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The oak tree nicknamed 'Granny' that residents of the North Fair Oaks area of unincorporated Menlo Park are trying to save. (Mary Ann Mullen)

Centuries-Old Menlo Park Oak Tree Gets 2nd Chance

The San Francisco Public Utilities Commission plans to take another look at how to build around a 300-year-old oak tree that stands in the way of a new water pipeline that will supply millions of households on the Peninsula.

KCBS–2011/05/19

The oak tree nicknamed 'Granny' that residents of the North Fair Oaks area of unincorporated Menlo Park are trying to save. (Mary Ann Mullen)

Centuries-Old Menlo Park Tree Gets Reprieve From Construction Project

The general manager of the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission requested a halt Wednesday to construction around a centuries-old valley oak tree in San Mateo County while the agency considers alternatives to cutting it down.

KPIX 5–2011/05/18

Barn owl

Snagged Owl Starves To Death In San Francisco

A San Francisco barn owl starved to death Friday after becoming tangled in debris and caught in a treetop, a WildRescue spokeswoman said.

CBS San Francisco–2011/01/10

Joan Baez performs during a concert for folk music legend Pete Seeger at Madison Square Garden in New York on May 3, 2009. (Timothy A. Clary/AFP/Getty Images)

Singer Joan Baez Hurt In Fall From Woodside Treehouse

1960s songbird Joan Baez was “resting comfortably” at an undisclosed location after falling 20 feet to the ground from a treehouse—a treehouse she purposely had built without walls because she wanted to sleep among real birds at her Woodside home.

CBS San Francisco–2010/11/19

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