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Donner Summit Land Preserved Through Land Trusts
Snow falls near Royal Gorge in the Sierra Nevada mountains. (Team Garmin)TRUCKEE, Calif. (AP) -- In what is being hailed as a major land acquisition in the Sierra Nevada, conservation groups say they...
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Tenderloin Playground Ranked SF's Worst
by Katharine Mieszkowsk, The Bay Citizen It was recess in the Tenderloin, and students from San Francisco City Academy swarmed the playground at Father Alfred E. Boeddeker Park. They slid down the...
View ArticleA.M. Splash: Workday Shares Soar Past IPO Price; State, U.S. Diverge on...
Workday shares debut stunningly higher than IPO price (SJ Mercury News) After Workday received a payday of more than $600 million, investors who did not buy into the initial public offering received...
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Ken Burns on Pinnacles National Park: 'Hallelujah'
The view east from High Peaks in Pinnacles National Park. (Miguel Vieira/Flickr) Ken Burns called the national parks system "America's Best Idea." So it probably won't come as a surprise that the...
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Sonoma Deal Aims to Combine Logging and Preservation
Can you preserve a forest by logging it? A land conservation group thinks so. The Conservation Fund announced Monday that, along with some partners, it had acquired 19,645 acres of forest in Sonoma...
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The Treasures Living in the California State Parks Warehouse
Northeast of Sacramento, on a remote part of the former McClellan Air Force Base, there's a massive warehouse that holds a treasure trove of artifacts from early California -- items ranging from...
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Golden Gate National Recreation Area Proposes New Dog Rules; Let the Debate...
By Katharine Fong and Dan Brekke Ivy, the dog, runs at Fort Funston. (Molly Samuel/KQED) The traditional dogs days of summer are over. But in San Francisco, they might be just starting. The National...
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If Albany Bulb Becomes a State Park, What Happens to Its Homeless?
Recycled metal sculptures by Osha Neumann, an advocate for the residents living on the Albany Bulb, can be found on the north shore of the small peninsula. (Sara Bloomberg/KQED) By Alex Emslie An...
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Listeners Weigh In: Best Places to Take Kids in the Bay Area
Berkeley’s Adventure Playground. (Patrick Buechner/Flickr) In hopes of spicing things up for Bay Area families, “Forum” asked its listeners, along with Amy Graff of ”The Mommy Files” blog and Mike...
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A San Francisco Skatepark Opens in Shadow of Central Freeway
By Alexandra Garreton Skaters at San Francisco’s new SoMa West skatepark. (Alexandra Garreton/KQED) Just in time for this holiday weekend, there’s a new park in town. San Francisco’s newest...
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Scandal Spurs Plan to Keep Closer Eye on State Parks Budget
By Katharine Mieszkowsk, The Bay Citizen A little-known commission could be empowered to provide more oversight of the California Department of Parks and Recreation after an investigation revealed the...
View ArticleVideo: Debate Over a Mission District Soccer Field
So, the video above is in the process of going at least locally viral — a two-week-old snippet of San Francisco Mission District life that had fewer than 2,000 views total at noontime and had about...
View ArticleBig Section of Dolores Park Reopening After Makeover
Construction fences are coming down in San Francisco’s Dolores Park this Thursday. The northern portion of the popular park will be reopening to the public after an $8 million facelift and more than a...
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