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New SF Park Connecting Fort Mason to the Waterfront Opens June 2021
Bay Area Updates, Brand New, New Parks, Only in San Francisco, Outdoorsy, Parks & Beaches Beatrice Kilat, Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy Thanks to the Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy for sharing the news about San Francisco’s newest park. Black Point Historic Gardens, a new park connecting Fort Mason to the San Francisco waterfront, opens to the public soon, tentatively scheduled for June 2021. The restoration of more...
SF Named Top 10 in USA for Its City Parks
Bay Area Updates, City Insight, Only in San Francisco, Outdoorsy, Parks & Beaches By Jeff Ballinger, Bay City News Bay Area cities rose on the annual ParkScore index, an annual study released Wednesday night by the San Francisco-based nonprofit The Trust for Public Land that ranks park systems in the 100 largest U.S. cities. Four Bay Area cities made the list again this time, with more...
Mountain Lion Breaks Into Bay Area Home
Bay Area Updates, Outdoorsy By Keith Burbank, Bay City News A mountain lion paid a visit to a San Bruno home early Tuesday morning until the homeowner scared it off, police said. The large feline entered the home in the 200 block of Ross Way around 12:25 a.m. by breaking through a window. The cat may more...
Rare Super “Blood Moon” Total Lunar Eclipse Over SF
Outdoorsy, Wow Thanks to SFGate for sharing the details about May’s super moon on May 26, 2021. This super moon is extra special because it’s the first “Blood Moon” or total lunar eclipse of the moon in more than two years. The last lunar eclipse was January 20, 2019. A total lunar eclipse occurs when the more...
Golden Gate National Recreation Area May Increase Fees
Bay Area Favorites, Outdoorsy, Parks & Beaches Golden Gate National Recreation Area, which hosted more than 12 million visitors last year, is proposing an increase to fees for some activities to keep up with the costs of managing the park. Amid the pandemic, many areas of the park have seen a dramatic increase in visitation. Revenue from these fees will contribute toward a variety more...
Oakland Museum of California’s New Gardens
Artsy Fartsy, Bay Area Updates, Brand New, Outdoorsy, Reopening OMCA welcomes the community back to a newly-refreshed campus and transformed garden, providing a safe and welcoming space to reconnect with each other. After over a year of facing a global pandemic, compounded with instances of violence, racism, and civil unrest in our country, OMCA’s outdoor public spaces are available more...
Mountain Lion Removed from Tree in SF’s Bernal Heights
Bay Area Updates, Outdoorsy, Wow A mountain lion that apparently walked the streets of the city for at least the last two days and was spotted in a tree Wednesday night has been tranquilized and safely removed from the area. California Fish and Wildlife officers responded to Santa Marina Street near Mission Street and shot the more...
SF’s Esprit Park is Getting a $7.7 Million Makeover
Bay Area Updates, Outdoorsy, Parks & Beaches Esprit Park is one step closer to a $7.7 million renovation designed to balance the needs of its growing Dogpatch community—from families to fitness enthusiasts to dogs and their people, the San Francisco Recreation and Park Department and University of California San Francisco announced today. The San Francisco Board of Supervisors more...
3,000 Hungry Goats Take Over Oakland Hillside
Bay Area Updates, Outdoorsy, Wow Thanks to the Oakland Fire Department for sharing their video of 3,000 hungry goats on the King Estates Open Space in Oakland. They were released as part of Oakland Fire’s annual vegetation management program. 3000 very lucky and hungry goats were released into the King Estates Open Space this week as part more...
Locally Extinct Butterflies Now Thriving in The Presidio
Bay Area Updates, Outdoorsy, Parks & Beaches, Uplifting Thank you to ABC7 News for sharing that a previously locally extinct butterfly is now flourishing in The Presidio. Thanks to a successful restoration of their native habitat, the Variable Checkerspot Butterflies were the sixth native wildlife species to be re-introduced in the Presidio and now they’re thriving. The variable checkerspot or Chalcedon more...
Presidio Baby Turtle Discovered in SF’s Mountain Lake
Adorable, Bay Area Updates, Green, Outdoorsy, Parks & Beaches, Uplifting Welcome to the world, baby turtle! Back in 2015 – after the completion of massive cleanup efforts at Mountain Lake – the Presidio Trust, along with San Francisco Zoo and Sonoma State University, reintroduced native Western pond turtles. Thankfully, The Presidio’s wildlife ecologists recently found a cute baby turtle, the more...
350 Statues Coming to GG Park as Powerful New Art Piece
Brand New, Causes, Outdoorsy, Parks & Beaches A new work of public art will rise in San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park. Monumental Reckoning squarely addresses America’s original sin of slavery while guiding us to a more honest, inclusive, and uplifting future. UPDATE: The installation was approved by both the San Francisco Arts Commission and the San Francisco Recreation more...
Point Reyes’ “Drakes Beach” Closes for 4 Months
Bay Area Updates, Outdoorsy, Parks & Beaches Drakes Beach, a favorite summer destination with sweeping views of the bay by the same name and of the Point Reyes National Seashore, will be closed for nearly four months starting on Monday, May 3 to accommodate road repairs and wetland restoration. A large part of the beach’s parking lot, which was more...
SF Officially Adopts New Relaxed Outdoor Mask Rules
Bay Area Updates, COVID-19 Updates, Outdoorsy, Reopening The California Department of Public Health today announced new outdoor masking rules which the city of San Francisco has adopted according to a press release issued by the San Francisco Department of Emergency Management (SFDEM). These changes mean fully vaccinated and unvaccinated people can forgo mask-wearing while engaging in outdoor activities more...
CA Set to Follow CDC’s New Relaxed Mask Mandate
Bay Area Updates, COVID-19 Updates, Outdoorsy, Reopening Thanks to SFGate for sharing that California is examining the new CDC guidelines and aiming to relax the statewide mask mandate that’s been in place since June 2020. On Tuesday, April 27, Gov. Newsom announced that if you’re fully vaccinated, you will no longer be required to wear a mask if more...
