The island closes through November 18 so crews can replace two failing pilings holding up the ferry dock, with reopening scheduled for November 19.

Mayor Matt Mahan says the San José garden now has fencing, irrigation and planter boxes ahead of a planned November reopening.

The deal preserves over a mile of Zim Zim Creek and a corridor bears, mountain lions and deer use to roam toward Oregon.

Adventure Village swaps the old play structures for a forest-themed park with sensory features and eight all-gender restroom stalls.

A trail camera near Pescadero caught what researchers believe is the first river otter on the San Mateo Coast in over a century.

Four downtown ficus trees hold 81 heron nests — 66% of Oakland's count — as a 65-unit affordable housing project moves toward groundbreaking.

Chris Larsen's Clean Break Fund is bankrolling whale-tracking drones and gliders meant to keep Dungeness crab boats on the water longer.

A 24-car lot off North Kelly Road could end years of accessing the 709-acre park through Skyline Wilderness Park.

Trumark Homes paid about $4 million so salamanders and burrowing owls keep a nearly 1,500-acre wildlife corridor intact.

Santa Clara swapped a state parks grant between two projects rather than risk losing the money. Maywood's upgrades stay funded either way.

Vasona Lake's holiday drive-through is gone after 27 years, with 40,000 tickets for sale plus 4,000 free tickets for four walk-only nights.

Erin King was posing for photos when a shark leaped from the surf behind her, prompting State Parks to post an advisory.

House of Air will shut its Crissy Field hangar in February 2027, leaving San Francisco with zero indoor trampoline parks.