San Francisco Recreation and Park Department

Taking your kids to the playground is one of the many things most Bay Area residents can’t do under the new restrictions. But some are now pushing back, demanding someone to show them the science that proves playgrounds are high risk.

Taking your kids to the playground is one of the many things most Bay Area residents can’t do under the new restrictions. But some are now pushing back, demanding someone to show them the science that proves playgrounds are high risk. Jackie Ward reports.

A youth soccer team took the first kick at the reopening Friday of the Silver Terrace Playground athletic field in San Francisco’s Bayview District.

Seniors and snakes will be among those who benefit from an influx of state funding to the San Francisco Recreation and Park Department, city officials announced Friday.

The heat advisory issued by the National Weather Service expired Thursday evening, but Bay Area communities are in store for another hot day Friday before a weekend cool-down.

Extremely hot valley temperatures continue today before a weekend cool down. Meteorologist Kari Hall has details in the Microclimate Forecast.

Police are investigating after more than a dozen swastikas were found early Monday painted across a San Francisco park.

The renovated Hellen Diller Civic Center Playground will open on Valentine’s Day in San Francisco’s Civic Center, completing a $10 million project that began one year ago.

A medium-sized mountain lion was spotted in San Mateo County Monday morning, according to officials.

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Thousands of music fans are expected to make their way to San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park this weekend for the 10th annual Outside Lands Music & Arts Festival, a three-day celebration that is now among the largest such events in the country.

San Francisco’s Civic Center Plaza will be the site of a new café selling ice cream and fresh food through a donation to the Trust for Public Land from the Helen Diller Family Foundation.

Portions of the Koret Children’s Playground in Golden Gate Park were burned early Sunday in what officials are calling “terrible acts of vandalism,” according to the San Francisco Recreation and Park Department.

Volunteers restored white-crowned sparrow habitats and other coastal scrub species at the edge of the Bison Paddock in San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park on Saturday.

The scare tactics don’t work, and the problem is getting worse. That’s the angry message dozens delivered during a meeting about coyotes in San Francisco Thursday. They say the animals are becoming increasingly aggressive.

The scare tactics don’t work, and the problem is getting worse. That’s the angry message dozens delivered during a meeting about coyotes in San Francisco Thursday. They say the animals are becoming increasingly aggressive. Kim Yonenaka reports.

Day one of the eighth annual “Outside Lands” music festival ended only hours ago but San Francisco police have already issued a warning to concertgoers.

Organizers expect over 60,000 people to flock to “Outside Lands” each day to watch performances by heavyhitters, including Elton John, Mumford & Sons, The Black Keys, Kendrick Lamar, Sam Smith and Axell and Ingrosso. The event has reportedly raised more than $10 million for the San Francisco Recreation and Park Department. However, people who live near the Golden Gate Park…

The eighth annual “Outside Lands” music festival kicks off in San Francisco on Friday, with thousands expected to flock to the event to hear Elton John, Mumford & Sons, The Black Keys and more.