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“The Voice of the Waterfront” July 2010 Vol.11, No.7

Suisun Bay Cleanup to Begin

Smooth Rides Ahead Finning Isn’t Funny Simplifies Fares Sharks Star in New Exhibit

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GRAND OPENING SPEcIAlS Going on now!

A Waterfront Community on the Island of Alameda

GRAND OPENING SPEcIAlS just announced! • Now Selling!

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columns features 14 IT CAME FROM 10 GREEN PAGES BENEATH THE SEA Tour Operator Brings Finning Isn’t Funny Green Living into Focus by Kati Schmidt by Bill Picture GHOST FLEET 10 SAILING ADVENTURES 12 15 WWII-Era Mess Will The Long Way Home Finally Be Cleaned Up guides by Captain Ray by Deb Self and Saul Bloom 06 WATERFRONT ACTIVITIES 20 THE DELTA BEAT Our recreational resource guide Is the Delta Facing a news 18 WETA FERRY SCHEDULES Real Estate Boom? 04 Bay Area Transit Riders Be on time for last call by Jah Mackey Embrace Clipper Card 22 AROUND THE BAY 05 WATERFRONT NEWS To see, be, do, know APL Takes Top Spot in Ag Carrier Survey by Patrick Burnson ON OUR COVER July 2010 Volume 11, Number 7

Bobby Winston, Proprietor Joyce Aldana, President FasTrak Enrollment Soars Joel Williams, Publisher 07 Patrick Runkle, Editor Ahead of Toll Hike

ADVERTISING & MARKETING Free Pedicab Rides for Joel Williams, Advertising & Marketing Director 08 Giants Home Games GRAPHICS & PRODUCTION Francisco Arreola, Designer / Web Producer Ferries Offer Service to ART DIRECTION 09 Francisco Arreola; Patrick Runkle; Joel Williams McCartney Concert COLUMNISTS Captain Ray Wichmann; Paul Duclos; Patrick Burnson; CULTURAL CURRENTS Deb Self; Jah Mackey; Kati Schmidt 17 Far East Exotica, Iconic WRITERS & PHOTOGRAPHERS Bill Picture; Joel Williams; Art, and Silent Movies John Goodwin by Paul Duclos ACCOUNTING Cindy Henderson Aerial photographer extraordinaire and frequent Bay Crossings Advertising Inquiries: Coast Guard Offers contributor Barrie Rokeach (www.rokeachphoto.com) (707) 556-3323, [email protected] 21 Summer Boating Tips snapped our cover image, which depicts a few of the ships of the Suisun Bay “Ghost Fleet.” Thanks in part to the efforts of Bay Crossings Ferry Building, #22 Baykeeper, the federal government has agreed to San Francisco, CA 94111 Corrections & Letters clean up the decaying ships, preventing further environmental www.baycrossings.com We appreciate the opportunity to publish our readers' damage. You can see more of Barrie Rokeach’s stunning images comments, letters or requests for corrections, which can A Division of Nematode Media, LLC be sent to [email protected]. at www.rokeachphoto.com, or contact him in Berkeley at [email protected] or (510) 527-5376.

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TRANSPORTATION NEWS

All-in-One, Reloadable Fare Card Available Free of Charge All Summer Bay Area Transit Riders Set Sail With Clipper

By John Goodwin

“It took eight years, but this little card has turned into an overnight success!” declared Alameda County Supervisor and Metropolitan Transportation Commission Chairman Scott Haggerty at the mid-June ceremony to rechristen the Bay Area’s all-in- one, reloadable transit fare card as ClipperSM, replacing the TransLink® moniker in use since 2002. Clipper is now available for fare payment on all routes and at all stations operated by AC Transit, BART, , , & Ferry and San Francisco Muni. There are more than 100,000 active Clipper cards in circulation and daily boardings are up from about 25,000 last June to about 63,000 a day now. “That’s roughly equal to every single passenger on Caltrain Photo by Noah Berger and Golden Gate Transit combined using Metropolitan Transportation Commission Chair and Alameda County Supervisor Scott Haggerty shows off his brand new Clipper card and an electronic Clipper every day,” explained Haggerty. card reader at the launch ceremony for the Bay Area’s regional transit-fare payment card. Haggerty also used the occasion of the rechristening celebration — held dockside next to the historic square-rigger Already Shipshape for Most Bay of the San Francisco Municipal Transportation the correct fare and applies any discounts — Balclutha at the San Francisco Maritime Area Transit Passengers Agency. “The new equipment will provide including transfers — for each trip. National Historical Park — to announce seamless transfers among transit systems in “We chose the Clipper name to evoke that Clipper cards will be available free of Transit operators already accepting Clipper for the Bay Area, and generate increased use of the Bay Area’s maritime history and to charge for all customers through the rest fare payment carry more than 80 percent of all Clipper on the Muni system. No need for exact honor the ‘Clippers’ that have transformed of this summer. The distinctive blue and Bay Area transit passengers. SamTrans and the change. No hassles. Customers simply load fare Bay Area transportation through the years,” white cards ordinarily cost $5, though this Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority value or passes directly on the Clipper card — said Haggerty. “In the 19th century, it was cost is waived when customers sign up for (VTA) are scheduled to begin accepting which can be accomplished the tremendous speed Autoload, a feature allowing passengers to Clipper throughout their route and station automatically by taking of the clipper ships that add value to their cards automatically from networks later this year. Evenutally, passengers advantage of the Autoload revolutionized travel from a bank account or credit card. will be able to use the Clipper card to pay fares feature.” the East Coast to San Riders can order a free Clipper card, add on all Bay Area transit systems. In addition to Francisco Bay during the electronic value that is accepted on all transit San Francisco Muni, which carries the eliminating the need for Gold Rush era. In the systems, or add a monthly pass for a specific largest number of passengers in the region, is exact change, the Clipper 1930s, it was the China agency online at www.clippercard.com, by nearing completion of a year-long project to card makes it unnecessary Clipper that revolutionized phone (1-877-878-8883) or TDD/TTY replace aging fare gates throughout its Muni for customers to carry air travel with the first Photo by Noah Berger (711 or 1-800-735-2929), at select transit Metro station network with new gates that paper passes, tickets or commercial service across The distinctive blue and white Clipper agency ticket offices, or at more than 200 will only accept Clipper cards. The roughly ride books. Several Bay card is now available free of charge. the Pacific, cutting the participating retail locations — including the $29 million initiative includes the installation Area transit agencies this travel time from San Bay Crossings store in San Francisco’s Ferry of new ticket vending machines, through year will begin phasing out Francisco to Manila by Building. In addition to the Autoload option, which customers can purchase new single-use various paper fare media and will transition more than a month. Now it’s the 21st century Clipper also offers card replacement and Clipper cards. customers to the Clipper card. To use Clipper, and this new Clipper card is revolutionizing balance restoration for customers who register “The new fare gates and ticket vending passengers simply “tag” their cards by touching Bay Area transit.” cards that later end up lost or damaged. machines will provide a tremendous benefit them to the Clipper logo on the card reader John Goodwin is a Public Information Registration is free and can be completed to our customers,” said Nathaniel P. Ford Sr., as they board a bus or enter a transit station. Officer for the Metropolitan Transportation easily online, over the phone or by mail. executive director and chief executive officer The Clipper system automatically deducts Commission and the .

4 July 2010 www.baycrossings.com WORKING WATERFRONT NEWS APL Takes Top Spot in Ag Carrier Survey

By Patrick Burnson reflects your overall experience with to Reduce Congestion on America’s Other concerns raised about the the booking, equipment and space Transportation Network,” congestion is plan were brought up by members allocation, documentation and customer costing the United States an estimated of the International Longshore and PL took the top spot in service practices of the carriers with $200 billion a year. And this figure Warehouse Union (ILWU). One dockside the 4th annual Agricultural whom you ship: 1. Among the best; 2. is rising. Nearly 98 percent of all worker was assured by Hummer that all Transportation Coalition In the upper half; 3. In the bottom half; domestic freight—including freight container hand-offs would remain with (AgTC) Ocean Carrier 4. Among the worst.” that enters through ports—moves on the ILWU—which controls all three Performance Survey, the To calculate a score for each carrier, the nation’s Interstates and railroads. A ports. The implications of a wildcat results of which were announced last all the submissions are aggregated and Federal Highway Administration study, strike or sudden work slowdown were not monthA at AgTC’s 23rd Annual Conference averaged. The submissions of each “Estimated Cost of Freight Involved in addressed, however. in San Francisco. participating shipper are completely Highway Bottlenecks,” AgTC initiated the Annual Survey, confidential, and after the scores are indicates that, on average, which rates agriculture shippers and calculated, all individual submissions are there are currently forwarders nationally, in 2007 in order discarded. The complete survey results 10,500 trucks per day to address significant shortcomings on can be found on the AgTC’s website at per mile on the Interstate the part of some carriers in the area of www.agrans.org Highway System. But documentation—specifically, timely by 2035, that volume and accurate bills of lading. In recent is expected to double years, the proliferation of government MARAD Director to 22,700 trucks, with data collection requirements and Addresses ‘Marine the most heavily used commercial and financial demands—as Highway’ Concerns portions of the system well as shifting volumes from imports to Now that the U.S. Department of seeing upwards of 50,000 exports—has severely challenged both Transportation Maritime Administration trucks per day. carriers and shippers. (MARAD) has established a final rule on “By linking the “The objective of the AgTC Ocean its “Marine Highway” strategy, shippers Northern California ports

Carrier Performance Survey is to recognize are keen to understand how the tactical of Sacramento, Stockton, BAGS IN THE BAY those carriers that consistently perform implementation will begin. More to the and Oakland, a great BLUES FESTIVAL well, and to encourage the others to point, however, is the question of how deal of that surface mode Featuring John focus their company, personnel and it will enhance trade and improve the pressure can be relieved,” Nemeth SAVE THE BAY resources on doing better,” said association movement of domestic goods. said Hummer. “Short-sea Clean Up Project Sunday, August 1st @ 9:00am spokesmen. John Hummer, director of MARAD’s shipping is hardly a new Register at saveSFbay.org Each year, AgTC has extended Northern California Gateway Office, concept, and now that the an invitation to each carrier to work was charged with facing those queries Obama Administration FREE BAGS IN THE BAY BLUES FESTIVAL hosted by Barefoot Winery Where: Top of the Bay Room, Hilton Garden Inn, Emeryville with the organization and its members and others at last month’s “Ports and has given us the funding, When: 6-7pm (clean-up volunteers only) 7-9pm (open to the public) to address documentation and other Terminals” luncheon staged by the it’s worth a try.” Silent auction to bene t Save the Bay! California Table Wine, ©2010 Barefoot Cellars, Modesto, CA. All rights reserved. 10-9982BFC-082-174177 performance practices, in order to make Pacific Transportation Association. Held improvements and enhance the shipper- at Scott’s, near the , the carrier relationship. event attracted its share of skeptics who According to spokesmen, a took issue with some of Hummer’s rosier demonstration of the positive potential projections. of the survey has been the effort of Maersk “How does MARAD quantify the to address documentation issues. “Maersk return on investment?” asked one shipper, met with ag shippers at the AgTC mid-year who said that not enough “hard numbers” conference, established a documentation had been produced before the plan was initiative with dedicated personnel, and pushed through. heard, directly from the AgTC members, Hummer admitted that MARAD’s the specific documentation metrics five-year plan to ease congestion by using required for the shipper to perform under barges and tugs as alternatives to trucks their contracts to their foreign customers,” was going to deliver a “net value” yet to said spokesmen. be measured. “But it’s our best shot at the The confidential survey asks each moment,” he added. “And worth a try.” shipper to “assign a number that According to the “National Strategy

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Every 12PM – 2PM - Intro 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. Reservations Required. Cost: $40/person. Call for more information.

Every 6PM – 8PM - Wednesday Night Sail, OCSC Sailing, Berkeley, 510-843-4200, www.ocscsailing.com Wednesday This two-hour skippered charter is is a great way to take a mid-week break and get on the water for a few hours to watch the sunset. The sail is followed by a party in the OCSC Clubhouse from 8-10pm. Reservations Required. Cost: $40/person. Call for more information.

July 4 7:30PM – 10:30PM - 4th of July Fireworks Sail, OCSC SAILING, Berkeley, (510) 843-4200, www.ocscsailing.com Don’t get stuck on land this year! Join us for a fireworks sail on the 82’ Schooner Seaward and get the best seat in the house for the Independence Day festivities. Reservations Required. Cost: $95/person. Call for more information.

July 10 10AM – 11:30AM - Line Handling Seminar, Club Nautique Sailing School & Charters, Alameda, (510) 865-4700, www.clubnautique.net Learn techniques for handling lines that will improve your seamanship on any boat. Coiling, securing and stowing lines has never been easier. Reservations Required. Cost: FREE Call for more information.

July 11 8:45AM – 4PM - Beginning Sea Kayaking, , Canoe & Kayak, , 800-366-9804, www.calkayak.com Enjoy a day on the water learning how to paddle a sea kayak with our expert instructors. Be prepared to get wet! Graduates of this class are qualified to rent closed- deck sea kayaks and participate in more advanced classes and trips. $99; Includes boat, wet suit and paddling gear, and free coupon for a future rental!

July 17 8:45AM – 4PM - Beginning Sea Kayaking, Oakland Estuary, Canoe & Kayak, Jack London Square, 800-366-9804, www.calkayak.com Enjoy a day on the water learning how to paddle a sea kayak with our expert instructors. Be prepared to get wet! Graduates of this class are qualified to rent closed- deck sea kayaks and participate in more advanced classes and trips. $99; Includes boat, wet suit and paddling gear, and free coupon for a future rental!

July 18 10AM – 2PM - Kayak Basics, Oakland Estuary, Canoe & Kayak, Jack London Square, 800-366-9804, www.calkayak.com Are you ready to try kayaking? This half-day class (4 hours) allows you to paddle a few different types of kayaks, including Touring Kayaks (for open water), Recreational Kayaks, and Sit-on-Tops. Learn the basic strokes and the difference between boat types. This class emphasizes basic water safety, but saves capsize recovery practice for the Beginning Sea Kayaking class. $59; Includes coupon for future rental, good for 2 hours!

July 24 6PM – 8PM - Anniversary Open House & Crew Party, Club Nautique Sailing School & Charters, Alameda, (510) 865-4700, www.clubnautique.net We’re turning 30! Come help celebrate with us! Learn about our club, mix and mingle with members and staff and enjoy munchies and beverages. FREE! Reservations required. Call for more information.

July 24 7PM – 11PM - Night Sailing Seminar! Club Nautique Sailing School & Charters, Alameda, (510) 865-4700, www.clubnautique.net Gain night time experience. Head out after dark on a sailboat and get acclimated to night cruising and provide you with tips and tricks to make it fun! Reservations Required. Cost: Members: $109/Non-Members $145 Call for more information.

July 24 7:30PM – 10:30PM - Moonlight Kayaking, California Canoe & Kayak, Jack London Square, 800-366-9804, www.calkayak.com Moonlight paddling is enchanting! The water is calm and glassy on the California Canoe & Kayak Oakland Estuary and the city lights add to the ambiance. We enjoy a 409 Water St, Jack London Square leisurely pace as the sun sets and the moon rises, illuminating a calkayak.com Oakland, CA 94607 delightful evening. $49 includes all equipment, and guides. www.calkayak.com Phone: (510) 893-7833 California Canoe & Kayak has been a fixture on the Waterfront Adventures is an advertising sponsored Oakland waterfront since 1992 and in business since 1972 section for activities on or around the water in the Bay providing kayaking and canoeing classes, trips, rentals, service and sales. Try the hot new sport of Stand-up Paddle Area. If you are interested in having your events or Boarding at are convenient on-water location at Jack London activities listed in this section contact Joel Williams at Square. Test paddle any model for free before you make your purchase. Enjoy an adventure on the water with California [email protected]. Canoe & Kayak. Open 7 days a week and holidays.

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With Toll Hike Looming, Cash Tollpayers Must Stay Right on FasTrak® Enrollment Soars Richmond-San Rafael Approach

Toll plaza changes designed to In addition to the new By John Goodwin a.m. and from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. With the speed travel for carpoolers are dedicated carpool lane, work recent lane restriping on the approaches to the now in place at the Antioch and crews restriped the westbound Richmond-San Rafael and Antioch bridges, Richmond-San Rafael bridges. Interstate 580 approach to the With a toll increase on the Bay Area’s seven dedicated carpool lanes are now available at Carpoolers who travel across Richmond-San Rafael Bridge toll state-owned bridges going into effect July the toll plazas at all seven state-owned toll the Antioch and Richmond- plaza to add a second FasTrak- 1, thousands more drivers are opting to get bridges. A new $3 carpool toll (half the regular San Rafael bridges during peak only lane. During peak commute on the FasTrak®. Enrollment in the region’s $6 cash toll) also goes into effect at the Golden commute periods will be able for periods, carpoolers and other prepaid toll collection program has surged Gate Bridge, which is owned and operated the first time to take advantage of FasTrak customers will share in recent weeks, with more than 4,000 new by a separate agency, the Golden Gate dedicated high-occupancy vehicle the far left lane, while the center customers receiving electronic toll tags during Bridge, Highway and Transportation District. lanes at the far left side of the lane will be reserved for drivers the first full week of June — an 80 percent Carpoolers at the Golden Gate Bridge must bridges’ toll plazas—eliminating who pay their tolls with FasTrak. jump from the 2,200 new enrollees registered pay their toll with FasTrak and must stop the need to stop at a staffed toll Drivers who use cash to pay their in the first week of May. briefly at a toll booth for an attendant to verify booth. Carpool commuters at toll will be restricted to the right To meet the growing demand for the vehicle’s occupancy. these bridges previously used lane of the toll plaza approach. FasTrak toll tags, the Bay Area Toll Authority July 1 also will mark the debut of mixed-flow cash/FasTrak® lanes, Cash tollpayers may experience additional delays as drivers (BATA) this spring expanded its FasTrak congestion pricing — also known as time-of- and were required to stop briefly at become accustomed to the new retail distribution network to include more day pricing — on the Bay Bridge, which is by a staffed toll booth for occupancy verification. configuration. than 125 Walgreens stores around the region. far the region’s busiest toll bridge. Beginning FasTrak toll tags also are available at some July 1, auto tolls on the Bay Bridge will vary 100 Safeway supermarkets and two dozen from $4 during weekday off-peak hours, to Costco warehouses. New customers who $5 all day on Saturdays and Sundays, and to pick up a FasTrak toll tag at a participating $6 from 5 a.m. to 10 a.m. and from 3 p.m. retailer by July 15 can get up to $10 in to 7 p.m. on weekdays. The regular auto toll free tolls. A complete list of participating will rise to $5 from the current $4 at all times th locations is available on the FasTrak Web site on the six other state-owned toll bridges: 4 of July Fireworks at bayareafastrak.org. the Antioch, Benicia-Martinez, Carquinez, “With the toll tags available at Walgreens, Dumbarton, Richmond-San Rafael and San Costco and Safeway, FasTrak enrollment Mateo-Hayward bridges. becomes a lot more convenient for a lot more BATA began distributing FasTrak toll BEST SEATS ON THE WHARF people,” said Napa County Supervisor and tags through Costco warehouses and Safeway Metropolitan Transportation Commission stores in 2007 as part of a comprehensive Join us on board the (MTC) member Bill Dodd, who chairs plan to expand and improve electronic toll the BATA Oversight Committee. “And collection in the Bay Area. Currently, there are convenience is really what FasTrak is all about. more than 900,000 FasTrak account holders SS JEREMIAH O’BRIEN Because FasTrak customers prepay their tolls, in the nine-county region. During peak they don’t have to stop to pay cash at a toll periods, FasTrak-equipped vehicles account Pier 45 - San Francisco booth. The correct toll is deducted electronically for more than 60 percent of peak-period from a customer’s prepaid account when they traffic on Bay Area toll bridges. FasTrak can be 7:30 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. pass through the toll plaza. Having the tags used in all lanes at all Bay Area toll plazas. available at Walgreens is especially timely for BATA, which is directed by the same policy carpool commuters because they will have to board as the Metropolitan Transportation Hot Dogs and Chips use FasTrak to qualify for the new discounted Commission (MTC), administers toll carpool toll that begins July 1.” revenues from the Bay Area’s seven state- Entertainment owned toll bridges. Toll revenues from the New Toll for Carpools, Congestion Golden Gate Bridge are administered by FIREWORKS Pricing on Bay Bridge the Golden Gate Bridge, Highway and The new $2.50 carpool toll, which is half of Transportation District, which joined with the new $5 regular toll (and a $3.50 discount BATA to operate a single regional FasTrak® off the new $6 peak-period toll on the San customer service center in San Francisco. Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge), will be Adults $20; Children (6 to 12) $10; Seniors (62 and older) $15; assessed for carpool vehicles that cross the John Goodwin is a Public Information Officer Family (2 adults and 2 children) $45. region’s state-owned toll bridges in designated for the Metropolitan Transportation Commission Tickets also available on line: www.ssjeremiahobrien.org carpool lanes on weekdays from 5 a.m. to 10 and the Bay Area Toll Authority. FREE RIDES Comcast SportsNet Takes Fans Out to the Ballgame!

Network to Provide Free Pedicab Rides to AT&T Park for Select San Francisco Giants Games

Comcast SportsNet is picking up the tab and providing free San Francisco Pedicab rides to AT&T Park for all San Francisco Giants weekday home games through September. Simply look for the Comcast SportsNet themed Pedicab with the “FREE RIDES” sign. A Pedicab, also known as a Photo courtesy of Golden Gate Pedicab cycle rickshaw, is a three-wheeled vehicle Free Pedicabs supplied by Comcast SportsNet will operate along the Embarcadero and on King Street. designed to accommodate two adult passengers and is powered by one driver. It’s a great way to escape city traffic and to enjoy the scenic beauty of San Francisco on the way to a Giants game. Free Pedicabs rides will only be available prior to the game from 5 p.m. to 7:15 p.m. along the Embarcadero (between BART and AT&T Park) and on King Street in San Francisco.

Photo courtesy of Golden Gate Pedicab

The free Pedicabs will be available to Giants weekday home games through September.

8 July 2010 www.baycrossings.com Rock the Boat and See a Beatle! Several Ferries Offer Service to AT&T Park Concert

BC Staff Report $16 from Larkspur and fare discount do not apply. The roundtrip cost for the Oakland/Alameda ferry is $14.50 erry service will be available for adults, $12.00 for active military, from Vallejo, Larkspur $10.00 for seniors 65 and over and and Alameda/Oakland to $8.50 for children from 5-12 years old Paul McCartney’s “Up and with advance tickets required. Advance Coming” concert at AT&T purchase is also highly recommended for Park on Saturday, July 10. This will the Vallejo and Larkspur ferries due to beF McCartney’s first appearance in a limited supply of seats available. The the City of San Francisco since the Baylink Vallejo ferry plans to make the Beatles played at Candlestick Park ride a party by playing Beatles/Paul Photo by Joel Williams on August 29, 1966. The special McCartney tunes for the voyage while Vallejo’s Baylink Ferry is one of several Bay Area ferry providers offering service to AT&T Park for the Baylink and Golden Gate Ferries depart offering spirits and wine and cheese Paul McCartney concert on July 10. Vallejo and Larkspur at 5:45 p.m. The for purchase. Cocktails are also served Alameda/Oakland Ferry will depart on both the Larkspur and Alameda/ from Oakland’s Jack London Square at Oakland ferries. Vallejo Ferry Terminal Alameda Ferry Terminal 6:15 and leaves Alameda’s Main Street 289 Way in Vallejo 2990 Main St. in Alameda terminal at 6:30. All Ferries will return The locations of the ferry terminals Ferry Terminal Oakland Ferry Terminal home 30 minutes after the conclusion offering service to the Paul McCartney 101 E. Sir Francis Drake Blvd., just east 530 Water St @ Jack London of the concert. The roundtrip fares are concert on Saturday, July 10 are listed of U.S. Highway 101 in Larkspur, CA Square in Oakland $26 per passenger from Vallejo and at right:

SS Jeremiah O’Brien - Still CrUiSing after all theSe YearS! nwind as we uncork delicious bottles of wine and cruise east- Bay Bridge & Urban ward to see the new Bay Bridge construction. Your day on the Ubay begins with a light breakfast and sparkling wine mimosas Wineries Cruise as we head out, followed by a picnic lunch and a tasting of boutique wines and cheese from local producers in the afternoon, all on the Featuring wines from SS Jeremiah O’Brien. Your ticket includes food and beverages, a live Boutique Urban Wineries 1940’s band and much more. Departs from Pier 45 at Fisherman’s Wharf, $125-$150. Please join us! Check our website for complete de- Saturday July 17th tails on this pleasurable summer cruise. more Cruises... July 17 Bay Bridge & Urban Wineries $125- $150 Aug 21 Ecology of the Bay Cruise $125 Oct 9 & 10 Fleet Week Cruises $150 Experience the 40’s on the O’Brien! Enjoy a continental breakfast, lunch, beverages, live 40’s music, ship tours, beverages and memories of a lifetime! For all details call 415-544-0100 or visit WWW.SSJeremiahOBrien.Org

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Tour Operator Brings Green Living Into Focus for Tourists

By Bill Picture As soon he hatched the plan to start his own tour company, Sasson began researching sustainable business isitors who sign up for one practices. The biggest threat posed to of the programs offered by the environment by businesses like local tour operator Green his, he realized, is the greenhouse gases Dream Tours can expect emitted by tour buses that continually more than just run-of-the- shuttle hundreds of camera-toting mill sightseeing. Incorporated into every tourists from one attraction to the next. Vouting is a trivia-loaded history lesson, an A solution, he thought, was to use only introduction to the natural beauty of the biodiesel vehicles. Bay Area, as well as information on the “Pretty much from the beginning, ambitious steps being taken by Bay Area I said, ‘I don’t want to do this using cities to preserve that beauty and minimize conventional fuel,’” he explained. “It their overall carbon footprints. costs me probably 20-30 percent more “It’s important to me,” said the to run on biodiesel, but it’s important company’s founder, Elie Sasson. “The to me to do it this way. I wouldn’t do it natural beauty of the area is one of the any other way.” main reasons that I moved here from It’s also proven to be useful as a New York City, and the Bay Area is jumping-off point for Sasson to explain leading the way when it comes to doing to his clients the growing importance of Photo courtesy of Green Dream Tours things greener. It would be a shame not alternative fuels in the Bay Area. “I tell Green Dream Tours’ entire fleet of vehicles run on cleaner-burning bio-diesel. Guides use the fleet as to work that in somehow.” them about San Francisco’s biodiesel a jumping-off point to explain to visitors the growing use of alternative fuels in the Bay Area. Green Dream Tours’ environmental program, and they’re really impressed.” bent is a reflection of Sasson’s own green Under San Francisco’s Greasecycle nature. Sasson took environmental studies program, used cooking oil is collected courses in college, and has tried to live from participating restaurants and green for as long as he can remember. Still, converted into biodiesel for City vehicles. the route from friend-of-the-environment The goal is to eventually convert the to green-torch-bearing tour guide was a City’s entire fleet to biodiesel. San rather circuitous one. Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom has also “I did a lot of development work for paved the way for greener taxi service by non-profits after college, started a vending requiring cab companies to reduce their machine company, and traveled quite a greenhouse gas emissions to 20 percent bit,” he said. “Tour guide was never really below 1990 levels by 2012. As of March, on my to-do list.” more than half of the City’s taxi fleet is After completing a summer job comprised of alternative fuel vehicles, with a company that organizes hiking including hybrids and compressed and biking tours in Yellowstone, natural gas vehicles. Sasson realized he could make a Sasson also talked about the City’s living by combining his passion for aggressive recycling program, and its environmentalism, his love of history ban on Styrofoam and plastic shopping and his affection for the Bay Area. bags. Sasson already uses only recycled

Photo courtesy of Green Dream Tours “I played tour guide a lot, even paper in his office. In the future, he before I actually was one,” he jokes. plans to print all of Green Dream Tours’ Green Dream Tours make all of the usual stops, including the Haight-Ashbury neighborhood. “Whenever I had friends in from out of marketing and promotional materials on However, the company’s founder, a self-admitted history buff, delves more into local history, sharing with visitors interesting details that make each of San Francisco’s neighborhoods so unique. town, I loved showing them around.” recycled paper as well.

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Tour Operator Brings Green Living Into Focus for Tourists

While tourists seem genuinely outdoors, in the hopes that it will inspire interested in green efforts like these, them to live greener. Sasson doesn’t believe it plays much of a “There’s something really wonderful role in the average customer’s purchasing about the look that people get on their decisions. “Only a small percentage of faces when they see Muir Woods for my clients choose me because I’m a the first time,” he said. “It’s a look of green business,” he said. “Cost, along excitement like, ‘Wow, that was really with recommendations from concierges cool!’ I hope they take that excitement and previous customers, are much back home with them.” bigger factors.” One might guess that, after leading Because visitors, in general, are still dozens of tours each month, Sasson would more concerned with what a tour operator be sick of revisiting the same locations charges than they are with an operator’s over and over again. But nothing could efforts to minimize its carbon footprint, be further from the truth. Photo courtesy of Green Dream Tours Sasson says that hotel concierges are “It’s still fun for me,” he says. “I love Despite his increasing efforts to do business in a greener, more sustainable manner, Sasson says that less likely to direct customers to green this City. I love talking about it, sharing visitors are still most interested in price. Nevertheless, he says they are quite impressed with what businesses for environmental reasons. its history with people. I’m definitely not San Francisco citizens and businesses are doing to minimize their respective carbon footprints. “Hotel staff doesn’t take a big interest sick of it yet. Plus, I get to re-experience in stuff like that,” he says. “It’s their job to this city through a new set of eyes each give the guests what they want, and what time—my clients’. It’s like rediscovering the guests want is a good price. It’s a little it all over again.” disheartening.” Still, Sasson says he continues tooting the Bay Area’s green horn and For more information on Green Dream Tours, visit incorporating nature into his tours www.greendreamtours.com. to expose clients to the beauty of the

Photo courtesy of Green Dream Tours Green Dream tries to incorporate nature into its city tours as much as possible, whether with a stop at Land’s End or a side trip to Muir Woods. The company hopes that, by exposing visitors to the beauty of nature, it can inspire them to live greener.

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BAYKEEPER Putting the Toxic Ghost Fleet to rest

By Deb Self and Saul Bloom Located in northern and other pollution into the water and and the Resource Conservation and near the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, sediment. An estimated 20 tons of heavy Recovery Act—key federal laws aimed at Suisun Bay is vital habitat for several species metals—including lead, zinc, copper and protecting our natural environment. In ue to the efforts of San of endangered fish, including Chinook cadmium—have already fallen, blown 2008, recognizing the pressing need to Francisco Baykeeper, Arc salmon and Delta smelt. Hundreds of or washed off the ships into the water, remove these ships from the Bay, the San Ecology, and the Natural native birds live in the marshy areas of according to the agency’s own analysis. In Francisco Bay Regional Water Quality Resources Defense Council Suisun Bay, and it is in an important winter fact, experts estimate that if the ships were Control Board joined the litigation effort. (NRDC), the decaying, stopover on the Pacific Flyway, along which to remain in the water, they would dump an Our research in preparation for trial Dtoxic vessels of the Ghost Fleet will soon thousands of birds migrate during the fall additional 50 tons of heavy metals into San revealed that the agency had known about haunt the waters of Suisun Bay no longer. and spring. Francisco Bay as they further deteriorated. the contamination for more than a decade In an important victory for the health of San Pollutants in the sediment directly but had failed to halt the pollution. After Francisco Bay and for the diverse range of Toxic Impacts below the vessels were found to be in several acts of Congress failed to produce a animals that thrives in the unique habitat of concentrations that exceed California’s cleanup plan, we filed suit against the agency Suisun Bay, we have successfully secured an The 52 decrepit vessels in the Ghost hazardous waste toxicity criteria. After being to require disposal of the ships. At first, the effective cleanup plan for the Ghost Fleet. Fleet were decommissioned and placed in consumed by sediment-dwelling creatures, federal agency proved to be recalcitrant, Earlier this year, NRDC, Arc Ecology, “storage” in Suisun Bay after World War these pollutants are introduced into the refusing to participate in meaningful and San Francisco Baykeeper settled a II and the Korean War with the idea that Bay’s food chain, where they impact plants, settlement negotiations with Baykeeper, lengthy lawsuit against the U.S. Maritime they could be reactivated for wartime use. fish, birds and mammals. NRDC, and Arc Ecology. But with the Administration to clean up the aging Many of the vessels are no longer seaworthy, change in administrations in January toxic vessels moored in Suisun Bay near however, and water must be pumped from The Long Fight to Clean 2009, we observed a noticeable shift in Benicia. Under the agreement, the federal them regularly to keep Up the Ships cooperation. Then, in January of this year, agency will be required to remove the them afloat. They are a federal court issued a preliminary ruling loose and peeling paint from the vessels’ now deteriorating Arc Ecology, San Francisco against the Maritime Administration, exteriors this year, and then permanently and leaching toxic Baykeeper, and NRDC determining that the agency was remove the ships for disposal within paint, heavy first sued the Maritime illegally polluting the Bay seven years, starting with the metals, fuel Administration in 2007 most environmentally for violations of the unsafe ships. Clean Water Act, the National Environmental Po l i c y Ac t

Photo courtesy of Baykeeper.

Within the next two years, all of the ships have to go through a thorough initial hull cleaning at a local dry dock, where toxic, peeling paint and invasive species can be captured.

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BAYKEEPER Putting the Toxic Ghost Fleet to rest

with hazardous waste. This critical decision Can the Ships Be Recycled the ships across the paved the way for a quick and favorable Locally? Pacific Ocean to settlement for the Bay. Saipan, an American Arc Ecology and Baykeeper are now territory with murky Cleaning Up the Pollution focused on developing a compelling jurisdiction around option for local dismantling of the ships environmental and The settlement agreement governing the as the best choice over the other two worker safety rules. cleanup of the vessels requires the decks of proposals for scrapping of the fleet—in Should the ships be all 52 abandoned ships to be cleaned within Texas and Saipan. Dismantling the towed outside the 120 days. The cleaning of the first seven ships locally would be an important Bay Area, we will Photo courtesy of Baykeeper ships has already kept more than 100 barrels step toward responsible environmental work closely with Many of the vessels are no longer seaworthy and water must be of hazardous waste out of the Bay. stewardship, by allowing for thorough Waterkeepers and pumped from them regularly to keep them afloat. Within the next two years, all of the environmental protections, worker safety other environmental ships have to go through a thorough initial and citizen oversight, as well as creating groups internationally hull cleaning at a local dry dock (out of green jobs in the Bay Area. to keep an eye on the disposal process important step toward healthier habitat the water), where toxic, peeling paint and The federal agency’s current practice and prevent contamination of other for our local wildlife and a cleaner San invasive species can be captured. By 2012, is to tow the ships along our fragile Pacific estuaries. Francisco Bay. the agency must remove the worst 25 coastline and through the Panama Canal Together, San Francisco Baykeeper To find out more about the fate of the ships from the Bay, with all of the ships to to the economically and environmentally and Arc Ecology are working to put Ghost Fleet and to support our efforts to be removed by 2017. About 20 additional disadvantaged community of Brownsville, this toxic reserve fleet to rest for good. keep the Bay safe from vessel pollution, active ships will remain in Suisun Bay Texas. There, the ships are dismantled and With its removal from the waters please visit our websites: www.baykeeper. because they pose no environmental emptied of toxic chemicals by a work force of Suisun Bay, we have achieved an org and www.arcecology.org. threat at this time. with few protections or public oversight As the vessels await removal, their in an industrial canal that connects to decks will be cleaned every 90 days to the Intercoastal Waterway and Gulf of Saul Bloom is executive director Deb Self is Executive Director of keep peeling paint from blowing into the Mexico. Google Satellite imagery shows and a founder of Arc Ecology. He San Francisco has served on numerous state and Baykeeper, which uses Bay, and the agency has agreed to inspect the site to be protected by a single boom, local commissions and committees, the ships monthly and sample storm with inadequate storm water controls to has testified before Congress on science and advocacy water runoff for contamination. The prevent the toxic materials from being military base pollution issues, and to enforce clean Natural Resources Defense Council, Arc washed into the Gulf. developed the strategy paper that water laws and hold Ecology and Baykeeper, have the right to Perhaps an even worse fate would lead to Ship recycling at the Hunters polluters accountable. Point Shipyard from 1995-2001. inspect the Ghost Fleet annually. result from the proposed towing of Deb has 25 years Mr. Bloom is currently finalizing a of experience in concept paper on the development environmental advocacy and non-profit of a Green Maritime Industrial and Research Center at San Francisco’s management, and enjoys paddling the Hunters Point Shipyard. Bay and walking its shorelines.

Sharing time with whales is a privilege.

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Photo by Barrie Rokeach The Ghost Fleet in Suisun Bay consists of 52 ships; most of them are leaching hazardous waste into www.sfbaywhalewatching.com the Bay’s ecosystem.

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IT CAME FROM BENEATH THE SEA Finning Isn’t Funny

By Kati Schmidt an exaggeration, as the majority of San Francisco Bay is less than 15 feet from top to bottom—helping you get to know the wide robably as a result of my day range of underwater locals, as unique and job at the Aquarium of the Bay, varied as Bay Area land-dwelling residents Photo courtesy of Aquarium of the Bay I enjoy asking people, “What themselves. While it is known that the Soupfin shark population crashed from overfishing, it is unclear how well the sharks and fishes do you think With the recent opening of “Sherman’s population has rebounded. live in San Francisco Bay?” Lagoon: Finning Isn’t Funny,” an exhibit that The question receives a mix of reactions, addresses the travesty of shark finning, at Pincluding rolled eyes and sighs from friends Aquarium of the Bay, this month’s spotlight They can be found in schools of up to 50 and sign individual letters that the Aquarium who have already heard this query escape is on the soupfin shark,Galeorhinus galeus. and, like many other Bay Area residents, will mail to the head of the National Marine my lips more than a handful of times. More The species is identified by its almost are jet-setters, traveling hundreds of miles Fisheries Service, urging international bans commonly, though, people respond with iridescent, blue to grey tones and the in any given year, but with the intention of on the horrific act of shark finning. furrowed brows, blank stares and other presence of two dorsal fins. “With their breeding. The animals are ovoviviparous, Worldwide, specialists estimate that facial movements expressing confusion and sleek body design, they’re the fighter jet of meaning that they incubate eggs inside their 100 million sharks are killed for their fins uncertainty. shark,” said Michael Grassmann, Aquarist body, and can give birth to up to 52 pups, every year. After having their fins cut off, the To help you respond to this question II at Aquarium of the Bay. after a yearlong gestation. sharks are often tossed back into the sea still should we ever meet, or to allow you Soupfin sharks are highly migratory With its comparatively large fins, alive, where they die a slow death. Finning to adopt it as one of your own, in this animals, found in the San Francisco Bay and “soupfin” is sadly not just a clever name. In is a widespread and largely unmanaged and ongoing column I will share tales and tails in temperate waters ranging from British San Francisco and Tomales Bays, important unmonitored act that has increased over the of the deep—although “deep” in itself is Columbia to Baja, as well as Chile and Peru. nursery areas, the species was a prized past decade. Shark fins are primarily used in catch to commercial fisherman; during the shark fin soup, and one pound of dried shark California fisheries boom between 1935 fin can retail for more than $300, making and 1944, more than 24 million pounds of finning a multi-billion dollar industry. sharks were harvested. The animals were sold Through its troubled past, the soupfin for use in sharkfin soup as well as in vitamins. shark remains a species of grace and beauty. Soupfin sharks’ livers are rich in vitamin Grassman notes the animal’s curiosity and A, giving them their other unfortunate comfort level, swimming up to him and his nickname, “vitamin shark.” This overfishing fellow aquarists during daily monitoring. boom decimated the population and crashed See the Aquarium’s four Soupfin sharks in the fishery. its Under the Bay exhibit tunnels, and take “Soupfins are local ambassadors for a stand for the animals by participating this the plight facing sharks worldwide,” said summer in the “Sherman’s Lagoon: Finning Grassmann. While it is known that the Isn’t Funny” exhibit. population crashed from overfishing, Grassmann noted that as with many shark species, it is unclear how well the population Kati Schmidt is has rebounded. the Public Relations “There’s nothing funny or entertaining Manager for about the practice of shark finning, but Aquarium of the Bay and The Bay because my lead character, Sherman, is Institute, nonprofit a shark, I felt like I had to address this organizations important issue and make the public more dedicated to aware of it,” said “Sherman’s Lagoon” creator protecting, restoring and inspiring Jim Toomey. Toomey collaborated with conservation of San Francisco Bay and Aquarium of the Bay in the development its watershed. A Bay Area native and of the exhibit. aspiring Great American novelist, Kati The exhibit, which will be onsite at enjoys the professional and personal the aquarium through Labor Day, features muses found from strolling and cycling Toomey’s shark finning-focused comics, along, and occasionally even swimming daily naturalist-led presentations and an in San Francisco Bay and beyond. action station; visitors of all ages can create 14 July 2010 www.baycrossings.com SAILING TAKE THE LONG WAY HOME

By Captain Ray One way is to break up these long courses into a series of short legs—that is, to reduce the amount of uncertainty in es, San Francisco Bay is a your position by decreasing the length of beautiful place to sail! Views each leg. The name given to this technique of the East Bay hills, Tiburon is “buoy hopping,” because it is common and Mt. Tamalpais behind, the practice to use buoys as checkpoints along bridges, and the City climbing the way. The Bay has many buoys and up and down the hills are spectacular. other aids to navigation that make this Y On a beautiful sunny day, navigating technique quite feasible. on San Francisco Bay is also a very visual I have used this trick successfully many affair. You can see where you want to go times. To make this technique as quick and (or at least to the next course change), easy as possible, I usually carry a chart on and hazards and obstacles are easily which I’ve noted the courses and distances spotted. Even the strength and direction between frequently-used locations, useful of the almost ever-present current can be buoys, and other aids to navigation. It is determined by just looking around, if you true that using this procedure will result in have a little bit of experience. a longer and more circuitous route home. The additional time pays for itself, however, Even at night, navigation on the Bay Notes made on navigation charts can be used to plot courses and distances between frequently used is mostly visual. You look for the lights of with a significant increase in safety and the locations when “buoy hopping.” buoys and lighthouses, and you consult skipper’s feeling of comfort. your chart to identify the light patterns of Electronic aids to navigation, such these various aids to navigation. Sometimes as GPS, have greatly reduced the risk this can be difficult because of the millions to mariners operating in restricted of people living around the Bay and the visibility and provide a much greater Catch the Vallejo Ferry background light created by house lights, sense of comfort. Still, in the past to San Francisco street lights and such. In order to traverse several years I have seen two GPS units the Bay safely, nighttime sailors also look dropped over the side. They may well Baylink Cruise to the to see the lights of ships—or, even more have been waterproof, because the lights commonly, the moving “black hole” where were still on as they disappeared. In a Paul McCartney Concert a ship blocks the background light. situation like this, it’s smart to have “Naviguessing” changes dramatically, simple, tried and true options, like a Fun For Everyone! Photo by Seahorse though, when thick fog blankets the Bay. chart and compass, available. Vision is our species’ primary sense mode WHERE: Vallejo Ferry Terminal to/from AT&T Park and, when removed, we often become WHEN: Ferry departs Vallejo at 5:45pm on Saturday, disoriented. The aid of a compass is Ray Wichmann, Ferry will depart for Vallejo from AT&T Park comforting, but the lack of familiar visual is a US SAILING- July 10th 30 minutes after the end of the show. landmarks is still unsettling. Holding a certified Ocean steady course can be challenging. With P a s s a g e m a k i n g PRICING: $26.00 per passenger. Tickets on sale now! training and practice, you will improve in Instructor, a US First come rst served. Limit 300 tickets. holding that course, but there is often some SAILING Instructor MUSIC: Beatles / McCartney playlist for the voyage. small error, and the error can be cumulative. Trainer, and a If you are only one degree off course, after member of US FOOD: Spirits, wine & cheese available for purchase. sailing one mile your position will be in SAILING’s National doubt by plus or minus 100 feet. But, no Faculty. He holds a 100-Ton Master’s one can steer within one degree! Even the License, was a charter skipper in Hawai’i Travel the easy way & leave the driving to us! very best sailors are only able to hold course for 15 years, and has sailed on both coasts within plus or minus three degrees. Because of the United States, in Mexico, the For ferry schedule information of these steering constraints, the uncertainty Caribbean, and Greece. He is presently call 877.64.FERRY or of our position grows as the length of the employed as the Master Instructor at visit baylinkferry.com course increases. Some way of dealing with OCSC Sailing in the Berkeley Marina. this ever growing uncertainty is needed.

www.baycrossings.com July 2010 15 We Need Your Voice Join Baykeeper Today! Do you believe polluters like the Cosco Busan should be held accountable for fouling the San Francisco Bay? Do you think cities need to do more to keep sewage out of our streets, creeks and the Bay? If so, join Baykeeper and help us enforce clean water laws to protect the Bay. It’s never been more important. Join us today! www.baykeeper.org

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on Golden Gate Transit. Use ClipperTM to receive the discounted fare. Get your Concert Clipper card at www.clippercard.com. AT&T Park Local $18 and $36 Value Cards will continue to be available as well as Marin Saturday, July 10th Transit Local Period Passes (daily, 7-day, and 31-day passes); these cards and passes good only for travel solely within Marin County. Ferry departs from Larkspur promptly at 5:45 p.m. and returns 30 minutes after final encore.

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16 July 2010 www.baycrossings.com 100609-1 Bay Xing July 2010 McCartney and Value Cards/ Magazines/Ads/SNAP II CULTURAL CURRENTS Cultural Currents: Far East Exotica, Iconic Art, and Silent Movies

By Paul Duclos flower petals to sweep gently across fields includes extensive groupings of seminal screen as they were made to be seen. And and snow to fall. Come showtime, each is pieces by 20th century masters and remember that these films were never manually operated to integrate precisely traces their creative evolution through intended to be presented in silence; the ajestic celestial palaces. with the rhythms of the performance. entire bodies of work. Silent Film Festival enlists the talents of Sprawling Mongolian No less visually sublime is the first Finally, the San Francisco Silent Film an extraordinary collection of musicians grasslands. Cascading clouds. public presentation of the celebrated Fisher Festival, the largest and most important from around the world to accompany AndM that’s just the backdrop. Collection, one of the world’s foremost festival of its kind in North America, each movie. For a limited run at the San Francisco private collections of contemporary art. will celebrate its 15th Anniversary 2010 sees the festival expanding Opera House from July 23-25, Shen This highly anticipated exhibition is Festival at the Castro Theatre, itself a from three days to four, with the Yun Performing Arts will be staging presented by the San Francisco Museum majestic silent-era movie palace, this addition of more films (representing an elaborate—and by some accounts a of Modern Art (SFMOMA) through July 15-18. seven countries), more musicians, and somewhat riotous—dance show with September 19. Since 1996, the Silent Film Festival a very special program we’re calling full orchestra. SFMOMA recently announced an has dazzled audiences with films from the Variations on a Theme—a presentation that Based in New York, Shen Yun unprecedented partnership with Doris silent era that exemplify its motto: “True will highlight the creative process that goes Performing Arts is a nonprofit and the late Donald Fisher, founders art transcends time.” Bringing to light into composing music for silent films— organization that seeks to revive the of the Gap, to provide a home at the beloved classics and new discoveries, the with all the festival musicians participating, 5,000-year-old artistic tradition of China museum for their outstanding collection festival takes great care to secure the best moderated by a surprise guest. For more that thrived before decades of repression of more than 1,100 works, most of which prints and present the films on the big info, see www.silentfilm.org. by the Communist party. Shen Yun have never been displayed publicly. This has already graced many of the world’s sweeping exhibition, “Calder to Warhol: greatest stages, including New York’s Introducing the Fisher Collection,” Radio City Music Hall, London’s Royal will offer an extraordinary preview of Festival Hall, Washington’s Kennedy the depth, breadth, and quality of the Center, and Paris’ Le Palais de Congrès. Fisher holdings, with iconic works by Alexander Calder, Chuck Close, Sam Francis, Philip Guston, Anselm Kiefer, Ellsworth Kelly, Roy Lichtenstein, Brice Just a Ferry Ride Away… Marden, Agnes Martin, Joan Mitchell, Gerhard Richter, Richard Serra, Wayne Thiebaud, Cy Twombly, Andy Warhol and many others. It will also serve as the centerpiece of SFMOMA’s Mention this ad yearlong 75th anniversary celebration and exhibition series in 2010, called “75 Years of Looking Forward.” and receive a Organized by Gary Garrels, the Elise S. Haas Senior Curator of Painting and Sculpture at SFMOMA, “Calder to Warhol: Introducing the Fisher 2 for 1 Reserve Tasting Shen Yun Performing Arts will be staging an Collection” will provide a window into elaborate dance show with a full orchestra for a the vast collection assembled by the limited run at the San Francisco Opera House Fishers over more than four decades. from July 23-25, WINERY & TASTING ROOM The entire fourth and fifth floors of the 2900 Main Street, Alameda, CA 94501 museum, including the rooftop garden, According to organizers, the will showcase approximately 160 works Right Next to the Alameda Ferry Terminal company “seeks to breathe new life of painting, sculpture, photography, www.RosenblumCellars.com into traditional Chinese culture.” This and video—a distillation of the Fisher explains the set: Some of the backdrops Collection that aims to reveal not only Open Daily 11–6 • 510-995-4100 begin as a painting; some are created its scope but also its core attributes. ENJOY OUR WINES RESPONSIBLY digitally. Many are animated, allowing Unlike most private collections, it © 2009 Rosenblum Cellars, Alameda, Ca

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Alameda Oakland 1:10 p.m. 1:25 p.m. 1:45 1:55 2:50 ---- 3:45 3:55 ----- 6:30 a.m.# 7:15 a.m. 7:05 a.m. Harbor Bay Ferry Terminal 4:55 5:10 5:30 5:40 ----- 7:35# 8:20 8:10 2 MeCartney Drive in Alameda 6:30 6:45 7:05 7:15 ----- 8:40# 9:25 9:15 8:10 8:25 8:45 8:55 10:15 a.m. 10:30 10:50^ 11:00^ 9:40 9:55 10:15 10:25 Larkspur Landing Ferry Terminal 12:00 p.m. 12:15 p.m. 12:35 p.m.^ 12:45 p.m.^ 1:45 2:00 2:20^ 2:30^ No ferry service on Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day, New 101 E. Sir Francis Drake Blvd., just east of U.S. Highway 101 in Larkspur, CA Year’s Day, and Presidents Day. 3:45 4:10 4:30^ 4:40^ Regular weekday service on Martin Luther King Jr. Day ----- 5:20 5:40 5:50 One Round 10 Ticket 20 Ticket Monthly Oakland Ferry Terminal 5:20 5:45 6:10 6:20 FARES: 530 Water St @ Jack London Square in Oakland Way Trip Book Book Pass ----- 6:25 6:45 6:55 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 ----- 8:25 8:45 08:55 Child under 5* FREE FREE PURCHASE TICKETS Humbolt St. & Anchor Ave. in downtown Sausalito * To S.F. via Oakland # To Alameda via Oakland Senior (65+)* $3.75 $7.50 ONBOARD THE FERRY or at the Regional Transit  ^ Departs immediately after loading Disabled Persons* $3.75 $7.50 Connection (RTC) at participating For the most current schedule, visit http://www. Active Military $5.00 $10.00 Bay Area businesses. Please call eastbayferry.com/ Seniors must show valid I.D., Regional the 24-hour Ferry Fone at Transit Connection Discount or Medicare (510) 522-3300 to confirm times. Behind Guaymus Restaurant & the Intersection of Tiburon Blvd. & Main St. in Tiburon Card. Disabled Persons must show a Regional Transit Connection Discount Schedule information collected from Card. Children under 5 ride free when accompanied by an adult. Active Vallejo Ferry Terminal http://www.eastbayferry.com Military Personnel must show military I.D. Fares subject to change. All times 289 Mare Island Way in Vallejo are estimates.

18 July 2010 www.baycrossings.com Blue & Gold Ferry Baylink Ferry Harbor Bay Ferry BAY CRUISE SAUSALITO VALLEJO EAST END OF ALAMEDA/S.F. Depart FISHERMAN’S WHARF, PIER 41 VALLEJO – SAN FRANCISCO Depart Arrive Depart Arrive Weekdays Weekends and Holidays Weekdays Weekdays Harbor Bay S.F. Ferry S.F. Ferry Harbor Bay Island Bldg. Bldg. Island Available through 9/6/10 10:15 a.m. 2:30 p.m. Depart S.F. Arrive Depart Arrive S.F. Depart Vallejo Depart S.F. Depart Pier 41 10:15 a.m. 1:45 11:00 4:00 Pier 41 Sausalito Sausalito Pier 41 to S.F Ferry Ferry Bldg. Fisherman’s Wharf 6:30 a.m. 6:55 a.m. 7:00 a.m. 7:25 a.m. 11:00 2:30 p.m. 12:15 p.m. 5:00 11:15 a.m. 11:45 a.m. 11:55 a.m. 12:25 p.m. Building to Vallejo to Vallejo 7:30 7:55 8:00 8:25 12:15 p.m. 4:00 1:15 6:00 12:30 p.m. 1:00 p.m. 1:10 p.m. 1:40 5:30 a.m. 6:35 a.m. ----- 8:30 8:55 4:35 p.m. 5:00 p.m. 1:15 5:45 1:45 6:45 2:00 2:30 2:45 3:15 6:30 7:35 ------4:30 p.m. 5:35 6:00 3:20 3:50 4:00 4:55 7:00 8:10 ----- 5:05 p.m. 5:30 6:35 7:00 Available starting 9/7/10 5:10 5:40 5:50 6:20 7:45 8:55 ------10:45 a.m. 12:00 p.m. 1:15 2:30 4:00 6:05 6:30 7:35 8:00 ---- 7:55 8:00 8:20 8:45 9:55 ----- 7:05 7:30 For the most current schedule, visit www.blueandgoldfleet.com 8:30* 9:10* 9:15* 10:15* 10:00 11:10 11:30 a.m. Bay Cruise does not operate during inclement weather. Additional cruises may Fridays only* No weekend service be added on demand. Check with ticket booth on day of sailing for schedule. No 11:30 12:40 p.m. ----- reserved seating available. Weekends and Holidays 2:00 p.m. 3:30 3:10 p.m. FARES: 3:20 4:30 ----- FARES: All prices include audio tour. Depart S.F. Arrive Depart Arrive S.F. 4:05 5:15 ----- Alameda Harbor Bay Ferry passengers can Pier 41 Sausalito Sausalito Pier 41 Adult $24.00 Junior (12-18) $20.00 4:45 6:00 ----- purchase Ferry tickets, passes and books on board Senior (62+) $20.00 Child (5-11) $16.00 11:00 a.m. 11:35 a.m. 11:45 a.m. 12:20 p.m. 5:35 7:05 6:45 the ferries. Alameda Harbor Bay Ferry accepts Discount fares available at 12:30 p.m. 1:05 p.m. 1:15 p.m. 1:50 cash, checks, Visa, Mastercard and Commuter http://www.blueandgoldfleet.com/Sightseeing/Boat/baycruise.cfm Weekends and Holidays 2:00 2:35 2:45 3:20 Checks as payment for ferry tickets. 7:00 a.m. 8:10 a.m. ----- 3:30 4:25 4:35 5:05 ANGEL ISLAND - S.F. 8:30 10:00 9:35 a.m. Fare: ---- 4:50 5:00 5:30 10:00 11:10 11:30 One-way Adult $6.50 Weekdays – Daily Departures Pier 41 5:15 5:50 6:00 6:55 One-way Juniors (5-12) $3.25 11:30 12:40 p.m. ----- 7:05 7:40 7:45 8:40 Children (under 5) Free Depart Arrive Depart Arrive 2:00 p.m. 3:10 3:30 p.m. One-way Seniors (62 & over) $3.75 Pier 41 Angel Island Angel Island Pier 41 No service on Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day, 4:30 6:00 5:40 and New Year’s Day / Weekend Schedule on Presidents Day Disabled $3.75 5:35 7:00 ----- 9:45 a.m. 10:05 a.m. 10:10 a.m. 10:30 a.m. Active Military $5.25 7:30 9:00 8:40 1:05 p.m. 1:50 p.m. 2:00 p.m. 2:20 p.m. FARES: One-way Round-trip One-way Commute (book of 10) $55.00 ------3:25 3:45 Adult $10.00 $20.00 FARES: One-way One-way Commute (book of 20) $100.00 Child (5-11) $5.75 $11.50 Weekends – Departures Pier 41 Adult (13-64) $13.00 Monthly Pass (book of 40) $185.00 For the most current schedule, visit Senior (65+)/Disabled/Medicare $6.50 Free MUNI and AC Transit Transfers Provided Depart Arrive Arrive Depart http://www.blueandgoldfleet.com/Ferry/Sausalito/index.cfm Child (6-12) $6.50 Pier 41 Angel Island Angel Island Pier 41 Baylink DayPass $24.00 9:40 a.m. 10:05 a.m. 10:15 a.m. 11:35 a.m. TIBURON – Pier 41 Baylink Monthly Pass (Bus / Ferry) $290.00 11:45 12:10 12:15 p.m. 1:40 p.m. Weekdays w/Muni $345.00 Angel Island Ferry 1:50 2:45 2:55 3:25 Depart Arrive Depart Arrive Call (707) 64-FERRY or visit www.baylinkferry.com for updated TIBURON – ANGEL ISLAND ------4:30 5:30 S.F. Tiburon Tiburon S.F. information. Pier 41 Pier 41 Weekdays ANGEL ISLAND FARES* 10:50 a.m. 11:10 a.m. 11:15 a.m. 12:00 p.m. Travel time between Vallejo and San Francisco is Monday through Friday ferry service is by advance Adult (12+) $16.00 12:10 p.m. 12:30 p.m. 12:35 p.m. 12:55 approximately 60 minutes. Child (ages 6-12) $9.00 1:05 1:25 1:35 2:20 reservation for groups of 25 or more. Individuals Child (5 & under) Free 2:30 2:50 3:00 3:45 may “piggyback” with scheduled groups. * All prices include State Park Fees / Weekend Schedule on Memorial 3:20 4:15 4:25 4:55 Visit www.angelislandferry.com for more information. Day (May 25) / Independence Day (July 4) and Labor Day (Sept 7) 4:05 4:45 ------7:35 7:45 8:20 Weekends TIBURON COMMUTE 8:30* 9:30* 9:35* 10:15* Red & White 10:00 a.m. 11:00 1:00 p.m. 3:00 * Fridays only ^ Via Sausalito visit www.blueandgoldfleet.com TIBURON – S.F. Ferry Building BAY CRUISE 10:20 a.m. 11:20 1:20 p.m. 3:30 Weekdays TIBURON Weekends and Holidays Pier 43½ FARES: FARES: Round Trip (*Limit one Depart Arrive S.F. Depart S.F. Arrive Depart Arrive Depart Arrive Adult (13 and over) $13.50 S.F. S.F. Monday through Sunday Adult (18+) $22.00 free child, Tiburon Ferry Bldg. Ferry Bldg. Tiburon Tiburon Tiburon Pier 41 Pier 41 Youth (5-17) $16.00 Child (6 - 12) $11.50 ages 2 10:00 a.m. 1:45 p.m. Children (3 - 5) $3.50 6:00 a.m. 6:20 a.m. ------9:40 a.m. 10:35 a.m. 10:40 a.m. 11:35 a.m. Child (under 5)Free and under, 10:45 * 2:30 Toddlers (ages 2 and under) Free* 6:50 7:10 7:15 a.m. 7:35 a.m. 11:45 12:35 p.m. 12:45 p.m. 1:40 Family Pass $69.00 per paying 11:15 Bicycles $1.00 adult.) 7:50 8:10 8:15 8:35 1:50 2:20 2:30 3:25 3:00 (2 Adult + 4 Youth) 8:45 9:05 ------12:00 p.m. 3:45 For the most current schedule and other information, visit 3:30 4:05 4:10 5:05 * Weekends Only ------4:25 p.m. 4:45 p.m. 5:15 6:15 6:20 6:55 1:15 4:15 * http://www.angelislandferry.com/ 5:00 p.m. 5:20 p.m. 5:25 5:45 7:05 8:00 8:05 8:40 Schedule Subject to change w/o notice 5:50 6:10 6:15 6:35 FARES: One-way Round trip 6:40 7:00 7:15 7:35 9:35* 8:45* 8:50* 9:30* Adult $9.50 $19.00 ----- 9:55 p.m.* ------Child (5-11) $5.25 $10.50 20 Ticket Commute Book $140.00 (Mon. - Fri.) Fridays only*

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www.baycrossings.com July 2010 19 THE DELTA BEAT Real Estate Booms: Is the California Delta Next?

By Jah Mackey Private industry has also made significant investment in agri-business, tourism and hospitality and of course real estate. f you have considered waterfront Real estate in core Delta areas— real estate as an investment, including numerous properties now vacation property or commercial for sale along Highway 160, or River location, the Delta may just be for Road—has traditionally remained family- you. The region has commercial owned over generations, with very few and residential real estate at phenomenal opportunities ever coming to the open Iprices and great rental rates. market. This is significant because there Right now, the Delta is experiencing is a moratorium on new construction in the same difficulties that many areas many areas, as outlined the 2007 Delta have since the real estate market crashed Protection Commission Report (www. in 2008. We have witnessed the job delta.ca.gov). In other words, there are market dry up, residential property no new developments being allowed in prices plummet and tax revenue fall many parts of the Delta’s primary zone. If you are considering relocating far short. These, in turn, have affected Photo by Suzanne Black state budgets; now, commercial lease your business or your family and you Seven days a week, Delta Discovery Cruises provides the luxury and excitement of cruising the Delta and sale properties have followed suit. are worried about the number of small on board their climate controlled vessels. Moreover, while the water in the Delta is businesses closing down, foreclosures on a critical resource to California and the the rise and the fact that the Delta’s future nation, the local communities and their as a sustainable water resource is uncertain, Delta on both of their Coast Guard- a local facility to crush the grapes grown respective economies are not immune to keep in mind many opportunities abound certified vessels, the Island Serenade and in the Delta. the swift economic changes that affect our as long as you read between the lines. the Island Girl. On board these climate- To preview the grounds for your next economy on the state and federal levels. The Delta is California’s “too big to controlled vessels, DDC offers both event or to venture out exploring, call The net result is a catalog of fail” business. With new money coming public and private cruises. (916) 744-1615 and ask for Marni, the commercial and residential properties at in, public and private infrastructure What makes Delta Discovery Cruises event manager. You can also visit them at or below market rate values with owners improvements and local businesses so unique? The passion and experience www.oldsugarmill.com for information ready to negotiate. expanding in the midst of a recession, of owners Steve and Heather Ingram, about upcoming events and wedding Now, some of you may think that the Delta is the next possible breakout a husband and wife team hailing from planning. this is a bad time to make a purchase, opportunity. Utah. For 14 years, they gave tours on the but I would encourage you to look at For more information on residential Great Salt Lake, until July 2008, when the For more information on Delta the situation between the lines. In 1997, and commercial properties in the Delta, City of Pittsburg extended an invitation real estate, visit: California completed a needs analysis you should contact a local real estate to the company to relocate to the Bay Coldwell Banker Amaral & www.cbamaral.com study carefully identifying the users and agent—I have listed two websites in a Area. Steve is a Coast Guard-certified Associates Joe Enos & Association www. the required resources to sustain the sidebar on this page to get you started. Captain and Heather is the marketing riverdeltaland.com recreational economic development of To get more information on state tax genius behind DDC. the Delta. The final report determined incentives that started when the federal To book your private charter or just that the Delta is a playground to an tax incentives expired, visit the California’s experience one of the many fantastic cruises estimated 14 million visitors a year, and Franchise Tax Board website, www.ftb. offered by Delta Discovery Cruises, call Jah Mackey, is each person spends an average of 28 days ca.gov/individuals/new_home_credit (925) 252-9300 for reservations or visit President of Oceanus a year in the Delta. to identify the state’s money-saving them at www.deltadiscoverycruises.com. M a r i n e G r o u p Now skip ahead 13 years and add opportunities. (OMG), which in an economy that is showing signs Finally, I’d like to highlight two The Old Sugar Mill provides outsourced of the recovery from one of the worst attractions in the Delta’s core zone that marina management recessions we’ve experienced. You will exemplify why the region is ripe for In 1984, American Crystal consolidated services to public and discover that we have a marketplace ripe explosive growth: and sold their sugar factory to a collection private marinas. with opportunity. In the last decade, of local growers, forming the Delta Mackey is the current commodore of state agencies have made infrastructure Delta Discovery Cruises Sugar Corporation. They owned it California’s first internet-based yacht improvements in and around the local until 1993, when economic pressures club, OMG’s Delta Yacht Registry, and Delta communities in an effort to preserve Seven days a week, Delta Discovery forced its closure. In 2000, Carvalho is an avid boater with over 20 years of the history and enhance tourism—the Cruises (DDC) provides the luxury and Family Wineries decided to redevelop the boating experience on the San Francisco visitor’s center in Locke, for instance. excitement of cruising on the California building and land for wineries and have Bay and Delta Regions.

20 July 2010 www.baycrossings.com BOATING

15 Minutes That Could Save Your Life 415.773.1188 Tips from the U.S. Coast Guard Boating Safety Division www.blueandgoldfleet.com

ummer and recreational boating just Guard-approved throwable flotation device naturally go together. To make sure – i.e. buoyant cushion or ring life buoy your vessel is seaworthy and that all (kayaks and canoes are exempted from this essentialsS are on board, set aside 15 minutes requirement). for a quick inspection before every launch. • Check for other required or recommended • Check the operating condition of your safety equipment appropriate to the size boat: motor, steering, battery, hoses, clamps, of your boat and the area where it will be bilge pumps, wiring, lines, float switches, operating; for example, fire extinguisher, and lights. Make sure you have sufficient visual distress signals, flashlight, tool kit, fuel and that the drain plug is in. A missing first-aid kit and sunscreen, paddle, anchor drain plug has meant an early end to many and anchor line, charts of the local area, and a boating trip. a VHF-FM marine radio. The enchanting nautical experience begins when passengers board Blue & Gold Fleet boats that sail on San Francisco Bay. Blue & Gold Fleet is the largest excursion and commuter • Make sure you have a U.S. Coast Guard- • If applicable, check the boat’s capacity ferry service provider in the Bay Area. approved life jacket of the correct size and plate information to ensure that you don’t type for you and every passenger aboard. The overload the boat with passengers and gear. Coast Guard recommends that you always wear your life jacket when underway. The U.S. Coast Guard reminds all boaters to “Boat Responsibly!” For more information • If your boat is greater than 16 feet and tips on boating safety, visit www. in length, be sure you also have a Coast uscgboating.org.

ALAMEDA OAKLAND FERRY

San Francisco Bay Cruise Adventure An hour long cruise along the City’s historic waterfront, right past the PIER 39 sea lions, under the Golden Gate Bridge, by Sausalito, past Angel Island and around Alcatraz.

Sausalito & Tiburon A comfortable ride across the San Francisco Bay to the two Marin seaside villages of Sausalito and Tiburon to enjoy shopping, dining or an easy stroll around town.

Angel Island A California State park and wildlife reserve. Angel Island is both a great picnic destination with hiking, kayak tours, an hour-long fully- narrated TramTour, as well as a historical site dating back to the U.S. Civil War.

Whether you’re commuting to work or Vallejo Sail to Vallejo, a waterfront community that includes the city’s Heritage District, Vallejo Naval and Historical Museum and family-friendly enjoying a weekend outing with friends Six Flags Discovery Kingdom theme park.

or family, the Alameda/Oakland Ferry Alameda & Oakland There’s dining in Jack London Square, the Farmer’s is a great way to travel the bay. market on Sundays and jazz nightly.

akla a/O nd service between Oakland’s Jack London Square, Alameda Main d e F e m r a r l y Street, SF Ferry Building and SF Pier 41, Seasonal service to A Blue & Gold Fleet at PIER 39 ATT&T Park for Giants game and Angel Island State Park Beach Street & The Embarcadero 510.749.5837 www.eastbayferry.com San Francisco

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Oakland Zoo Goes on Sunday, July 4 from 11 a.m. to 10 Scheduled bands include the Mighty V. Sattui’s Italian heritage with an outdoor Down Under p.m. Tours of the famous aircraft carrier NepTunes, country rock by The Bell feast straight from the villages of Toscana The Oakland Zoo will debut its new Wild will be available throughout during Brothers, Celtic rock by Tempest, and our and Lombardia. The chefs will fill bowls Australia exhibit on Saturday, July 3 at the day until 8 p.m. The USS Hornet headliner, 3 O’clock Jump. Following the and platters with delicious pastas and 10 a.m. There will be live entertainment Museum will offer plenty of interactive concert, guests are welcome to remain on garden-fresh salads, then slice and dish featuring didgeridoo music and honorary activities starting at 1 p.m. A variety the Flight Deck to watch panoramic views up roasted wild boar, grilled tri-tip and guest Liam Mayclem, host of CBS5’s Eye of carnival and table-top games will of Bay Area fireworks. A great selection fresh salmon. The picnic grove will be on the Bay, will also be in attendance. The be located inside the Hangar Deck. of food, beer and wine will be available transformed once again into a traditional new Wild Australia exhibit is accessible On the Flight Deck, there will be a for purchase during the event. All-day Italian summer festival with the live via the Outback Express Adventure bounce house and inflatable games for admission is $25 for adults ($20 in music, dancing and, of course, your Train. Guests may board the train in the all ages. Don’t miss a chance to ride the advance) and $10 for children ages 5-17; favorite V. Sattui wines. As you socialize Rides Area and will begin their journey flight simulator through a jet fighter museum members receive free admission. and dine at long, family-style tables in the through an Australian themed exhibit mission. Throughout the day, guests are The ship is permanently berthed at 707 cool of the evening, you will be serenaded featuring wallaroos and emus. Enjoy welcome to explore the many decks of W. Hornet Avenue, Pier 3 in Alameda by Italica, a talented group of Bay Area this Down Under setting with beautiful the legendary aircraft carrier. Open for and there is ample free parking. For more Italian musicians who are well-known for views of the Bay Area as a backdrop. This public tour are the flight deck, hangar information or to purchase tickets, call their unique and lively style of modern- is a family-friendly attraction for all ages bays, engine room, flight operations, (510) 521-8448 ext. 282 or visit day Italian music; come prepared to to enjoy. Admission for the Outback captain’s bridge, ship’s hospital, and www.uss-hornet.org. shimmy because the dance floor will be Adventure train is $2.50 per person. The torpedo shop. Exhibits include the West filled all night. Cost is $79 for the general grand opening ceremony will take place Coast’s largest Apollo Moon Mission Jazz in the Fillmore public. V. Sattui Winery is located at in the Rides Area at the Outback Express Recovery display and more than a dozen Fillmore Merchants Association and the 1111 White Lane in St. Helena. For more Adventure Train Depot at the Oakland aircraft ranging from WWII vintage to Fillmore Community Benefit District information, call (707) 963-7774 or visit Zoo located on 9777 Golf Links Road, modern era. Visitors can get a close-up presents Fillmore Jazz Festival 2010 on www.vsattui.com/festa. off Highway 580. For more information, look at a TBM Avenger, an F-14 Tomcat, Saturday, July 3 and Sunday, July 4 from visit www.oaklandzoo.org. and a helicopter from the film Apollo 13. 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Blending art and soul A San Francisco Museum The highlight of the family-friendly event in one of the country’s most unique Free For All! Celebrate Independence is a concert on the Flight Deck starting at neighborhoods, the Fillmore Jazz Festival On Friday, Saturday and Sunday, July Day on the USS Hornet 2 p.m. Guests can enjoy sweeping views is the largest free Jazz festival on the West 16-18, San Francisco’s leading museums The USS Hornet Museum in Alameda of the San Francisco Bay while listening Coast, drawing over 90,000 visitors over are having a free for all! It’s one big hosts its annual Independence Day party to live music on the ship’s flight deck. the Independence Day weekend. From weekend of fun as the de Young Museum, sunup to sundown, visitors can groove Asian Art Museum, San Francisco to the sounds of live music from multiple Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA), stages, browse the offerings of over eight the Contemporary Jewish Museum, the blocks of fine art and crafts, and enjoy Museum of the African Diaspora (MoAD), gourmet food and beverages. Asian to Zeum: San Francisco’s Children’s Museum Cajun, paintings to pottery, old favorites and Yerba Buena Gardens Festival take and new directions, the Fillmore Jazz turns welcoming all ages with free general Festival is not to be missed. This year’s admission, free hands-on art making entertainment continues the tradition of activities for kids and special family- showcasing outstanding artists from across friendly free performances. It’s a marathon the Jazz spectrum, at Fillmore between of creativity and discovery for all ages, so Jackson and Eddy, Fillmore Street, San mark your calendar now. You won’t want Francisco. Admission is free. For more to miss the family-friendliest weekend that info, visit www.fillmorejazzfestival.com San Francisco has to offer. On Friday, the or call (800) 310-6563. de Young Museum is free from 5 to 8:45 p.m. On Saturday the Asian Art Museum An Evening You Can’t Refuse! is free from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., and on V. Sattui Winery will host its sixteenth Sunday SFMOMA, Contemporary annual Festa Italiana under the oaks at Jewish Museum, MoAD, Zeum and Yerba their beautiful St. Helena location on Buena Gardens Festival are all free from 11 Saturday, July 31 from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. a.m. to 4 p.m. For more information, visit As in past years, they will be celebrating www.onlyinsanfrancisco.com/target.

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