With classic lookouts closed, here are the best Bay Area spots to catch migrating gray whales
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1of15A child watches the waves and surf at Drakes Beach in Point Reyes National Seashore on Wednesday, Dec. 23, 2020. Drakes Beach is a popular spot for whale watching.Paul Chinn / The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less
2of15People watch an elephant seal bull make his way back to the ocean at Drakes Beach in Point Reyes National Seashore on Wednesday, Dec. 23, 2020. Drakes Beach is a popular spot for whale watching.Photos by Paul Chinn / The Chronicle 2020Show MoreShow Less
3of15Visitors explore the bluffs overlooking the Pacific Ocean at Bodega Head in Bodega Bay, Calif. on Wednesday, Dec. 23, 2020. Bodega Head is a popular spot for whale watching.Paul Chinn / The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less
The dispute between the deposed proprietors of San Franciscoâs historic Cliff House and the Golden Gate National Recreation Area unit of the National Park Service has gone public again as the year comes to a close, with both sides taking to social media Wednesday.
Dan and Mary Hountalas, who have operated the restaurant since 1973, announced on their Instagram account that the large Cliff House sign would be taken down at noon on Thursday.
âThe Cliff House will no longer be a restaurant and no longer available for the public to enjoy as it has for the past 157 years,â they wrote. âWe invite all interested parties to join us tomorrow to witness the heartbreaking end of the iconic Cliff House, which began in 1863.â
Iconic Cliff House sign will be removed Thursday, concessionaires say
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A view of the Cliff House restaurant on October 10, 2013 in San Francisco, California.Justin Sullivan / Getty Images 2013
The iconic Cliff House, located in Land’s End, is ending a run that started 157 years ago: It will close permanently as of tomorrow.
And by Thursday, the current building will no longer bear the words “Cliff House.”
In social media posts, Dan and Mary Hountalas, the long-time concessionaires of the Cliff House, said that after days of negotiations with the National Park Service fell apart, the Cliff House sign will be taken down at noon on December 31.
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There s been a rise in coyote-human encounters. New Bay Area parks program aims to understand why
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1of4Katie Smith, assistant biological monitor for the Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy, uses radio telemtry equipment on Conzelmen Road where wildlife biologists have been conducting a study of coyotes that populate the area of the Marin Headlands in the Golden Gate National Recreation Area near Sausalito, Calif., on Tuesday, November 24, 2020. Seven local coyotes have been captured, tagged and collared so biologists can learn from their activity in the open space of the headlands.Carlos Avila Gonzalez / The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less
New wetlands are percolating on San Francisco s northwestern shore, with a hiking trail running through it that provides stunning views of the Golden Gate Bridge and urban bird-watching spots.
Called Quartermaster Reach Marsh, the nearly seven-acre site is situated next to Crissy Field Marsh within the Presidio, the former U.S. military installation turned national park site. It opened to the public earlier this month after years in the planning and construction stages.
Helping spearhead its creation has been Michael Boland, a gay man who is the chief park development and visitor engagement officer for the Presidio Trust. The federal agency oversees the management of the decommissioned Army base and is working to restore its natural landscapes.