After two Vallejo teens were swept out to sea at San Francisco’s Ocean Beach on Saturday, a city supervisor is calling for a hearing to…
An elephant seal that looked to be stranded on a beach at Candlestick Point in San Francisco is going through a natural process and should…
Mayors of 11 East Bay cities have sent a letter to Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf and the Oakland City Council urging them not to allow…
More than $90 million will be available from the Bay Area Air Quality Management District in 2016 and 2017 for grant projects and programs to…
A program in which San Franciscans could bring their Christmas trees to a company for goats to eat has ended for the year because the…
Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf said today that she will talk about the role cities can play in fighting climate change when she participates in a…
San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee announced today that the city’s municipal fleet of vehicles are switching from petroleum diesel to renewable diesel by the end…
Crews are continuing to clean up 20 to 50 gallons of fuel that leaked into San Francisco Bay near Fisherman’s Wharf on Saturday from a…
The United States Coast Guard and the California Department of Fish and Wildlife are investigating a reported fuel spill that occurred Saturday in the San…
A six-month pilot project known as the Tenderloin Pit Stop was launched today by San Francisco Department of Public Works officials, providing portable toilets and…
The city of San Francisco’s environmental impact report on plans for a $1.5 billion development with 20,000 residents at the former Navy base on Treasure…
A public plaza located on Ocean Avenue next to City College of San Francisco has been officially named Unity Plaza, according to the San Francisco…
12:46 PM: A man was found dead at a home where there was a possible hazardous materials incident in the city’s Outer Richmond neighborhood this…
The Golden Gate Bridge Highway and Transportation District board of directors unanimously voted this morning to approve funding to build a suicide net on the…
The San Francisco Public Utilities Commission gave its mid-year water supply update today and announced that the Hetch Hetchy Regional Water System storage is at…
San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee and eight city supervisors announced a ballot measure Monday to ask voters in November to allow improvements to city children’s…
As temperatures soar this week, the Bay Area Air Quality Management District is calling a second consecutive Spare the Air Day for the region on…
Bay Area lawmakers and concerned citizens rallied at City Hall this morning to urge the Golden Gate National Recreation Area to reconsider a proposal that…
San Francisco’s Great Highway is shut down in both directions this morning as crews work to remove sand blown onto the roadway, a city Department…
The Bay Area Air Quality Management District today announced that Monday would be its first “Spare the Air” day for 2014, as hot weather and…
Three environmental groups filed a lawsuit today in San Francisco Superior Court against the city’s Recreation and Park Department and Mayor Ed Lee to prevent…
As an Earth Day breakfast was under way this morning at San Francisco City Hall, a group of recyclers, environmentalists and other community advocates were…
Fire-building visitors to San Francisco’s Ocean Beach this summer may have to contend with some new rules this summer as the National Park Service finds…
One of San Francisco’s largest metal recyclers will pay the city $500,000 as a settlement in a civil case brought by the district attorney’s office…
As harbor seal pups are now being born on Bay Area beaches, beachgoers are reminded to stay away from newborn pups even if they are…
A judge has ordered North Carolina-based Lowe’s Home Centers to pay $18 million in damages for environmental violations at stores in California, Bay Area prosecutors…
Today is the first day of spring, and the rainy season is quickly coming to a close and rainfall in the Bay Area has been…
The California Highway Patrol and Caltrans will be out in force on Bay Area roads this week to do a little “spring cleaning” and highlight…
Two trails at San Francisco’s Glen Canyon Park are in need of names and the city’s Recreation and Park Department is asking the public to…
The science building at San Francisco State University that was closed in January after the discovery of asbestos, mercury and other dangerous materials will partially…
A herd of goats responsible for some of San Francisco’s trickiest landscaping jobs will be available for the public to meet at an open house…
The 2013-2014 Winter Spare the Air Season, which ended Feb. 28, tied a record set in 2006-2007 for the most Spare the Air alerts issued,…
Bay Area boaters are being urged by a federal wildlife agency to watch out for and steer clear of gray whales, which are now beginning…
Report: Bay Area National Parks Attract 17 Million Visitors, Generate $471 Million In Local Spending
A study released today by the Department of the Interior and the National Parks Service details the economic benefits the Bay Area’s national parks have…
The California Public Utilities Commission announced today that its general counsel, Frank Lindh, is resigning to go into private law practice. Lindh became the San…
Parts of Point Reyes National Seashore will be closed for four months to protect seals and their newborn pups, according to the National Park Service….
Bay Area commuters will have an extra incentive to get off the road next month during a friendly competition designed to improve the region’s air…
Gov. Jerry Brown and state Democratic leaders today announced emergency legislation providing $687.4 million in funding to support drought relief projects. The legislation includes funds…
Lyme disease is more widespread in Bay Area open spaces than previously thought, according to the results of a new study announced today by Stanford…
Although the discovery of asbestos, mercury and other dangerous materials prompted the long-term shutdown of San Francisco State University’s Science Building, there is likely no…
