Category Archives: News
Most WPA projects were built for function. They endure as works of art – San Francisco Chronicle
Most WPA projects were built for function. They endure as works of art San Francisco Chronicle
9 cool Bay Area things to do while staying close to home – Vallejo Times-Herald
9 cool Bay Area things to do while staying close to home Vallejo Times-Herald
Longtime Civic Arts Leader Named City’s Mother Of The Year – SFGate
EXCLUSIVE: Oprah talks to ABC7 about busting stereotypes between African Americans and nature – KGO-TV
Opinion: Oakland Measure Q would rekindle the parks I grew up with – The Mercury News
Opinion: Oakland Measure Q would rekindle the parks I grew up with The Mercury News
Oprah goes on East Bay hike with ‘Outdoor Afro’ before wellness tour stop at Chase Center – KGO-TV
‘Pump track’ for bicycles to be built in Oakland’s Joaquin Miller Park
In September, volunteers will begin work on building a bike pump track in Joaquin Miller Park in Oakland. A pump track is a vacant space, cleared of vegetation and rocks, with elevated areas such as …
‘Old Survivor’ film documents Oakland’s last original redwood
That is not present at Joaquin Miller Park. “Hopefully through showing this film in the community and answering questions, we can have these discussions and the film can be used to raise more funds in …
Exploring the legend of Joaquin Miller in Canyon City
His ashes were burned on a funeral pyre that he himself built. The city of Oakland bought the house in 1919, and it is today a state historical landmark, contained within Joaquin Miller Park — a heavily wooded, 500-acre hillside park with an open-air …