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Parks and Historic Sites

  • Blogs

    March 20, 2012

    George Kohler, S.F. Cyclist, Missing in Death Valley

    ​Authorities are asking for the public's help in finding 67-year-old George Kohler, a San Francisco cyclist who mysteriously disappeared while walking to his tent at a busy campground in Death Valley last week. Kohler was last seen on March 12 at about 8 p.m. when he reportedly walked away from th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 2, 2012

    Sierra Club, Historians File Lawsuit to Stop Construction of Hotel in Presidio National Park

    ​ Local nonprofits and environmentalists are suing the San Francisco Presidio Trust to try and stop its plans to build an "unnecessary" 14-building hotel in the Main Post of The Presidio National Park.The Presidio Historical Association and Sierra Club said they were left with "no choice" but to f ... More >>

  • Calendar

    January 11, 2012

    Past and Future, Set in Stone

    ​ Local nonprofits and environmentalists are suing the San Francisco Presidio Trust to try and stop its plans to build an "unnecessary" 14-building hotel in the Main Post of The Presidio National Park.The Presidio Historical Association and Sierra Club said they were left with "no choice" but to f ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 8, 2011

    Magicians Walking Across United States Finally Make it to New York City

    Courtesy of the Great American Walkabout An easy stroll through Pennsylvania ​SF Weekly readers might recall the offbeat story about a few magicians who were on a random quest to walk the nation. When we caught up with them as they started their journey in San Francisco in March, they told us that ... More >>

  • Music

    November 2, 2011

    Zodiac Death Valley: Show Preview

    Courtesy of the Great American Walkabout An easy stroll through Pennsylvania ​SF Weekly readers might recall the offbeat story about a few magicians who were on a random quest to walk the nation. When we caught up with them as they started their journey in San Francisco in March, they told us that ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 6, 2011

    Which Is Worse: Stealing Vegetables from a Community Garden, or Candy from a Baby?

    ​This question came up Friday on Twitter. We ran an item from the Bernalwood blog in Buzz Machine, our daily wrapup of local restaurant news, that someone had stolen vegetables from a community garden. We tweeted that we think this is worse than stealing candy from a baby. But readers disa ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 3, 2011

    Louis' Restaurant Lives to Grill Again

    Rosencruz SumeraHello again ... ​The amber tile motif in the bathroom of Louis' Restaurant was the 1970s, every bit as much as the five-note theme of Close Encounters, Oscar Gamble's 'fro, or all the places Dirty Harry shot people that aren't there anymore.   Well, the tile is gone. In o ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 24, 2011

    Go for a Swim, No More Great White Shark Sightings at Stinson Beach

    There's nothing to worry about ​Just in time for the weekend, park officials have lifted the ban on deep-water swimming at Stinson Beach after a great white shark was spotted on Sunday. Alex Picavet, spokeswoman with the National Park Service told reporters that they are set to impose any more res ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 21, 2011

    Palace of Fine Arts Has New Tenants -- Barn Owls

    They're cute when they're young.​Many people know about the great horned owl family living on Strawberry Hill in the middle of Stow Lake. But did you know barn owls -- the ghostly-looking birds with white, heart-shaped faces -- are making a family at the Palace of Fine Arts in the Marina?Josi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 24, 2011

    Native American Bones Found at S.F. State

    Time to go back home..​School officials came across a box of unidentified Native American bones at San Francisco State University -- a discovery that has triggered a federal law that says human remains must be returned to their Indian tribe.S.F. State officials recently conducted a human remains s ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 4, 2011

    SF Dog Politics Comes Unleashed; Rally Planned Next Week

    Even Cujo might be too squeamish for these meetings​For those with a taste for the bitter, litigious, and inordinately complex world of San Francisco dog politics, there's a lot to look forward to over the next few days.Two of the four public meetings planned by National Park Service officials on ... More >>

  • Calendar

    February 23, 2011

    Boyle-ing Over

    Even Cujo might be too squeamish for these meetings​For those with a taste for the bitter, litigious, and inordinately complex world of San Francisco dog politics, there's a lot to look forward to over the next few days.Two of the four public meetings planned by National Park Service officials on ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 18, 2011

    Pelosi's Waning Power Felt with Republican $15 Million Cut for The Presidio

    Thanks, Republicans.​House Republicans delivered a gut-punch to their nemesis Nancy Pelosi Thursday with a proposed $15 million cut in funding for the Presidio, a national park that's long been Pelosi's pet project.In order to wean itself off federal funding, the former U.S. Army base has become a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 8, 2011

    BASE Jumper Ammon McNeely Jumps Off Bay Area Tower (VIDEO)

    SF Weekly cameras tagged along while Ammon McNeely from this week's feature story jumped off a tower in the Bay Area. Check out these other videos about McNeely on the web, too:

  • Blogs

    September 16, 2010

    Drag Racers -- Literally -- Busted By Park Rangers

    You! Race over! ​Wednesday night's DFL Cross Dress Cyclocross event -- in which some 300 athletes, many of them in drag, mounted their cycles for a clandestine race -- broke up about 15 minutes before the finish when an San Francisco park ranger pulled up and began hollering for racers to get off ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 4, 2010

    Accused Art Thief Terry Helbing Had 'Best SRO Room Ever'

    Another obscure painting not found in Terry Helbing's room -- a room that had a reputation​Terry Helbing, the Tenderloin resident accused of keeping more than $100,000 worth of stolen art in his cramped single-room occupancy hotel room, was apparently something of a legend among area housing activ ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 26, 2010

    Show Dogs Raising Green for the Tenderloin's Very Own Forest

    Dave Schumaker/FlickrA forest grows in the T-Loin.​If the phrase "national forest" brings to mind places with towering redwoods, think again. City dwellers can find their very own, admittedly small, forest in one of the most diverse and densely populated neighborhoods, the Tenderloin. It's cal ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 7, 2010

    End Near for Louis' Restaurant -- Since 1960s

    Rosencruz SumeraGetting yanked around by landlords is longstanding tradition at Louis'​Tom Hontalas began washing dishes in his dad's restaurant in 1968  for 50 cents an hour. Now, along with his brother, Bill, he owns Louis' Restaurant and cooks the meals. It's the only job he's ever had. A ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 2, 2010

    Sutro Heights Diner Tries to Stay Alive

    FacebookThe Hontalas family wants a long-term lease.​Our favorite morsel from the blogs. Saving Louis': We all say we love family-owned businesses right? Here's our chance to support one that seems in trouble of disappearing. Louis' restaurant ― the place on Point Lobos up the hill from the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 16, 2009

    Supervisor Asked For Less Aggressive Ranger Patrols Prior to Huntington Park Dog Attack

    It's not uncommon for rookie politicians to unwittingly involve themselves in long-stewing special-interest battles. In that tradition, freshman Board of Supervisors President David Chiu has taken a series of actions that have drawn him into a particularly vicious, only-in-San-Francisco conflict -- ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 7, 2009

    'Huzzah!' No More -- Renaissance Faire Abruptly Nixes August Golden Gate Park Event, Blames City Parks and Rec Department for Inducing Organizational Black Death

    Mr. Tudor is not amused...Less than a month before Renaissance Faire organizers hoped to transform Golden Gate Park from a haven of drunken debauchery into a haven of period-piece drunken debauchery, an e-mail today from Renaissance Productions today announced that the Aug. 1-2 event has been nixed. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    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 >>

  • Calendar

    March 18, 2009

    Saplings of the City

    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 >>

  • News

    July 30, 2008

    SF Weekly Letters

    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 >>

  • Calendar

    July 2, 2008

    Creaky Machines

    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

    June 27, 2008

    Lee "Scratch" Perry Toasts the Indy in Aug.

    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 >>

  • News

    March 21, 2007

    Bambi Must Die

    The efficient killing of invasive deer is being fought by concerned animal activists in Marin. But who's looking out for S.F. venison connoisseurs?

  • Music

    March 14, 2007

    Yo Ho Ho and a Cup o' Cocoa

    Salty dogs and beached hipsters revel in sea chanteys together

  • News

    June 29, 2005

    Badlands Confidential

    Is there a race problem at a Castro gay bar -- or a propriety problem in a city supervisor's office?

  • Calendar

    March 16, 2005

    Green Scene

    Nature's in bloom at the Cow Palace

  • Listen Up

    March 16, 2005

    Dues, the Paying Of

    Wherein REAL rock stars relate TRUE STORIES of WORTHY SACRIFICE

  • News

    May 26, 2004

    Death Valley Night

    A trip to the Mojave and the Amargosa Opera House, where Marta Becket has acted out a dream for 35 years

  • News

    March 3, 2004

    An Instigator's Instigator

    The guy who pitted dog people against plant people in one of S.F.'s epic political battles has, um, switched sides

  • Calendar

    January 28, 2004

    Sticking Around

    A system for the rest of us

  • Calendar

    January 21, 2004

    Not Boring Boards

    Art and history, writ large

  • Holiday

    December 4, 2002

    Holiday Listings 2002

    Arts, Crafts, Events, and Performances for the Holidays

  • Calendar

    November 27, 2002

    Night&Day

    Arts, Crafts, Events, and Performances for the Holidays

  • Holiday

    November 27, 2002

    Holiday Listings 2002

    Arts, Crafts, Events, and Performances for the Holidays

  • Holiday

    November 20, 2002

    EVENTS

    Arts, Crafts, Events, and Performances for the Holidays

  • News

    October 16, 2002

    Come Fly With Us

    Ogling airline collectibles with Kelly Kelly, and reintroducing cougars into S.F. parks

  • News

    October 2, 2002

    The Horror

    Darkness descends at City Hall as supervisors argue ceaselessly over dogs and apartment size

  • News

    April 3, 2002

    Shut Up!

    Former musician Bernie Krause has spent 30 years recording the pristine sounds of nature in the remotest corners of the world. Now, after all his travels, he has an important message for the human race: Shut up!

  • Best of San Francisco

    May 17, 2000

    Best Exotic Blossom

    Puya alpestris

  • News

    December 29, 1999

    Abbey's Road

    The stones of a 13th-century Spanish monastery lie crumbling in Golden Gate Park, a forgotten legacy of William Randolph Hearst. Trappist monks now hope to resurrect part of what Hearst tore asunder.

  • News

    September 15, 1999

    Rights of Passage

    With gates and fences, private property owners are increasingly cutting off traditional paths to public lands. State law offers some recourse, but not much.

  • Music

    September 1, 1999

    Hear This

    Africa Fete

  • Music

    July 14, 1999

    Riff Raff

    Africa Fete

  • News

    May 13, 1998

    Ghost Museum

    Africa Fete

  • Film

    February 11, 1998

    Second Time Around

    Africa Fete

  • Music

    October 22, 1997

    Night Crawler

    Africa Fete

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