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Burning Tree In Golden Gate Park Takes Crews Nine Hours to Extinguish

A fire that ignited inside the base of a tree in Golden Gate Park Tuesday afternoon took SF firefighters and a park arborist until almost midnight to put out.

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SF Rec and Parks Chief Phil Ginsburg Stepping Down After 16 Years

The head of the SF Rec and Park Department Phil Ginsburg announced his departure Monday, amid controversies over the car-free Great Highway and the finances of the SF Park Alliance, though it appears he just got a better-paying job.

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SF Rec and Parks Officially Requests Removal of Embarcadero’s Vaillancourt Fountain

In the most decisive move yet to remove the ungodly but marginally beloved Vaillancourt Fountain in Sue Bierman Plaza, the SF Rec and Parks Department has come right out and asked the city to tear that fugly fountain down.

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SF’s Most New Expensive Park Opening Saturday, as India Basin Waterfront Park Spruces Up Hunters Point

After being fenced off for years, the 2.5-acre India Basin Waterfront Park at 900 Innes has its grand opening Saturday, and will eventually be part of sprawling 65-acre park that hopes to rejuvenate Bayview and Hunters Point.

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SF’s Camp Mather Celebrates 100 Years (Though at a Party 180 Miles Away From Camp Mather)

The spirit of rural Tuolumne County came to the Bayview District Sunday, as the SF Rec and Parks Department celebrated the 100-year anniversary of the founding of San Francisco's furthest-flung park, the popular Mather Family Camp.

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Jane Kim Calls For Needle Disposal Boxes In Public Parks

Progressive Supervisor Jane Kim has been somewhat pointed in her criticism of the Recreation and Park Department for its reticence to install needle disposal boxes in public parks, the Examiner reports. Rec and

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Supervisor Avalos Wants To Ban Oil Extraction From Public Land That Currently Benefits SF Libraries And Parks

In his 1941 will, local businessman Albert Fuhrman left the city of San Francisco 800 acres of oil land in Kern County. Since then, San Francisco has leased the land to oil companies