The 1,850-square-foot clubhouse expansion and new dog run still need about $6 million before shovels hit dirt.

A young surfer charged the otter repeatedly to clear it from the group at Steamer Lane. No injuries were reported.

Bilingual workshops in November will let Santa Rosans weigh in on trails, gardens and play space for the Southeast Greenway.

Commissioners split over whether new synthetic turf guidelines have enough teeth to protect kids at Boulware and Rinconada parks.

One chowed on Mission District garden flowers before rescuers traced the pair's engine-bay habit to the Sierra Nevada.

A fenced-off ravine with a 1872 stone dam could finally open to hikers near Skyline Wilderness Park.

Ocean in Motion invites toddlers to waddle like penguins and hop like blennies when it opens Nov. 7 on Cannery Row.

Tisa and Kumi are both carrying calves fathered by Mapenzi, the last giraffe born at the Melbourne zoo.

Beachgoers at Wrights Beach caught whales feeding just offshore as a heat advisory sent crowds to the Sonoma Coast.

A fossilized molar was found in a San Mateo County creek bed.

Costs came in 29% over budget, but Tiburon council members pushed ahead on accessible paths and new play features anyway.

Land Trust staff counted about 20 monarch caterpillars this season on milkweed replanted since the 2017 Atlas Fire scorched the ridge.

The 7-acre hilltop straddling Fairfax and San Anselmo caps a conservation campaign that began in 1981.