With this year’s early spring, Park District staff and visitors have observed the re-emergence of snakes – most notably rattlesnakes – seen periodically along the park’s trails that make up their natural habitat.
Despite intentions to remove fencing and reopen the Mission Peak Stanford Staging area entrance today, the Park District’s General Manager announced he is extending the closure through May 31 after receiving a strongly worded letter to keep it closed by the City of Fremont.
The East Bay Regional Park District Police Department, under the direction of Police Chief/Assistant General Manager Anthony Ciaburro, is an accredited agency through the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies (CALEA).
On Friday, April 17, 2020, a “Cover Your Face” order was issued for five Bay Area counties – San Francisco, San Mateo, Marin, Contra Costa, and Alameda – asking the public to carry cloth face coverings and wear them when within six feet of others, including when hiking, running, and biking.
The Park District is closing the Stanford Avenue Staging Area at Mission Peak Regional Preserve, through Tuesday, April 21, 2020, with additional discussion at the District’s Board meeting on Tuesday, April 21, 2020.
Pursuant to Governor Newsom’s Executive Order No. N-29-20 and the Alameda County Health Officer’s current Shelter in Place Order, effective March 31, 2020, the East Bay Regional Park District Headquarters will not be open to the public and the Board of Directors and staff will be participating in the Board Meeting via phone/video conferencing.
In the Bay Area we are blessed with over a million acres of beautiful public parkland. Californians love to get outdoors to enjoy nature and exercise, in fact they depend on it. For residents and their families it is an essential and fundamental part of their daily lives. Parks make lives better.
New temporary restrictions at select Regional Park parking lots and staging areas will be enforced this Easter weekend, Saturday/Sunday, April 11-12, 2020, with the goal to reduce crowds anticipated to come to parks this weekend.
The joint “Stay-at-Home” health order covering six Bay Area counties – San Francisco, Santa Clara, San Mateo, Marin, Contra Costa, and Alameda, as well as the City of Berkeley – was updated on Tuesday, March 31, extending the “Stay-at-Home” order until May 3, 2020, with additional restrictions, specifically closure of “recreational areas with high touch equipment or that encourage gathering, including but not limited to playgrounds, outdoor gym equipment, picnic areas, dog parks, and barbeque areas.”
The COVID-19 health emergency remains a serious and evolving situation. This past weekend, the Park District saw more people in parks than on a busy holiday.