Port of San Diego's Festival of Sail Underway

Contact: Barbara Moreno (619) 686-6216 Thursday, 02 September 2010

Ships ahoy! Labor Day weekend is here and the Port of San Diego's Festival of Sail is officially underway.

The sound of cannon fire resonated across San Diego Bay as 20 tall ships paraded through the bay to dock at the Maritime Museum of San Diego along the North Embarcadero.

Port Receives Prestigious Award for Procurement Practices

Contact: Dale Frost (619) 686-6461 Tuesday, 31 August 2010

For the second consecutive year, the Port of San Diego has received a prestigious Achievement of Excellence in Procurement award from the National Purchasing Institute.

The award is considered one of the most coveted and significant awards that can be attained by a public procurement operation.

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Volunteers Help Sweep San Diego Bay Clean

Contact: Dale Frost (619) 686-6461 Monday, 30 August 2010

Nearly 900 volunteers removed more than eight tons of debris and junk from the shores and bottom of San Diego Bay on August 28 during the 20^th annual Operation Clean Sweep.

While shoreside volunteers collected debris that accumulated along the National City waterfront and Paradise Creek Marsh, U.S. Navy Divers and divers from the California Professional Divers Association cleaned the former A-8 anchorage in the southern part of San Diego Bay near the Sweetwater Channel.

Public Offers Input on North Embarcadero Visionary Plan’s First Phase

Contact: Marguerite Elicone (619) 686-6222 Friday, 27 August 2010

The Port of San Diego concluded the last of four public meetings yesterday, August 26, 2010 on the review of concepts and ideas for the Phase I portion of the North Embarcadero Visionary Plan. The meetings were held August 18, August 24, 25 and 26 at the Port's B Street Cruise Ship Terminal.

About 275 citizens attended the meetings, each of which followed the same agenda. The agenda included a presentation on the history and current status of the North Embarcadero Visionary Plan and concepts and ideas for increasing public space in the first phase. Following the presentation, the audience was invited to voice their input on the design concepts and to fill out comment cards. All comments are published on the Port's website under the North Embarcadero Visionary Plan project section.

Operation Clean Sweep Celebrates 20 Years of Cleaning San Diego Bay

Contact: Marguerite Elicone (619) 686-6222 Thursday, 26 August 2010

It takes a lot of junk to fill ten 40-yard dumpsters. That's the average amount of debris collected each year from San Diego Bay and its surrounding tidelands after each annual Operation Clean Sweep event.

This Saturday, August 28, 2010, hundreds of volunteers will descend upon San Diego Bay and the tidelands to fill even more of those dumpsters in the 20th Annual Operation Clean Sweep event. The main shore side clean up begins at 8 a.m. at Paradise Creek Marsh (map) near the Pier 32 Marina in National City. Volunteers can check in at the marina, located at 3201 Marina Way in National City. Another shore side cleanup will take place at the National City Marine Terminal and Pepper Park in National City. The Pepper Park area is ideal for families with young children.

Video recap of Operation Clean Sweep 2009