Camp, as proposed. The city will be seeking feedback during a series of community meetings over the next few months. Note: Sun City will be off-limits under the current understanding with the forest service. New parking areas (in green crosshatch) appear next to areas A (staff and maintenance areas) and B (camper tent cabins). (View a […]
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City almost ready for input on Berkeley Tuolumne Camp
Tuolumne Camp. Photo: City of Berkeley April may be the biggest month in quite some time for those interested in the fate of the popular Berkeley Tuolumne Camp. A public process focused on how Berkeley may one day rebuild its Tuolumne Family Camp is expected to kick off in the next few weeks, according to city staff. There’s […]
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1 year after devastating fire, 3 events planned for Berkeley Tuolumne Family Camp
A photograph taken at the site of the Berkeley Tuolumne Family Camp on Aug. 28, three days after the Rim Fire swept through it. Photo: U.S. Forest Service The Friends of Berkeley Tuolumne Camp group is holding three fundraising events, starting on Friday August 22, to mark the first anniversary of the Rim Fire which effectively destroyed the […]
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Tuolumne Camp vs Echo Lake camp: veterans compare
The view from Echo Lake camp. Photo: Mary Flaherty After the Berkeley Tuolumne Camp was destroyed in the August 2013 Rim Fire, the city created a “new” family camp at its Echo Lake camp. Families who had spent summers up near Yosemite have had to adjust to the new camp high in the Sierra Nevada […]
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4 years at least until Berkeley Tuolumne Camp is rebuilt
A photograph taken at the Berkeley Tuolumne Camp in August days after the devastating Rim Fire swept through it. Photo: U.S. Forest Service A photograph taken at the Berkeley Tuolumne Camp in August days after the devastating Rim Fire swept through it. Photo: U.S. Forest Service “The dogwoods are in bloom.” After last August’s Rim Fire wiped […]
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Saved from Tuolumne Camp blaze: A stopped watch
Eli Baum’s watch, which was salvaged from the ruins of Tuolumne Family camp: “They knew it was mine because I had listed it along with other items I’d lost in the fire,” he said. “You can still see the logo of the watch company.” Photo: Michael Baum Eli Baum’s watch, which was salvaged from the […]
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Support for Tuolumne Camp stretches across the nation
The Gore Gore Luchadores wrestled at The World Famous Milestone Club in North Carolina for the Friends of Berkeley Tuolumne Camp on New Year’s Eve. Photo: Grant Baldwin Photography A Berkeley Tuolumne Camp supporter in North Carolina whose uncle ran the camp for decades helped organize a creative fund-raising event involving volunteer women’s wrestlers on […]
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Berkeley family camp will this year be at Echo Lake
Echo Lake camp. Photo courtesy city of Berkeley Berkeley Family Camp this summer will be offered at the city’s Echo Lake Camp, near Lake Tahoe, for five weeks. The city’s Tuolumne Family camp near Yosemite burned down in the August 2013 Rim Fire. Camp sessions will run June 21-July 7, July 11-20 and July 25-Aug. 4. The length of […]
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Berkeley Tuolumne Camp unsafe for visitors, says city
Berkeley Tuolumne Family Camp. Photo posted on the Friends of Berkeley Tuolumne Family Camp on Dec. 17. Visiting the remains of Berkeley’s Tuolomne Family Camp near Yosemite after the summer’s Rim Fire was apparently a big draw over the Indigenous People’s Day weekend in October. About 40 people dropped in on the camp just on […]
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Council to study $20M parks bond, 10% parks tax boost
More than 30 Berkeley residents came out Wednesday night to ask the city to re-open Willard Pool. Photo: Emilie Raguso The Berkeley City Council is set to consider a potential $20 million parks bond in conjunction with a 10% increase to the existing parks tax after a unanimous vote Wednesday night by the city’s parks […]
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Willard Pool supporters turn out for parks meeting
Willard Pool, circa 2009. Photo: protographer23 Dozens of supporters of Willard Pool turned out Wednesday night to ask the Parks and Waterfront Commission to take steps to raise money to reopen the facility, which was closed due to budget and maintenance issues in 2010. The meeting was the third in a series of public meetings […]
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Berkeley Tuolumne Camp supporters push to rebuild
Photo taken Sept. 2 at the site of the Berkeley Tuolumne Family Camp. Courtesy: City of Berkeley Supporters of Berkeley’s Tuolumne Camp, which was destroyed by the Rim Fire in August, came out last week to urge fast action and promise volunteer muscle in the city’s efforts to rebuild the much-loved institution. Supporters of the […]
