Volunteer Trail Safety Patrol

08/05/2025

Tonight's the night. Come join us at the 3rd annual National Night Out at Lake Chabot from 4 - 7. Free food, great music, lots of bubbles, selfie stations, and ICE CREAM!!! Free parking...

🎉 Reminder! Join us for National Night Out! 🎉

We’re gathering next Tuesday at Lake Chabot Regional Park in Castro Valley for an evening of community, connection, and fun! 💙🌟

Come meet your neighbors, public safety members, enjoy activities, and show your support for a safer, stronger community. We can’t wait to see you there!

Let’s make it a night to remember! 💫

09/15/2024

Great in-person meeting today at Ardenwood. Our Naturalist Alex Kwon gave us a history of the park, then Sgt. Castaneda talked about issues in the parks, followed up by Captain Simpson from the fire department talking about cool happenings in fire services. The VTSP also got a personal tour of the Patterson House. Thanks to everyone who came out.

09/25/2023

Thanks to the VTSP members who came out to the Niles Stroll and Roll. I tried to catch everyone that I could! So good to see everyone.

07/19/2023

Our very own, Amelia Marshall received the Volunteer of the Year award from CARPD (California Association of Recreation and Park Districts) in May but our Board of Directors acknowledged this great achievement at the Board Meeting yesterday! Congratulations again Amelia for all of your hard work with the VTSP these past 25 years, but also your volunteerism with the archives and so many other programs that help our District! We appreciate you. Also congrats to Ned and Carl who were the 2022 recipients (pictured here).

09/02/2022

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Park Closures Sunday and Monday due to extreme heat in the Bay Area! One, please check out the list of parks to make sure you aren't wasting a trip, and two, make sure to please stay hydrated out there. Heat related illnesses are no joke and triple digit heat is going to be here for a few days. Stay safe...

The National Weather Service has issued an Excessive Heat Warning for inland East Bay areas and an Excessive Heat Watch for coastal and bayside areas on Thursday, September 1, 2022, through the Labor Day Weekend. Per the order of the Park District’s Fire Chief, the District will be closing some pa...

11/30/2021

Eagle 8 has landed!!

07/13/2021

Sadly we are at 72+ hours and there has been no sign of missing runner Philip Kreycik. Multiple agencies and volunteers are out today with drones, scent dogs, and helicopters hoping to find a sign of him.

MISSING RUNNER

Hundreds of volunteers and 13 Bay Area agencies are urgently searching for Phillip Kreycik.

The avid runner was supposed to be on his run for only an hour, now nearly 72 hours later no sign of him. KPIX CBS San Francisco Bay Area

02/20/2021

Here he is! Zephyr!!! Welcome to the District's team!

08/19/2020

FYI

Due to the extreme fire activity in the region, all Regional Parks are closed until further notice, except some shoreline parks.

The Park District is currently experiencing an unprecedented number of wildfires in parks, including Round Valley Regional Preserve, Morgan Territory Regional Preserve, Del Valle Regional Park, Sunol Wilderness Regional Preserve, Ohlone Wilderness Regional Preserve, Mission Peak Regional Preserve, and Pleasanton Ridge Regional Park.

Overall, 85,000 acres have burned in the region, with 5% containment. For updated information, visit www.fire.ca.gov/incidents/2020/8/18/scu-lightning-complex/

Extreme heat, poor air quality, and extreme fire dangers are expected throughout the week, adding to park safety concerns. While some parks are remaining open, the District is advising against using Regional Parks at this time due to poor air quality.

Paved regional trails are not affected by the closures and will remain open.

Parks remaining open are:
Crown Beach State Park
Hayward Regional Shoreline
MLK Jr. Regional Shoreline
McLaughlin East Shore State Park
Oyster Bay Regional Shoreline
Point Isabel Regional Shoreline
Quarry Lakes Regional Recreation Area
For fire-related questions, contact CalFIRE at 925-588-6809 (Media Inquiries) or 669-247-7431 (Public Information).

For park closure-related questions, contact Park District Public Information Supervisor Dave Mason at 925-482-7078.