The Park District and Regional Parks Foundation recognized State Assemblymember Rebecca Bauer-Kahan with the 2022 Radke Championing Advocacy Award at a ceremony at Inspiration Point in Tilden Regional Park on March 3, 2023. Bauer-Kahan was instrumental in securing $4 million for restoration at McCosker Creek in Robert Sibley Volcanic Regional Preserve in Orinda and $3.5 million for wildfire protection equipment.
Pioneering women who have been a contributing force to Park District's creation and success.
In August 1935, Company 2940-C, a segregated camp of 182 young African Americans from California, was stationed at what is today known as Kennedy Grove for the SP-7 project. In the years to come, they created many of the roads and park features we enjoy today in Tilden Regional Park, Wildcat Canyon, San Pablo Reservoir, and Kennedy Grove, including the Tilden Golf Course. Yet, the reality is that at the time Company 2940-C was often the target of discrimination from the communities that they served.
August to October is calving season for Bay Area cattle ranchers whose animals graze in the Regional Parks.
2017 Multicultural Wellness Walks
2020 celebrates the 100th Anniversary of Women’s Right to Vote. Read about women from the past and present who have contributed to the success of the Park District.
Pioneering women who have been a contributing force to the Park District's creation and success.