The Berkeley Parks and Waterfront Commission met Oct. 2 to discuss ways to improve the City’s parks. Photo: Eli Wolfe The Berkeley Parks and Waterfront Commission met Oct. 2 to discuss ways to improve the City’s parks. Photo: Eli Wolfe By Eli Wolfe The Berkeley Parks and Waterfront Commission met Wednesday night at the James Kenney Community Center […]
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4 public meetings planned on future of Berkeley parks
In 2010, the city offered these examples of improvements to be made at Berkeley parks: closed stairs at Remillard Park, drainage problems at Ohlone dog park, inaccessible restrooms at the marina, and deteriorating basketball courts at San Pablo Park. As part of a new planning effort starting next week, Berkeley’s Parks and Waterfront Commission wants […]
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After the fire: What next for Berkeley Tuolumne 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 Eight days after the raging Rim Fire swept through the Berkeley-run Tuolumne Family Camp, all but destroying it, city officials visited the site of the conflagration to […]
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Berkeleyans gather to remember Tuolumne camp
Several hundred fans of the Berkeley Tuolumne Family Camp came together to share memories in Berkeley’s Civic Center Park on the evening of Monday Aug. 26. Photo: Ted Friedman Several hundred fans of the Berkeley Tuolumne Family Camp came together to share memories in Berkeley’s Civic Center Park on the evening of Monday Aug. 26. […]
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Berkeley to hold vigil Monday for Tuolumne Family Camp
The Berkeley-run Tuolumne Family Camp, which, according to several reports, burned Sunday. Photo: Sonny Abesamis/Creative Commons. Update, 3:20pm: VIGIL PLANNED FOR 8PM TONIGHT The Friends of Berkeley Tuolumne Family Camp are organizing a memorial gathering in honor of the lost camp tonight, Monday, at 8pm at Berkeley’s Civic Center Park, next to the Berkeley Parks and […]
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Berkeley Tuolumne Family Camp appears safe for now
The Berkeley-run Tuolumne Family Camp in more halcyon times. Photo: Sonny Abesamis/Creative Commons. While the Rim Fire in central California continues to rage out of control, the Berkeley Tuolomne Family camp appears to be safe for now, according to the tweets of San Francisco Chronicle reporter Vivian Ho. Ho, who covers crime for the daily, […]
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Rim Fire forces evacuation of Cal Alumni Lair camp
Pinecrest Lake at the Lair of the Golden Bear on the morning of Thursday Aug. 22. Photo: Nancy Rubin Pinecrest Lake before the Rim Fire took hold and engulfed more than 60,000 acres of forest and hills. Photo: Nancy Rubin The Cal Alumni Association’s Lair of the Golden Bear camp evacuated campers and staff on Thursday due to […]
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Berkeley Family Camp in danger due to escalating wildfire
Update, 8.23, 12:55pm: FIRE RETARDANT DROPPED ON BERKELEY FAMILY CAMP The Berkeley Family Camp has been doused with retardants from the air, according to Jerry Snyder, spokesman for the Stanislaus National Forest office of the U.S. Forest Service, who spoke to Berkeleyside around 10:30am. The Forest Service fire area map published at 8am today, Friday, shows that […]
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Wildfires close down Berkeley’s Tuolumne Family Camp
The Rim Fire, which has caused the closure of Berkeley’s Tuolumne Family Camp, started on Aug. 17 and has spread to an area of more than 16,000 acres. It was 5% contained by Aug. 21. Photo: Steve Ryan/CC The Berkeley-run Tuolumne Family Camp has been closed indefinitely due to wildfires in the Yosemite area. The […]
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Breaking: Wildfires put Tuolumne Family Camp on alert
The Berkeley-run Tuolumne Family Camp is on evacuation alert. Photo: Sonny Abesamis/Creative Commons. Update, 6:50pm STAFF LEAVE CAMP: Tuolumne Camp staff have now left the camp, according to unconfirmed reports. A staff member spoke to a parent of a camper who had already left and said staffers were making their way through Yosemite. They described the […]
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Hungry for better food at Berkeley’s Echo Lake Camp
The panoramic alpine views draw outdoor lovers to the Berkeley-run Echo Lake Camp As we head into the final long weekend of the season, the proverbial last hurrah of summer, it’s time for reflection on summer vacation (mis)adventures before fall sets in and school gets going in earnest. Which brings to mind bad camp food. […]
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Tuolumne Camp closed for weekend due to virus
Berkeley Family Camp on the Tuolumne River. Photo: Sonny Abesamis/Flickr By Robert Mills A recent illness scare shut down Berkeley Tuolumne Camp this weekend. Camp managers closed the camp for 72 hours in an effort to keep the stomach virus from spreading to new visitors. One manager said “a bug was going around” at the Tuolumne […]
