General Press Releases

The Port of San Diego invites the public to enjoy a free community open house at the Aquatic Center in the Port’s Pepper Park on Wednesday, December 11, 2019. This fun, informative event will include photos with Santa and holiday treats while also...

Beginning Thanksgiving week, the Port of San Diego will be getting into the holiday spirit by making its Broadway Pier on the North Embarcadero a festive and welcoming location for residents and visitors. Three oversized, sculptural letters spelling...

The Port of San Diego is now accepting applications for its Tidelands Activation Program (TAP) for fiscal year 2021 (FY21). Through sponsorships of regional and community events and activities, this program welcomes and connects residents and...

Mike Hess Brewing, Mr. Moto Pizza, and Spill the Beans Anticipated to Open in 2020 As part of the Port of San Diego’s efforts to revitalize Seaport Village, the Board of Port Commissioners has approved leases for Mike Hess Brewing, Mr. Moto Pizza...

As an environmental champion of San Diego Bay and its diverse ecosystems, the Port of San Diego is purchasing seven vehicles for its work fleet that will run on renewable diesel fuel. The Board of Port Commissioners approved a $700,000 agreement with...

Mark Stainbrook, the Port of San Diego’s Vice President of Public Safety and Harbor Police Chief, has been recognized as the 2019 Law Enforcement Official of the Year by the San Diego County Crime Commission. Chief Stainbrook accepted the award at...

Recreational boaters from all over the globe are gearing up for the West Coast’s largest sailing regatta, the Baja Ha-Ha. The annual event kicks off from Shelter Island in San Diego Bay at 9 a.m. on Monday, November 4, 2019. This is the 26th year of...

The Port of San Diego has received two prestigious recognitions from the Association of Environmental Professionals, San Diego Chapter. The awards were presented at the Association’s Annual Awards and Scholarship Event held October 24, 2019 in San...

The Port of San Diego and the City of Chula Vista invite the public to attend a final Design Workshop to review and discuss refinements to the community-guided design concepts for the future Harbor and Sweetwater Parks, each the product of a year...

For the second straight year, the Port of San Diego’s Marketing & Communications Department has received top honors from the American Association of Port Authorities (AAPA) in its annual Communications Awards Program. The Port accepted the Overall...

Port of San Diego employees, tenants and friends will be sprucing up parks and shorelines along San Diego Bay on Thursday, November 7, 2019 in the second annual #ThatsMyBay Day of Service. The Port invites the public to participate in this fun-filled...

The future looks bright for the vision of lighting up the San Diego-Coronado Bridge. The California Coastal Commission has given the Port of San Diego the green light to temporarily install LED lights on four of the bridge’s mid-span piers for...

As part of efforts to improve the regulation of charter vessel operations on San Diego Bay, the Port of San Diego invites the public to review and provide input on proposed changes to the Port’s charter vessel regulations, Port Code Section 4.37. If...

Media Contact: Brianne Mundy Page, 619.348.1518; Anne Steinberger, 619.405.6461 Project renderings available at https://bit.ly/2lQaKWy The Port of San Diego, the City of Chula Vista and Sun Communities, Inc. held a groundbreaking celebration on...

As part of ongoing efforts to be a good neighbor to the communities adjacent to San Diego Bay and the waterfront, the Port of San Diego has commissioned the Barrio Logan Nighttime Noise Study. Nighttime noise is a neighborhood issue that affects...

After 27 years of enhancing the Port of San Diego’s accountability and transparency, Port Auditor Bob Monson has announced he is retiring from the public agency that manages San Diego Bay and 34 miles of its beautiful, natural waterfront for the...

The Port of San Diego is hosting a celebratory event for the installation of artist Michael Stutz’s elegant bronze sculpture, “Penelope,” in its new waterfront location overlooking San Diego Bay and the San Diego-Coronado Bay Bridge in the northeast...

The Port of San Diego is gearing up for the start of its 2019/2020 cruise season, which will feature the Port’s long-term partners Holland America Line and Disney Cruise Line, as well as the return of Carnival Cruise Line and add some additional...

The Port of San Diego will hold its September Board of Port Commissioners meeting on Monday, September 16, 2019 at the Manchester Grand Hyatt. It has been moved to a larger location in anticipation of larger-than-usual public attendance and...

September is Green Port Month at the Port of San Diego, and the Port will mark this annual tradition with environmental awards, employee educational events and by sponsoring a cleanup site at I Love a Clean San Diego’s Coastal Cleanup Day on...

The Port of San Diego has been awarded a Certificate of Achievement for Excellence in Financial Reporting from the Government Finance Officers Association for the United States and Canada (GFOA). This is the fifth consecutive year that the Port has...

The Port of San Diego reminds the public that public parking meters and pay stations along the San Diego Bay waterfront will be free on Labor Day, Monday, September 2, 2019. While parking will be free, the Port will be enforcing posted time limits to...

Pictured in photo (left to right): Joan Jacobs, Irwin Jacobs, Dave Snyder, Martha Gilmer, Randa Coniglio, Port Chairman Garry Bonelli, Port Commissioner Rafael Castellanos, Mayor Kevin Faulconer, Port Commissioner Marshall Merrifield, Ernest Rady...

Second Open House to be held September 12 Following an extensive public outreach process resulting in elaborate input about the various challenges and opportunities to improve mobility and safety for users of Harbor Drive, the Port of San Diego is...

For the eleventh straight year, the Port of San Diego has received the prestigious National Procurement Institute’s (NPI) Achievement of Excellence (AEP) in Procurement Award. The NPI’s AEP Awards started in 1995 as a program designed to recognize...

The Port of San Diego has unanimously approved the first lease for the Chula Vista Bayfront project – for a new destination RV park by Sun Communities, Inc., an award-winning RV park developer and operator. With construction anticipated to begin in...

The Port of San Diego invites the public to an additional community discussion event regarding the future of San Diego Bay and the surrounding waterfront, as proposed through the Port Master Plan Update (PMPU) Discussion Draft. This event will be...

The San Diego Port Tenants Association and its members are getting ready to roll up their sleeves, put on their work gloves and clean up San Diego Bay and its shorelines in the 29th annual Operation Clean Sweep, taking place Saturday, August 24, 2019...

The Port of San Diego has awarded a construction contract for the Sweetwater Bicycle Path and Promenade Project for the Chula Vista Bayfront, clearing the way for construction to begin. At its meeting on July 24, 2019, the Board of Port Commissioners...

The Port of San Diego has approved a Blue Economy Incubator pilot project that will test a new design of concrete tide pools by ECOncrete Inc., a company that aims to bring coastal and marine concrete infrastructure to life while reducing the...