Still Here
There are still park visitors who express their thrill and satisfaction at seeing a Burrowing Owl for the first time
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Signage
Conservancy Annual Report 2019
The Chavez Park Conservancy has released its Annual Report 2019. A PDF copy is attached. The report covers activities by
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Signs Are Not Enough
Park management deserves applause for finally addressing some of the long-standing gaps in boundary signage for the dog park (“off-leash
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New Signs: A Review
Parks management deserves commendation for (finally) putting up new signs in selected locations around the dog park and the northside
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Sign of Confusion
When it comes to sending mixed messages — a problem with several of the new signs that I’ve reviewed separately
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Didn’t Look Up
Responding to criticism both verbal and physical, the Park administration yesterday staked a second thin blue line near the southern
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Dog Park Expands
The long-awaited effort to mark the boundaries of the dog park (a/k/a Off Leash Area) got off to a false
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Missed in Vandalism Drive
Park management recently went on a campaign to clean up vandalism, even tiny labels, but overlooked a number of items.
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Signs of Ineptitude
The word is out that Parks management is finally going to Do Something about the pathetic condition of the Off
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Nature Area Needs New Signs
The dark green signs on the boundaries of the Nature Area on the northeast side of the park are worn
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Request for Maintenance
To: Cesar Chavez Park Maintenance Supervisor From: Martin Nicolaus, www.chavezpark.org Re: Dog Park Boundary Maintenance Date: June 12, 2018
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Feeding the Crows
This mess of birdseed on the ground represented one park visitor’s idea of kindness to wildlife, no doubt. It lay
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New Sign, Old Problems
After more than two years of neglect, the broken main park entrance sign at the parking circle at the end
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A morning walk
After an absence of some weeks for vacation and other distractions, I felt the tug to visit the park again
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New Sign for Solar Calendar
The Cesar Chavez Memorial Calendar, formerly a victim of vandals, is springing back and unveiling a new sign, this one dedicated
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Maio, Mester Visit Park
Berkeley City Council member Linda Maio and former Parks and Waterfront commissioner Toni Mester visited the park on Saturday afternoon and
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Broken Windows
The broken window theory popular in the 1980s holds that tolerating minor infractions such as broken windows signals permissiveness toward
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Signs of Concern
On a first walk to the park after a two-week vacation away, I find that the City has installed a
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Leashes and the Park Environment
The City of Berkeley recently commissioned a study of the environmental status of the Off-Leash Area (OLA) at Cesar Chavez
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