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Lucasfilm's Yoda Statue Considered A Mecca

‘Indiana Jones’ & ‘Yoda’ Statues Get The Green Light For A San Anselmo Park

San Anselmo has approved a new downtown park to be built on land donated by filmmaker George Lucas that will feature statues of Indiana Jones & Yoda…

2013/01/09

Lucasfilm's Yoda Statue Considered A Mecca

George Lucas Plans For Second Yoda Statue In Bay Area

Filmmaker George Lucas plans to help build a small park in Marin County that would include bronze statues of the popular Star Wars character and Indiana Jones…

2012/11/29

Tent cabins at Curry Village in Yosemite National Park (CBS)

300 Yosemite Park Employees’ Blood To Be Tested In Hantavirus Research Project

Health officials were set to draw blood from hundreds of Yosemite National Park employees as part of a research project that aims to help scientists better understand a potentially deadly virus carried by deer mice.

2012/10/16

Tent cabins at Curry Village in Yosemite National Park (CBS)

All Yosemite Workers To Be Offered Hantavirus Test

Yosemite National Park will offer testing to all employees at the site to determine if they have ever been infected with a deadly mouse-borne virus, officials said Thursday.

2012/09/27

Tent cabins at Curry Village in Yosemite National Park (CBS)

Yosemite Workers Tested For Hantavirus, Ordered To Keep Quiet

California public health officials have tested 100 workers at Yosemite National Park to determine whether they were exposed to the deadly mouse-borne hantavirus.

2012/09/27

George Lucas (Photo by Abby Brack/Getty Images)

George Lucas Donates Land To Create Downtown San Anselmo Park

The Star Wars and Indiana Jones creator, who lives a short distance from downtown San Anselmo, has agreed to donate a vacant building he owns in order to create a new park space. The lot sits directly north of the town’s main offices.

2012/06/26

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Best Campgrounds In The East Bay Area

With East Bay and the wilderness within kissing distance, camping under a canopy of stars is a no-brainer for area nature lovers. Whether you’re visiting or staycationing, the East Bay area’s best campsites promise more than trees and fire rings, their amenities abound.

2012/05/19

Urban Coyote

Coyote Advocates Urge San Francisco ‘Coexistence’ Plan

San Francisco’s Animal Control and Welfare Commission could recommend on Thursday that the Board of Supervisors adopt of a coyote coexistence plan.

2012/03/07

Fatal Shooting

Pinole Man Shot Dead In Richmond Park

The Contra Costa County coroner’s office has identified a man who was fatally shot in Richmond Tuesday night as a 25-year-old Pinole resident.

2012/02/22

A dog walker escorts dogs along the beach at Crissy Field near the Golden Gate Bridge. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

Proposed Golden Gate Recreation Area Dog Ban Under Fire

The park service is reconsidering plans to ban dogs from certain areas of the Golden Gate National Recreation Area after receiving thousands of comments about the proposal, many of them critical.

2012/02/04

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