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Park District Extends Closures Of 11 Parks Due To Fire Danger

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The East Bay Regional Park District extended its closure of nearly a dozen parks in the East Bay hills due to increased fire danger and expected wind gusts of up to 70 mph.

The park district closed 11 parks on Sunday due to the wind event, which caused sustained winds between 21 and 45 mph in higher elevations on Sunday and early Monday morning.

The closure will now extend through 8 a.m. Wednesday, following the National Weather Service’s extension of its Red Flag warning for the area, signaling increased fire danger.

The closures include Anthony Chabot Regional Park, Claremont Canyon Regional Preserve, Huckleberry Botanic Regional Preserve, Kennedy Grove Regional Recreation Area, Lake Chabot Regional Park, Leona Canyon Open Space Regional Preserve, Reinhardt Redwood Regional Park, Roberts Regional Recreation Area, Sibley Volcanic Regional Preserve, Tilden Regional Park and Wildcat Canyon Regional Park.

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“We want to protect people from falling trees or limbs,” Parks District Fire Chief Aileen Theile said. “We apologize for the inconvenience to those who want to access these hill area parks, but the public’s safety is
our priority.”

Park district and fire officials responded to a handful of fires over the weekend, including a bonfire at Crown Beach and a car fire at the Chabot Regional Park staging area on Redwood Road.

Up-to-date information about park closures can be found at ebparks.org.

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