San Francisco - Parks & Nature

If you’re anxious to get your fall tan going, or get the dog out for some splashing, these Bay Area beaches (starting north to south) will offer you easy parking, smaller crowds, and a bigger sense of adventure while you soak up the sun and the warmth. 

The fabulous but consistently underused outdoor theater has been spiffed up with new bike racks, ADA access, and food truck areas, and Mayor Breed was awfully careful about keeping her mask on at Saturdays ribbon-cutting.

Juri Commons, a tiny park connecting Guerrero Street and San Jose Avenue, reopened in a Monday ribbon-cutting with new plants, play spaces, and exercise gear.

The aftermath of a 700,000-gallon water spill at the Stern Grove outdoor concert facility didn’t just cancel one show, it may cancel the entire Stern Grove 2022 concert season.

Public Works just installed new cherry blossom trees on Sutter Street in Japantown, and they should be blooming by next spring’s Cherry Blossom Festival.

Clearly unqualified in the first place, conservative commentator and Trump appointee Michael Savage is gone from the Presidio board as Biden cleans house.

This weekend marks the second anniversary of the launch of the Crosstown Trail, a 17-mile route across San Francisco that connects Candlestick Point to Lands End, and there are events to celebrate.

The 200 block of Turk Street will be home to the Tenderloin’s newest park after a community-led initiative identified the space as a key location to provide additional outdoor play and exercise areas for residents.

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.

The fresh coat of graffiti on the oft-painted Bernal Rock is a stone-cold declaration against recent attacks on the Asian American and Pacific Islander community.

A three-year saga on the fate of the ficus trees on 24th Street is coming to an end, as the removal of 33 trees has started, though most of the other ficuses are merely being pruned.

Half of JFK Drive in Golden Gate Park has been car-free for nearly a year now, and bike and pedestrians are rallying Saturday to make this arrangement permanent.

The pup-ular Golden Gate Park Dog Training Area sees its first remodel in 60 years at the city’s largest doggie play area.

SFMTA staff are recommending reopening more than half of Twin Peaks to cars, despite broad public embracement of the park for non-vehicle recreation.

The past seven months have encouraged San Franciscans to reacquaint themselves with city parks — and now, there’s a new one to explore that even includes an accessible beach and two-acre grassy lawn.

The return of smoke-free air and (at least partially) blue skies offers the perfect opportunity to get outside, explore the city, and escape your work-from-home doldrums for a little while.

Closed to cars to promote shelter-in-place recreation, Twin Peaks is now opening to them again. Some neighbors aren't happy about it.

Investigators are still seeking the source of the fuel leak in the heart of Fisherman's Wharf, which is home to sea lions and other marine life.

With improvements and plantings complete, Rec & Park reopened the Stanyan entrance to Golden Gate Park to the public this month.

In a first-of-its-kind program, the city plans to open the field to kids three days a week, while keeping its playgrounds closed.

One of the fallen trees crushed two cars at the DMV, trapping a passenger inside.

The flower only blooms every 3-5 years, so the Conservatory of Flowers has figured out a socially distant way to show it off.

Rec & Park's landscapers have let the (wood) chips fall where they may — sparking concern for some locals.

The high ropes course will be the first city-run structure of its kind in San Francisco.

Closed since March 17, the garden will reduce its hours and limit capacity for its reopening.