What you'll see: Every trip can unveil a mystery and a payoff. So it is at Shell Ridge Open Space. Exploring the ridge and the rock outcrops can reveal marine fossils embedded in the sandstone, as the ...

As wildflower season blooms, volunteers at an East Bay park are pleading with influencers not to trample all over its native plants. At one of the entrances to Shell Ridge Open Space in Walnut Creek, ...

Like the faces of old friends, the landscape of Shell Ridge Open Space may drape itself in the seasons, taking on new hues and shedding old ones, but its familiarity never fades. That became apparent ...

A young hiker was injured Saturday in a fall on a trail in Shell Ridge Open Space, in Walnut Creek. Contra Costa County sheriff’s spokesman Jimmy Lee said that Contra Costa County Fire Protection ...

(KRON) — The City of Walnut Creek will be closing its Open Spaces through Labor Day weekend due to the Excessive Heat Warning going into effect, the city announced Wednesday in a tweet. The city’s ...