Once something gains traction on social media, its surging popularity often turns into a hazard. The latest craze is over a salt pond with a striking ‘Barbie-pink’ color in the Don Edwards San ...
Thousands of visitors are flocking to a Bay Area salt pond with visions of Barbie in mind. That’s because the pond at Alviso Marina County Park is pink. However, wildlife experts say the results have ...
A western snowy plover looks around at Limantour Beach in Point Reyes on May 15, 2025. Photo by Magali Gauthier. On an overcast morning in mid-April, biologist Maddy Schwarz parked her truck on a ...
On Wednesday, the San Francisco Bay grew by around 300 acres after an intentional levee breach that separated an old industrial salt pond from the Bay in Menlo Park. David Lewis, the executive ...
15,100 acres of salt evaporation ponds in South San Francisco Bay, during one of the nation’s largest restoration projects.
To the cheers of distant onlookers, a yellow excavator sliced through a dirt levee to open a long-captive 19th century industrial salt pond to the wild San Francisco Bay on Wednesday morning, allowing ...