. Palo Alto s 1,400-acre Foothills Park offers miles of trails and Bay Area views. (Benny Villareal Photography) 5 New Parks and Hiking Trails to Explore in the Bay Area 2021
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Jan 30, 2021
Raise your hand in you hiked your ass off in 2020! Luckily, it s virtually impossible to run out of trails here in the Bay Area.
In fact, a handful of lovely new parks, beaches, and trails have opened in San Francisco, the East Bay, and Silicon Valley in the past year. Lace up your sneakers and get ready to explore some fresh terrain.
Foothills Park, Palo Alto
For more than 50 years, this controversially exclusive green space in Silicon Valley was accessible to Palo Alto residents only. In early January 2021, it opened to the public. Foothills Parks spans 1,400 acres with several miles of trails traversing rugged chaparral, woodlands, fields, and streams. There is even a lake to explore. Wildlife sightings might include deer, coyotes, and bobcats, plus you ll find lo
Updated on January 27, 2021 at 1:44 am
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Ridgeline locations of the East Bay Regional Park District will be closed from 8 a.m. Wednesday to 8 a.m. Friday due to extreme weather conditions and likely cleanup needs, officials said. High winds can cause falling trees and branches, which can cause injury and create safety hazards, the district said in an announcement.
Gusts as of 9:30 p.m. on Tuesday night were as high as 63 mph, according to the National Weather Service.
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Since 2017, Chef Jose “Cheo” Ortiz and his sons, Moises and Gabriel, have been making a name for themselves serving Puerto Rican delicacies out of a tiny convenience store in Oakland’s Dimond District. Now, the Ortiz family is packing up and moving La Perla, one of the only Puerto Rican restaurants in Oakland, to a larger brick-and-mortar location in the same neighborhood. The restaurant is scheduled to make its debut at the new location later this month.
Ortiz and his sons signed the lease last February, a few weeks before the COVID-19 pandemic forced many businesses to temporarily close. While it’s been tough not being able to interact with customers at the convenience store location during the pandemic, said Ortiz, the family has kept busy serving customers with takeout orders and providing meals to vulnerable communities through World Central Kitchen and Steph and Ayesha Curry’s Eat. Lear
Alameda visitors center vandalism suspect arrested [East Bay Times]
Jan. 6 ALAMEDA A 25-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of vandalism after an incident where a beachside visitors center sustained thousands of dollars’ worth of property damage, authorities said Tuesday.
In a statement, East Bay Regional Park District police said officers responded Monday to the Crab Cove center at Robert W. Crown Memorial State Beach for a report of the damage, and took an unnamed suspect into custody.
Park staff members saw the man knock down fence rails, damage light fixtures, throw rocks and forcibly remove signage.
During the incident, staff barricaded themselves inside the visitors center.