Issues

Missed in Vandalism Drive

Park management recently went on a campaign to clean up vandalism, even tiny labels, but overlooked a number of items.

On August 6, I noticed a sizeable water leak around the standpipe near the southeast corner of the park. This

I was standing outside the fence around the Burrowing Owl Sanctuary, filming a ground squirrel digging up and eating buried

The forested grove on the west side of the park, planted in the mid-80s by Charli Danielsen and her associates,

Updated Sept. 30 The earliest Burrowing Owl ever to visit the park came on September 29. That was some years

The orange plastic construction fence that the rip-rap rehab contractor put up in July was needing some work. A few

Updated October 16 The Berkeley Project, a group that brings UC Berkeley students as volunteers into Berkeley community endeavors, is

The beautiful untended forested grove on the west side of the park is a place where Parks maintenance staff rarely

As I watched, a Great Blue Heron flew in from the North Basin and landed on the grass near the

One of the questions I heard most often from park visitors watching the Burrowing Owls last winter was, “Why aren’t