Photo of a human skull by Ray Myint. A human skull was found in Tilden Park on Wednesday Jan 1, 2014. A human skull was found in the area of Grizzly Peak Boulevard in Tilden Park on Wednesday evening, less than half a mile west of South Park Drive. The Oakland Police Department responded to […]
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Dog walkers clash with park district over ‘newt road’
New signs (right) instructing walkers to keep dogs on leash on South Park Drive in Tilden Park have prompted an outcry by many locals. Photo: Tracey Taylor Dog walkers who use South Park Drive in Tilden Park for the five months a year when it is closed to cars say recently erected signs that instruct […]
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Locals call for road closure to prevent slaughter of newts
A California newt (right) on South Park Drive, accompanied by a Ensatina salamander. Photo: Alan Shabel A California newt (right) on South Park Drive, accompanied by a Ensatina salamander. Photo: Alan Shabel Residents in the Berkeley hills have asked East Bay Regional Park District if it would consider closing a road used by migrating newts earlier than usual, after […]
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Parents sue cycling website for complicity in son’s death
Kim Flint: died riding his bike in Tilden Park in June 2010 The parents of a man who was killed while riding his bicycle in Tilden Park in 2010 is suing Strava, the social media cycling organization they believe contributed to his death. William and Kathleen Flint filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Strava in […]
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Did attempt to set speed record cause cyclist’s death?
Kim Flint's GPS after going 49.3 mph down South Park. The cyclist who was killed going down South Park Drive in Tilden Park on Saturday June 19 may have been racing down the hill to regain a speed record that he had only held for a week. William Flint II, who called himself Kim, had […]