Santa Clara County Parks & Recreation Digest

On April 29, the administration released rules for Yosemite Park Reservations in the coming months.

The renovation and expansion of Boulware Park in Palo Alto's Ventura neighborhood has been completed.

Officials with the City of Palo Alto are planning to poll residents about the future of the Cubberley Community Center as they seek to plan for its redevelopment.

The City of San Jose is moving forward with plans to clear the city's largest homeless camp from Columbus Park and redevelop it with athletic fields and pickleball courts.

Entrance is free to all National Parks on April 19 to kick off the annual National Parks Week this year from April 19-27. Get ready to get outdoors to celebrate America's Best Idea.

Rural counties are some of the most reliant on federal funding and federal workers. But some still welcome Trump’s upcoming cuts to forestry and other departments

You'll be able to enjoy garlic flavored ice cream to your heart's content at the Gilroy Garlic Festival, returning in July after an absence of six years.

A major rockslide has closed the Highway 140 entrance to Yosemite National Park. Read on for details.

Billions of state and federal dollars are spent on Lake Tahoe. But is all this attention actually protecting this unique treasure? Pollutants pour in, while development continues. Funding has shifted in focus to tourism and traffic projects, while money spent directly on fixing the lake has declined.

The Los Altos City Council approved $2.3 million towards development of a combined downtown park and underground parking. Read on for details.

Learn more about approval of the planned development of an 8,265-square-foot courtyard project at the Los Altos main library, and why some community members object to the design and concerned about the impact of an adjacent orchard.

The Levitt Pavilion project to revitalize St. James Park in San Jose is advancing. Read on to learn more.

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In their January 28 meeting, the Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors held a long discussion about whether or not to ban artificial turf, in the end, opting not to. Read on to learn more.

Read on for more information about the new accessible Magic Bridge playground at Rengstorff Park in Mountain View which celebrated its grand opening on January 25.

State prisoners have long been a part of California’s firefighting force. Hundreds of them now are deployed in Los Angeles County.

A bit of Bay Area Cold War history and great Bay Area views await visitors to Mount Umunhum in the Santa Cruz Mountains above San Jose. At 3,486 feet, Mount Umunhum is among the highest peaks in the Bay Area.

The Palo Alto residents who successfully petitioned the Palo Alto City Council to approve the construction of a restroom at Pardee Park will need to wait a little longer. Read on to learn why.

The City of Milpitas is planning to develop a new park on a four-acre site and is seeking resident input on the design. Read on to learn more about the proposed location and how to weigh in.

Learn how 376 acres in the Coyote Valley once slated for commercial development has been sold to the Santa Clara Valley Open Space Authority.

The Peninsula Open Space Trust this week announced the purchase of over 1,300 acres of land on the southeast edge of Santa Cruz County, southwest of Gilroy.  

The City of Milpitas has placed a measure on the November ballot to extend an existing quarter-cent sales tax another eight years to fund emergency services, street repairs and city parks.

The City of Mountain View plans for the property transfer tax Measure G on the November ballot prioritize public safety, followed by parks and open spaces.

With the publishing of the final Environmental Impact Statement by the federal government, the effort to designate 116 miles of California coast a marine sanctuary achieved an important milestone.

Nearly every major environmental group in California opposes a bill that would modify the state’s signature environmental law to speed up upgrades to power lines. Supporters say it would help free the state from fossil fuels and make the grid more reliable, but opponents fear it would damage state parks.

On June 19, California YIMBY announced support for the California Forever project going to the Solano County ballot in November.

A large oceanfront property on the Big Sur coast owned by a European billionaire will be opened to public access after an agreement was reached with the California Coastal Commission.

The City of Palo Alto is upgrading and building new restroom facilities at four local parks over the next several months.

Construction at the Mountain View Rengstorff Park Aquatics Center is nearing completion, with plans to renovate the Eagle Park facility underway..

A massive ice sports complex to be operated by the San Jose Sharks is a proposed addition to the Gilroy Sports Park.

The City of Santa Clara is struggling to maintain aging infrastructure and is now facing $624 million in unfunded repairs and upgrades, according to City Manager Jovan Grogan.

The acquisition of the 103-acre property off Congress Springs Road will allow for the creation of a new publicly accessible trail that will lead to a historic area of the park.