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The climate of California varies widely from hot desert to alpine tundra, depending on latitude, elevation, and proximity to the Pacific Coast. California 's coastal regions, the Sierra Nevada foothills, and much of the Central Valley have a Mediterranean climate , with warmer, drier weather in summer and cooler, wetter weather in winter.
The San Francisco census tract that includes Treasure Island extends up and down San Francisco Bay and includes a small uninhabited tip of western Alameda Island. [8] Yerba Buena and Treasure Island together have a land area [verification needed] of 576.7 acres (233.4 ha) with – in 2010 – a total population of 2,500. [9]
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Beachgoers at Treasure Island’s Sunset Beach had to be attentive while walking along the shoreline. A precarious 4-foot ledge separated gulf waters from high sand dunes up the beach. That was ...
Brooks Island is a mostly flat strip of land extending from a round hill, named Jefferds Hill, which peaks at 160 ft (49 m) in San Francisco Bay, located just south of the Richmond Inner Harbor in Richmond, California. [1] [2] [4] Originally named as Isla de Cármen by a Spanish explorer, the island appeared as "Brooks Island" on maps from 1850 ...
Just steps from the exclusive Montage Resort, where an ocean view room costs upwards of $1,000 per night during the summer, waste was overflowing from trash cans on Treasure Island beach.
From the southern end of Sunset Beach, one can look directly across Blind Pass at Upham Beach in St. Pete Beach. There is a boardwalk around the end of the island that runs almost a mile over the dunes and offers a great place to walk, jog or simply view the Gulf at sunset.
The creek carries pollutants and bacteria into coastal waters off the popular recreational areas of Salt Creek Beach and Monarch Beach. In 2007 this was estimated at 500 to 900 US gallons (1.9 to 3.4 m 3) per minute. Both Laguna Niguel and Dana Point implemented measures to reduce pollution from urban runoff, including stream and wetland ...