After last week's celebration was postponed due to wet weather, we've just received word from SF Rec & Park that the grand reopening of the entire park has been rescheduled to Wednesday Jan. 27th.

The Castro CBD and Larkin Street Youth Services teamed up to hire at-risk youth to clean Jane Warner Plaza, but the program failed after two months.

Long planned renovations to Dolores Park are set to begin with a groundbreaking ceremony this coming Saturday.

The flat multi-use field on the north side of Dolores Park will close on Monday.

In the wake of this week's heavy rain and wind, we spotted a broken tree on States Street, which has toppled down onto a Mini Cooper. A neighbor told us that the tree fell down last night.

The plans are still very nascent, but organizers want it to be a memorial on par with the national September 11 and Holocaust museums.

We check in on the ongoing renovation of Dolores Park's southern side.

After foiling Animal Care & Control officers multiple times, the escape artist has been captured.

After a pigeon with a blow gun dart embedded in its head was spotted earlier this month, another with a dart in its neck has been sighted.

A program to hire at-risk youth to maintain the plaza and greet visitors is also in the works.

Some say the placement of Dolores Park's trash cans contributes to the problem, while others say people should just be more responsible.

We put together a walking tour of the Castro's green spaces, from community gardens to commemorative plots.

A lot of progress, much of it green, has happened; Connie Chan of SF Rec & Parks told us that neighbors can expect the park to open "in early 2016, as scheduled."

Both the fire and water departments have been called in to handle the flood of water pouring down the Vulcan stairs.

The tax, at roughly $30 per single-family home, is a possible solution to the underfunded care and maintenance of trees in the city.

Dolores Park’s newly-renovated southern half officially opened last night, with jellyfish, robots and more.

The Pacific Justice Institute is threatening to sue the city unless the pissoir is removed, saying it discriminates against women and the disabled, and could potentially expose genitalia to passersby.

Pet owners, be warned: there have been multiple coyote sightings on Kite Hill in recent weeks.

Sanchez and Alvarado Elementary Schools will be opening their schoolyards to the public on weekends, beginning this month.

"Dolores Park is literally trashed this morning," said tipster Moz, who sent in this photo. It's not the first time that celebrations like yesterday's Pride have produced piles of garbage.

The city's top wildlife wrangler recommends walking on the other side of the street "for a few weeks."

According to the Noe Valley beekeeper who evicted the swarm, "it had been there for some time."

Alexandra Kenin takes explorers through the city's 220 public parks and 70 miles of urban hiking.

Visitors to the park can generate up to 7,000 gallons of trash on a busy weekend.

The bees at the Castro hotel produced more than 100 pounds of honey this year.

Tomorrow, Friends of the Urban Forest will tackle the biggest sidewalk landscaping job it's ever done in San Francisco.

Last week, the Friends of Harvey Milk Plaza (FHMP) held two virtual town halls seeking community feedback about its plans to redesign Harvey Milk Plaza, and the new design team offered multiple new conceptual approaches.

Castro Street will soon have six fewer palm trees after the San Francisco Department of Public Works held a hearing on removing them last week.