San Francisco

Last week we reported on a controversy at the former military base in San Francisco called the Presidio which recently became a national park that is attempting to be financially self-sufficient. Now, there’s an intriguing sub-plot to the story that concerns a cluster of abandoned military quarters at the Presidio. A plan to tear down […]

The most expensive national park in the country, the Presidio has been given the dubious honor of being the first National Park to have to wean itself from government support. Exactly what that means for the Presidio, as well as for all of the National Parks, is explored by Living on Earth’s Peter Thomson in […]

A few months ago we reported on a controversy at the former military base in San Francisco called the Presidio which has just become a national park that is attempting to be financially self-sufficient. Now, there’s an intrigiung sub-plot to the story that concerns a cluster of abandoned military quarters at the Presidio. A plan […]

The most expensive national park in the country, the Presidio has been given the dubious honor of being the first National Park to have to wean itself from government support. Exactly what that means for the Presidio, as well as for all of the National Parks, is explored by Peter Thomson in San Fransisco.

Maia Krache of member station KQED in San Francisco reports on the continuing impact of the California drought and competing efforts in Congress to change the rules of the state’s massive Federally-owned water system.