In the North Bay, locals and tourists are getting a big surprise during the government shutdown, which has closed many Bay Area attractions. Muir Woods National Monument has reopened, thanks to ...

Three companies have agreed to collectively donate funds to pay for operations in Muir Woods National Monument in Marin County through Oct. 31. National parks across the country have been closed since ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Hikers walk under a canopy of redwoods at Muir Woods National Monument in Mill Valley in May. (Scott Strazzante/S.F. Chronicle) ...

In the spirit of the season and conservation, a team of biologists in California recently spent time finding bats at Muir ...

Parkgoers hoping to walk beneath the towering Bay Area redwood trees are in luck: Muir Woods National Monument reopened Thursday, thanks to a coalition of concessionaires who run businesses inside the ...

It’s possible, after a short walk in this national monument, to completely forget that downtown San Francisco is less than 15 miles away. This relatively small park, which is part of Golden Gate ...

As visitors arrived at the entrance to Muir Woods National Monument on Wednesday morning, they were greeted by a sign: “Closed due to a lapse in appropriations.” In other words, the federal government ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In the North Bay, locals and tourists are getting a big surprise during the government shutdown, which has closed many Bay Area ...

Muir Woods National Monument has reopened for a week during the ongoing government shutdown, thanks to private donations. MARIN COUNTY, Calif. (KGO) -- In the North Bay, locals and tourists are ...