The Tilden Merry Go Round, 100 years old this year. Photo: Nancy Rubin This year marks the 100th birthday of the menagerie carousel in Tilden Park and the public is invited to celebrate the anniversary on Saturday August 13th. The merry go round was built in 1911 by the Herschell-Spillman Company of North Tonawanda, New York for […]
East Bay Regional Park District
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Summer camps: the great outdoors a stone’s throw away
The East Bay Regional Park District still has scholarships (“camperships”) available for its summer day camps — and it is keen to ensure they all get claimed by under-resourced families. The camps include Little Farm and Junior Lifeguards camps at Tilden Regional Park, as well as swim lessons at Roberts Park in Oakland. The photographs here […]
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Man drives off Grizzly Peak, undiscovered for four days
The spot on Grizzly Peak where a man drove his car off the hill an estimated three days ago. Photos: Tracey Taylor [Update, 11:05pm: The San Francisco Chronicle reports that the driver of the car was 53-year-old James Wright of El Cerrito who had been reported missing by his family on Monday. Wright was conscious and […]
