A ribbon-cutting marked the completion of the project’s first phase, which added improvements such as a National Fitness Campaign fitness court with exercise equipment; two new picnic tables and benches; new ADA parking at the John Muir Drive lot; new signage along the asphalt trails; and landscaping upgrades including tree maintenance and new tree plantings.
Minnesota-based nonprofit Wilderness Inquiry is bringing its nationally-recognized Canoemobile program to San Francisco, CA, April 1–6, 2023, where it will connect more than 300 youth and families to Lake Merced and Stow Lake.
With a unanimous vote, the San Francisco Planning Commission approved a final Environmental Impact Report (EIR) aiming to redevelop the old shooting range of the former Pacific Rod and Gun Club at Lake Merced.
The San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA) is in the final stages of putting together a plan to make Lake Merced Boulevard safer, but at the expense of 190 parking spaces.
Photos and captions by Alyson Wong The CDBA College Cup race will take place Saturday, Nov. 12, 2022 at Lake Merced, San Francisco. Links:● https://cdba.org/ ● https://www.sfdragonboat.com/ ● https://www.hketosf.gov.hk/ ● https://www.usdbf.org/home/ ● https://www.dragonboat.sport/
More than 300 crews from around the Bay Area and as far away as Newport Beach descended upon Lake Merced on March 12 for the seventh annual Pacific Invitational Regatta after a two-year hiatus.
In March of 2019, 14-year-old Madlen Koteva was walking a dog around Lake Merced with her mother when a car driven by a 91-year-old woman struck them.
Investigators from the San Francisco Police Department’s Traffic Collision Investigation Unit (TCIU) arrested 31-year-old San Francisco resident Jerry Lyons in connection with this morning’s fatal traffic collision at Lake Merced Boulevard and Higuera Avenue.
This negligence not only shows disrespect for us SF citizens, but for the noble idea that parks can offer us a breath of nature within our own City limits.
Officials have confirmed two mountain lion sightings in San Francisco since Aug. 21, the San Francisco Recreation and Park Department announced today.
… our open
spaces are precious treasures and our historic buildings face the pressures of
development.
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