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30-year wait to underground utility lines is nearly over | Historic Asian American bookshop closing

Tilden Regional Park

Posted inNature

Photos: Enough snow for skiing and snowmen in the Berkeley Hills

Avatar photoAvatar photo by Nico Savidge and Iris Kwok Feb. 24, 2023, 10:02 a.m.February 28, 2023

Tilden Regional Park and Grizzly Peak Boulevard turned into a winter wonderland Friday as several inches of snow brought sledders, hikers and snowball fighters into the hills.

Posted inCity

Photos: Rains bring East Bay creeks to life

by Daniel Danzig Jan. 09, 2023, 9:04 a.m.January 9, 2023

Wednesday and Thursday’s heavy rains turned the area’s rivulets into rushing waterways.

Posted inNature

3 big studies on East Bay’s creatures, plants and wildfire risk

Avatar photo by Kate Darby Rauch Sept. 13, 2022, 12:47 p.m.September 14, 2022

A first-of-its-kind analysis looked at the health of East Bay wildlife, from bats to bobcats and salamanders to steelhead. Two major mapping projects will dive deep into vegetation and wildfire hazard.

Posted inCommunity

New rock garden opens in Tilden

Avatar photo by Iris Kwok Aug. 25, 2022, 12:15 p.m.August 25, 2022

The small rock garden, highlighting native alpine plants from the high Sierra Nevada, opened on Saturday in the Tilden botanic garden.

Posted inNature

A wellness check for Tilden’s Western pond turtles

by Kara Manke and UC Berkeley Nov. 07, 2021, 6:00 a.m.August 4, 2022

Max Lambert and a team of wildlife experts are checking in on the health of Western pond turtles living in Jewel Lake.

Posted inCommunity

What to do about Jewel Lake? Leave it, dredge it or route the creek around it?

Laura Casey by Laura Casey Oct. 28, 2021, 4:45 p.m.August 4, 2022

With sediment building up, the future of the Tilden Park lake is now being decided.

Posted inObituaries

Remembering Tilden’s ‘Ranger Tim,’ who hooted at owls and bent eucalyptus into jungle gyms

by Donna Mickleson and Megan Turner Oct. 11, 2021, 6:12 a.m.August 4, 2022

Tim Gordon guided generations of Tilden’s Junior Rangers and Ranger Rovers through the wilds of the forest.

Posted inNature

Hungry deer, shrinking ponds, speeding golf balls: the drought’s toll around Berkeley

Avatar photo by John Metcalfe Aug. 15, 2021, 9:00 a.m.August 4, 2022

Strawberry Creek and the city’s trees are doing OK, but Lake Anza is unswimmable, turtles are getting run over by cars and wild pigs may be moving in.

woman and kids from Sarah's Science camp
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Pandemic closes popular kids’ camp Sarah’s Science after 34 years

by Oliver Riskin-Kutz Feb. 25, 2021, 11:17 a.m.October 4, 2022

Sarah Shaffer, the camp’s founder and director, described the painful decision to file for personal bankruptcy and close down.

Posted inArts

Berkeley Rep launches ‘Place/Settings,’ 10 audio stories set in Berkeley

Avatar photo by Daphne White Jan. 11, 2021, 10:41 a.m.August 4, 2022

Ten artists have recorded fictional and true stories about a place they love in Berkeley. The public can submit their own pieces.

Posted inCommunity

Jewel Lake in Tilden Park is ‘a ghost of what it once was’

by Oliver Riskin-Kutz Oct. 26, 2020, 9:43 a.m.October 4, 2022

If you’ve visited Jewel Lake in Tilden recently, you’ll have noticed it’s looking more like a muddy puddle than a lake. Why is that — and is anything being done about it?

Posted inCity

East Bay parks will stay open, despite confusion and citations

Avatar photo by Natalie Orenstein March 17, 2020, 1:48 p.m.August 4, 2022

Parks were temporarily closed Tuesday but will reopen within the next day or two, said EBRPD.

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