This summer you’ll only be able visit Muir Beach if you’ve walked there. Photo: Lydiat.

Muir Beach closes for summer, semi-finalists picked for museum at Crissy Field

by Alison Hawkes

May 1, 2013

Time for Wednesday’s Bay Area news digest:

Very popular Muir Beach closed this summer to drive-ins for habitat restoration work. [Marin Independent Journal]
Mission District in SF going “green” with its sewer system. [Mission Local]
Early indications of a prosperous season as salmon fishing starts. [San Mateo Daily Journal]
Moratorium on fracking in three bills advanced in CA Assembly. [Sacramento Bee]
Earlier than normal start to Bay Area fire season this year. [Bay City News Service]
What happens when no one takes care of a parklet? [SF Examiner]
Zuckerberg’s political action group draws criticism for funding oil industry backers. [San Francisco Business Times]
Semi-finalists picked for Presidio’s new museum space on Crissy Field. [San Francisco Business Times]

About the Author

Alison Hawkes was a Bay Nature editor from 2011-2017. Before Bay Nature she worked in journalism for more than a decade as a former newspaper reporter turned radio producer turned web editor with each rendition bringing her closer to her dream of covering environmental issues. She co-founded Way Out West, a site dedicated to covering Bay Area environmental news.