Bay in November Holiday Lights Skating Away PIER 39 Holiday Ice Rink at 4 with a lineup of jubilant and festive PIER 39 invites you to join some Embarcadero Center activities for all ages. The ice rink will special friends from the Disneyland Delighting families, couples and ice remain open through Monday, January Resort at the annual PIER 39 skating enthusiasts for over 25 years, 18. The ice rink in Union Square is Tree Lighting Celebration on the Holiday Ice Rink at Embarcadero the premier location for outdoor ice Saturday, November 21 and Sunday, Center presented by Hawaiian skating amongst the vibrant lights and November 22. They’re bringing a Airlines opens each winter for nine popular shopping destinations in San little bit of holiday cheer from the magical, fun-filled weeks. Get ready Francisco. The ice rink will be open Happiest Place on Earth, where to skate under the sun and stars along daily from 10 a.m. to 11:30 p.m., with the 60th Diamond Celebration is the beautiful waterfront at the largest the exception of closing at 9:30 p.m. making the holidays more dazzling outdoor rink in San Francisco. This on Thursday, December 31. Ticket than ever! Experience the magic, sing year’s skating kicks off on November prices for regular admission are $11 songs, give hugs to the Disneyland 4 and continues through January and $7 for children eight and under. friends and welcome the holiday 3. The rink is located just steps Figure skate and hockey skate rentals season with two days of holly- from the Ferry Building and the are $6. Tickets will be available at jolly magic and merriment for the California Street cable car line. The the ice rink ticket window in Union whole family. The fun culminates Macy’s at Union Square ring of the bells and the lights of Square Park, or you can buy advance at 6 p.m. each night as PIER 39’s majestic In the San Francisco holiday tradition, Macy’s the Embarcadero make skating at tickets at www.unionsquareicerink. 60-foot tree, adorned with glistening once again presents its gift to the city—a the Embarcadero Center an “only in com. Group rates and private parties ornaments, bows and twinkling lights, will beautiful, reusable 83-foot tree decorated with San Francisco” experience. Hours of are also available. be illuminated against a stunning backdrop more than 33,000 twinkling energy-efficient operation are from 10 a.m. to 9:30 of the San Francisco city skyline. Catch LED lights and 1,100 shining ornaments— p.m. weekdays and 10 a.m. to 11:30 Yerba Buena Ice Skating the spirit of the season at PIER 39. Visit during the 26th Annual Great Tree Lighting on Friday and Saturday. Admission Located in an urban rooftop garden at pier39.com for details. Ceremony in Union Square on Friday, is $11 for adults and $6 for children Yerba Buena Garden, the view of the November 27 at 6 p.m. Enjoy live music, dance seven and under with skate rentals for City from the rink’s wall of windows Embarcadero Center performances and very special appearances $5. Tickets can be purchased online at can only be described as dazzling. The Embarcadero Center is brightening the while waiting for that enchanting moment embarcaderocenter.com or call (415) ice rink is open for public skating daily holidays this year with the 29th Annual when Union Square’s holiday tree is illuminated. 837-1931 for more information. and skating lessons as well as private Building Lighting Ceremony & Carnival This year, singer, songwriter and actress Jordin events and parties. Admission is $12 on Friday, November 20. A perfect event Sparks will be headlining the festivities. Safeway Holiday Ice Rink for adults, $10 for children/seniors to share with the family, the carnival The Safeway Holiday Ice Rink in (6-12 or 55+) and $7 for toddlers five will kick off at 4 p.m. with a host of fun Yountville’s Annual Festival of Lights Union Square is a San Francisco and under with skate rentals for $4. activities for the kids including carnival The Friday after Thanksgiving is known as holiday tradition that will kick off Visit www.skatebowl.com for more games, face painting, a visit from Santa & Black Friday—but it is anything but “dark” the ice skating season on November information. Mrs. Claus, cookie decorating, interactive in Yountville. On this day, the people of arts and crafts booths, balloon twisters, Yountville kick off the holiday season by and trial in Tokyo became one of the musical performances, a very special transforming their town into a magical Anti-Whaling Activist most infamous anti-whaling events appearance by Mickey Mouse and more. winter wonderland using thousands of tiny, Visits Vallejo Marine conservationist, world record in history. Demonstrations while At 6 p.m., gather around the Holiday energy-efficient twinkling lights. Celebrating holder, television producer and he languished in prison convinced Ice Rink at Embarcadero Center for live its 27th year, Yountville’s Festival of Lights author Pete Bethune is coming to the Australian Government to take ice skating and musical performances, invites friends, families and visitors to play Vallejo’s Cal Maritime on Friday, Japan to the International Court of followed by a sneak peek performance hooky from the shopping mall and gather in November 13. Bethune works with Justice, and four years later the court from Disney on Ice presents Frozen. one of the world’s most popular destinations governments in developing sound effectively banned Japan’s whaling Then tilt your head to the sky for a for a feel-good family event to kick off the marine conservation policy and program. Bethune will speak in Rizza dazzling fireworks spectacular designed to holiday season. Presales of tasting bracelets legislation. In 2010, his 18-ton Auditorium at 6 p.m. and a reception complement the highlight of the evening for the popular celebration are available now powerboat was rammed by an 800- will be held at 5 p.m. Admission — the initial lighting of Embarcadero at the Yountville Welcome Center at 6484 ton whaler while he was working to is free. Both the event and the Center’s office towers, with a dramatic Washington Street, online at yountville.com/ try to stop the Japanese whaling fleet. reception are open to the public. For illumination of San Francisco’s skyline, events or by calling the Yountville Chamber His subsequent arrest, five months in directions or parking information, featuring 17,000 lights throughout the at (707) 944-0904. The holiday celebration a Japanese maximum-security prison, visit www.csum.edu/map. holiday season. is Friday, November 28, 2-6 p.m.

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