The Park District is reopening some Regional Parks previously closed due to winter storms. However, some parks remain closed as park staff continue to assess storm damage and clear debris from parks and trails, including downed trees, falling branches, mudslides, landslides, and flooding.
On Sunday, November 27, 2022, the Park District celebrated the unveiling of the first new Chochenyo language trail markers at Coyote Hills Regional Park. Coyote Hills is the ancestral homeland of the Tuibun Ohlone peoples, who have thrived with the land and spoken the Chochenyo language since time immemorial. The remaining trail markers will be installed over the next six months.
The Park District has been notified that it will receive a total of $1.8 million in grants toward its planned San Francisco Bay Trail Gap Closure Project in Martinez, a half-mile gap in the Bay Trail between Carquinez Strait Regional Shoreline and Radke Martinez Shoreline near the Martinez Intermodal Station.
The East Bay Regional Park District held a swearing-in ceremony for four newly elected Board members during its January 17, 2023 Board of Directors meeting with Congressman Mark DeSaulnier and one of the District’s longest serving employees delivering the oath of office.
Due to expected storm conditions and high winds, all East Bay Regional Parks are closed Wednesday, January 4, 2023, through Thursday, January 5, 2023. The National Weather Service has issued a flood watch and high wind warning for the San Francisco Bay Area.
The majority of East Bay Regional Parks remain closed due to recent storms and conditions, including downed trees, falling branches, flooding and mudslides. The Park District is advising the public to follow all park signage and stay out of closed parks and areas with caution tape.
Some Regional Parks along the bay shoreline and delta have reopened. All other Regional Parks remain closed until further notice while storm damage is assessed and debris is cleared.
Park District Board of Directors unanimously voted to advance efforts to secure funding for development of the first public access point at the new Thurgood Marshall Regional Park – Home of the Port Chicago 50. The Park District was awarded a $3 million direct appropriation in the California state budget.
The East Bay Regional Park District is updating its 2017 Local Hazard Mitigation Plan (LHMP) in accordance with the Disaster Mitigation Act of 2000. The public is invited to attend the second and final public meeting on November 16, 2022, via zoom to provide comments on the draft LHMP before its submittal.
Join us in celebrating Native American Heritage Month as we recognize and honor Native communities throughout the East Bay, the nation, and the world.