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June 2, 2009
What, Exactly, Does State Mean By Park 'Closures'? 'Who Knows?' Says State Parks Foundation
A nature walk redefinedGov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's recent thunderbolt (he did portray Hercules once) about chipping away at our Death Valley-deep deficit by closing 80 percent of the state's parks has prompted a very elemental question: What do you mean by "close"? Would there be no electric, plumb ... More >>
Blogs
February 16, 2009
Tenderloin Listed as Federal Historic District
Not your average national park visitorsOne of San Francisco's most notoriously downtrodden neighborhoods has been listed in the National Register of Historic Places, a distinction that -- in addition to giving the neighborhood some welcome positive attention -- brings the potential for federal tax c ... More >>
News
December 27, 1995
SLUGging It Out
Under the San Francisco League of Urban Gardeners, community gardeners get down and dirty
News
January 31, 1996
Letters
Under the San Francisco League of Urban Gardeners, community gardeners get down and dirty
Blogs
April 8, 2009
A Garden-Variety Debate: City Hopes to Charge for Entry to Arboretum to Build World-Class Facility. But Local Folks Just Want Place to Sit in the Sun.
Will folks pay to doze beneath this great cypress?When folks filed into an unpleasant Monday meeting regarding the city's plan to begin charging for entry to Strybing Arboretum, they were unhappy enough about what they figured was a plea for them to pay good money to maintain the previously free sta ... More >>
News
April 15, 2009
The S.F. Botanical Garden's wish list
Will folks pay to doze beneath this great cypress?When folks filed into an unpleasant Monday meeting regarding the city's plan to begin charging for entry to Strybing Arboretum, they were unhappy enough about what they figured was a plea for them to pay good money to maintain the previously free sta ... More >>
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April 15, 2009
Feds take the fun out of fungi hunting at Lands End
Will folks pay to doze beneath this great cypress?When folks filed into an unpleasant Monday meeting regarding the city's plan to begin charging for entry to Strybing Arboretum, they were unhappy enough about what they figured was a plea for them to pay good money to maintain the previously free sta ... More >>
News
February 11, 2009
S.F. park rangers want more power, guns
Will folks pay to doze beneath this great cypress?When folks filed into an unpleasant Monday meeting regarding the city's plan to begin charging for entry to Strybing Arboretum, they were unhappy enough about what they figured was a plea for them to pay good money to maintain the previously free sta ... More >>
News
August 13, 2008
SF Weekly Letters
Will folks pay to doze beneath this great cypress?When folks filed into an unpleasant Monday meeting regarding the city's plan to begin charging for entry to Strybing Arboretum, they were unhappy enough about what they figured was a plea for them to pay good money to maintain the previously free sta ... More >>
News
July 23, 2008
The Pork Park
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is quietly trying to keep the Presidio on the public teat. That's a good thing.
News
April 16, 2008
An Inconvenient Plant
One of the world's rarest plants grows in the Presidio. Plans are under way to save it — and ax thousands of trees in the process.
News
July 4, 2007
Mother Nature or Nurture?
The question of whether to begin saving creatures and habitats from climate change
News
April 12, 2006
Fire Fighting
The question of whether to begin saving creatures and habitats from climate change
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December 24, 2003
Our Fishy Friends
Lend a hand to salmon in need
News
July 24, 2002
The Nature of Politics
Dog owners, compliant pols viciously distort a reasonable attempt to preserve our environmental legacy
Best of San Francisco
May 15, 2002
Best Local Version of Machu Picchu
Batteries Chamberlain, Crosby, Cranston, Marcus Miller, and Boutelle
News
January 31, 2001
Citizen Canine
As the dog wars heat up, desperate times call for desperate measures -- perhaps a mandatory test for off-leash pets?
Best of San Francisco
May 17, 2000
Best Dismembered Piece of Hearst Legacy
Scattered Remains of the Santa Maria de Ovila Monastery
News
March 17, 1999
Ship of Fools
Men keep falling in love with the aging steam schooner Wapama. She always exacts her price.
Film
December 30, 1998
Second Time Around
Men keep falling in love with the aging steam schooner Wapama. She always exacts her price.
News
May 13, 1998
Presidio Originals
The Muwekma Ohlone tribe pushes for a voice in Presidio planning -- and, perhaps, a piece of a national park
News
December 24, 1997
Bag It, Larry
No one seems to want a grocery store in the Presidio except Larry Buck
News
September 24, 1997
Between a Rock and a ... Rock
Environmental testing in the Presidio may be a Sisyphean task
News
October 16, 1996
When the Bay was Groun Zero
A look at the Cold War ghosts that haunt the rim of the city
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May 6, 2009
The Wild Side
A look at the Cold War ghosts that haunt the rim of the city
Blogs
May 28, 2009
Garden-Variety Debate Continues: Public To Vent Tonight On Plan To Ding Out-of-Town Arboretum Visitors
It's pretty -- but is it seven bucks worth of pretty?Last month we wrote about a debate among the tulips: In order to make up for a shortage of funds, Recreation and Park Department officials were proposing a $5 to $7 entry fee for Strybing Arboretum. And yet, since the city feels the arboretu ... More >>
Blogs
March 23, 2010
Move to Ban Smoking in State Parks Gains Steam. Guns in National Parks? That's Fine.
This may soon be illegal in State Parks. It's still kosher in National Parks, though -- as are firearms. Smoking in the park? Perish the thought. A smoking gun in the park? Well ... that all depends on the park. Yesterday, the state Assembly passed a bill enacting a broad smoking ban in the sta ... More >>
Blogs
May 24, 2010
Investigators to Inspect Dead Couple's Beached Boat
View Larger MapNational Park Service investigators will be poring over the 33-foot boat of a couple killed yesterday off Ocean Beach in an attempt to answer what compelled a middle-aged couple to head overboard to their deaths. "We don't know why the boat was in distress and we don't know why the pe ... More >>
Blogs
May 26, 2010
Tourists Must Now Pay To Enter S.F. Botanical Garden. Are Locals to Follow?
Mila Zinkova...But you can still look at the pictures for freeThe city of San Francisco, it seems, has stumbled upon a remarkable new way to generate cash. It will make people pay money for something they didn't really want in the first place. By a lopsided 8-3 vote, the Board of Supervisors on T ... More >>
Blogs
June 18, 2010
Caltrans Sued Over Highway Project Through Redwood Forest
Environmental activists are suing Caltrans over plans to expand and reroute a highway that passes through Richardson Grove State Park, the Humboldt County preserve that boasts some of California's oldest and tallest coast redwoods.The suit was filed yesterday in San Francisco Superior Court by th ... More >>
Blogs
July 13, 2010
Off the Grid Organizer Seeking Permits for Street-Food Markets in S.F. Parks
Chris MacArthur/SF WeeklyRec and Park commissioners vote Thursday to allow Off the Grid-like markets in three city parks.The organizer of S.F.'s Off the Grid street-food market at Fort Mason Center could soon be rolling out similar events in three city parks. At Thursday's regularly scheduled ... More >>
Blogs
August 11, 2010
Do You Have First Amendment Rights in San Francisco Parks or Not?
Now valid in National Parks! Right?Jurisdictional lines are funny things. Here in San Francisco you can hoist your banners and beat your drum to express the message of your choosing per your First Amendment Rights -- until you tread onto Ocean Beach, the Presidio, or other federal land. The Natio ... More >>
News
September 15, 2010
Mount Sutro battle pits tree lovers against native-plant lovers
Now valid in National Parks! Right?Jurisdictional lines are funny things. Here in San Francisco you can hoist your banners and beat your drum to express the message of your choosing per your First Amendment Rights -- until you tread onto Ocean Beach, the Presidio, or other federal land. The Natio ... More >>
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October 6, 2010
Postcards from the Edge
Now valid in National Parks! Right?Jurisdictional lines are funny things. Here in San Francisco you can hoist your banners and beat your drum to express the message of your choosing per your First Amendment Rights -- until you tread onto Ocean Beach, the Presidio, or other federal land. The Natio ... More >>
News
January 19, 2011
Get to know S.F.'s community gardens with SF Refresh
Now valid in National Parks! Right?Jurisdictional lines are funny things. Here in San Francisco you can hoist your banners and beat your drum to express the message of your choosing per your First Amendment Rights -- until you tread onto Ocean Beach, the Presidio, or other federal land. The Natio ... More >>
Blogs
January 31, 2011
Supervisor John Avalos Wants to Scrap Botanical Gardens Fee for Tourists
Botanical Gardens...still not worth $7. As we predicted last year, most tourists won't want to pay $7 to enter the city's Botanical Gardens, especially since it's free to residents.That's partly why Supervisor John Avalos is proposing the city eliminate the fee (how often does that happen?) and r ... More >>
Blogs
February 15, 2011
Scott Wiener Takes Up Cause of Anti-Leash Activists
And so it beginsOne of the more puzzling aspects of San Francisco politics is the bizarre level of conflict that arises with any discussion of dogs. The prolonged internecine conflict between those who wish to run their dogs free and advocates of more restrictive leash laws has periodically convu ... More >>
Blogs
March 9, 2011
Botanical Garden Fee Back on The Table; Supervisor John Avalos Says It's 'Disastrous'
A high price to pay ... for politics.Supervisor John Avalos is miffed over legislation coming out of the mayor's office that would trump his bill that repealed the onerous admission fee for tourists at the Botanical Garden. Mayor Ed Lee has introduced legislation to reinstate the $7 fee -- perman ... More >>
Blogs
March 11, 2011
Yosemite Buffalo Soldiers' History Should Be Part of School Curriculum, Jackie Speier Says
Buffalo Soldiers rememberedToo bad Mark Matthews, the last surviving Buffalo Soldier who died six years ago at age 111, isn't around to mark this historic moment.Congresswoman Jackie Speier is pushing through a bill that would --for the first time ever --give the nation's all black cavalry a prom ... More >>
Blogs
March 18, 2011
Mehdi Almotahari, Washed Up at Fort Mason
Body foundMedical authorities have identified the man whose body washed up on the shores of Fort Mason last week as 64-year-old Mehdi Almotahari. A visitor at Fort Mason spotted Almotahari's body floating in the water at about 4:45 p.m. on March 8. Medical authorities had trouble locating his fam ... More >>
Blogs
April 7, 2011
Federal Government Shutdown: Will You Be Kicked Off Ocean Beach?
Going, going ... gone?With the specter of a federal shutdown looming tomorrow, San Franciscans have reason to worry. If our government ceases operating and everyone heads to the beach -- will we be able to head to the beach? Ocean Beach, after all, is part of the Golden Gate National Recreation A ... More >>
Blogs
May 3, 2011
New Offleash Laws to Favor Dog Walkers Who Make a Profit
Get ready for a lot more of this.The San Francisco Board of Supervisors might gripe about the seemingly onerous plan to severely restrict dogs from roaming offleash in areas owned by the Golden Gate National Recreation Area. But when it comes to that key question of how to handle dogwalkers who h ... More >>
News
July 6, 2011
What Happens When (and If) State Parks Close
Get ready for a lot more of this.The San Francisco Board of Supervisors might gripe about the seemingly onerous plan to severely restrict dogs from roaming offleash in areas owned by the Golden Gate National Recreation Area. But when it comes to that key question of how to handle dogwalkers who h ... More >>
News
July 13, 2011
Awesome Secret Underground Bunker in Marin Headlands Gets Sealed Up
Get ready for a lot more of this.The San Francisco Board of Supervisors might gripe about the seemingly onerous plan to severely restrict dogs from roaming offleash in areas owned by the Golden Gate National Recreation Area. But when it comes to that key question of how to handle dogwalkers who h ... More >>
Blogs
July 13, 2011
A Last Visit Inside the Secret Marin Headlands Bunker (Slideshow)
SF Weekly's Peter Jamison gives readers an account of a secret concrete bunker built in reaction to the threat of invasion via the Pacific Ocean in the runup to World War II. This San Francisco relic, known as Battery Construction 129, was never fully built, yet it's mystique and "off-limits" statu ... More >>
News
September 21, 2011
Ranger Noir: S.F. Park Patrol Run as Money-Making Machine
SF Weekly's Peter Jamison gives readers an account of a secret concrete bunker built in reaction to the threat of invasion via the Pacific Ocean in the runup to World War II. This San Francisco relic, known as Battery Construction 129, was never fully built, yet it's mystique and "off-limits" statu ... More >>
Blogs
October 6, 2011
Samuel P. Taylor, Tomales Bay State Parks to Stay Open with Help from Feds
State and federal authorities announced today that two popular Marin County state parks will remain open with the help of the National Park Service.Samuel P. Taylor State Park, a campground nestled among redwoods in West Marin, and Tomales Bay State Park, which lies on the shore of its eponymous ... More >>
Blogs
November 10, 2011
Jonathan Waknine, OccupySF Protester, Arrested -- Again
This doesn't exactly make for a peaceful presence Yesterday, we told readers about Jonathan Waknine, the 23-year-old OccupySF protester who was cited for carrying a concealed weapon. Police released him only to come back and for him 24 hours later. According to San Francisco police, Waknine was a ... More >>
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January 11, 2012
This Land is Our Land
This doesn't exactly make for a peaceful presence Yesterday, we told readers about Jonathan Waknine, the 23-year-old OccupySF protester who was cited for carrying a concealed weapon. Police released him only to come back and for him 24 hours later. According to San Francisco police, Waknine was a ... More >>
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