Pinnacles National Monument Officially Becomes National Park
President Barack Obama signed legislation Thursday making Pinnacles National Monument near Soledad the 59th national park in the U.S.
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President Barack Obama signed legislation Thursday making Pinnacles National Monument near Soledad the 59th national park in the U.S.
Visitors might miss the 1920s-era ice skating rink in the winter or the summer bike and raft rentals, but they'll likely be glad to hear that a plan released Tuesday to protect the river that runs through Yosemite National Park won't reduce the number of daily visitors.
A pet owner was arrested Monday after his off-leash pit bull dog attacked a U.S. Park Police officer's horse at Crissy Field.
Mounds of trash blanketed the Great Meadow at Fort Mason on Thursday, remnants of a July 4 celebration staff at the Golden Gate National Recreation Area believe the crowds purposefully and wantonly left behind.
The lighthouse, which offers spectacular views of the Marin Coast, had been closed because the bridge leading to the site had eroded.
The National Park Service has come to the rescue of three California parks -two in Marin County - that were scheduled to close because of state budget cuts.
There's new legislation at the San Francisco Board of Supervisors to shut down Sharp Park Golf course in Pacifica, so that the land could be used for hiking and outdoor recreation.
National and state parks are offering free admission on Tuesday as a celebration of the summer solstice.
o help a tiny, rare seabird with a declining population, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is studying a plan to kill off non-native house mice with poison on the Farallon Islands.
San Francisco's Board of Supervisor's takes on the GGNRA's proposed dog leash restrictions on Tuesday as the dividing lines between dog lovers and preservationists have been drawn.
The National Park Service has rejected a request to include the former Navy shipyard at Mare Island in its system of parks.
The debate over planned dog lease restrictions in the Golden Gate National Recreation Area continues.
While most of the thousands of jellyfish that recently washed ashore at Ocean Beach had been washed back out to sea by high tide, officials said several hundred remained as of Tuesday and they encouraged beach patrons to leave them alone.
Two men and a dog were rescued Saturday after getting stuck down the side of a cliff at San Francisco's Lands End, part of the Golden Gate National Recreation Area.
