Wharf News

Highlights Include 4^th Annual “Ghirardelli Goes Green”

Saturday, April 21: 1pm – 5pm

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The 2012 Salmon Season looks promising!  April 7th is the opening for the sport fishing season in California and a May 1st is the opening for the commercial season.  If you would like to go Salmon Fishing from Fisherman's Wharf, check out our Sport Fishing Company Listing page.

The Fisherman's Wharf Community Benefit District will be offering free Neighborhood Emergency Response Team (NERT) training courses, as part of its PIERsafe program.  We would like to encourage as many community members as possible to show up for the two days of emergency preparedness education.  NERT training will take place on two consecutive (you must attend both days) Wednesdays, April 25th and May 2nd.  Both classes will be held at the Radisson Hotel Fisherman’s Wharf – Marine Room, from 8:30am – 5:30pm.  Coffee will be offered in the morning. 

NERT is a free training program for individuals, neighborhood groups and community-based organizations in San Francisco, created in direct response to the aftermath that followed the 1989 San Francisco earthquake.  Through this program, individuals will learn the basics of personal preparedness and prevention.  The training also includes hands-on disaster skills that will help individuals respond to a personal emergency as well as act as members of a neighborhood response team.

You can register for this class on the S.F.F.D. website. 

FISHERMAN’S WHARF COMMUNITY BENEFIT DISTRICT RECEIVES COMMUNITY WIDE SUPPORT AND FUNDING FOR DESIGN OF JEFFERSON STREET IMPROVEMENT PLAN

March 7, 2012, San Francisco, CA — The Fisherman’s Wharf Community Benefit District (www.visitfishermanswharf.com) has received wide community support for plans to redesign public areas of Jefferson Street in the Fisherman’s Wharf area. The planned improvements were presented in a series of community meetings and will provide an easier and more enjoyable experience for visitors, residents, and local businesses.Investing in the infrastructure of the most visited section of San Francisco will benefit all of San Francisco by providing increased tax revenue to be used for programs throughout the City.

The San Francisco Board of Supervisors on Tuesday, March 6, 2012 unanimously approved the first step in moving the process forward allocating funding for the design process for Phase 1 of the Jefferson Street project, the two-block area from Hyde to Jones Streets along Jefferson Street.

8pm Friday, Feb. 17 to 5am Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2012

The westbound deck of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge will be closed during Presidents’ Day weekend 2012. Construction of a slight detour near the toll plaza will require the upper deck heading into San Francisco to be closed from 8 p.m. Friday, Feb. 17 to 5 a.m. Tuesday, Feb. 21. Eastbound traffic will have full access to the bridge during the closure.

Weather could delay the reopening of the westbound deck or postpone the closure to another weekend.

The attached image shows the working draft of the final Jefferson Street Design that was presented at the January 25th Community Meeting at Fisherman's Wharf.  The image shows just the portion that would undergo construction in the Fall of 2012 between Jones Street and Hyde Street. 

Congratulations to Scoma's and other wharf business taking part in Recology's composting program!