On Thursday, July 4, parking will be extremely limited in areas managed by Golden Gate National Recreation Area (GGNRA) and San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park. Public transit, bicycle, taxi, or ride-share services are recommended to avoid traffic congestion.

Golden Gate National Recreation Area discourages swimming at most of its coastal beaches. The National Park Service area of Stinson Beach is the only park beach with a staffed lifeguard program, from the first week of July until Labor Day for summer 2019. On coastal areas of the San Francisco Bay, water is extremely cold and unpredictable due to tidal action.

On June 12, Golden Gate National Recreation Area Park Rangers and lifeguards recovered a body at 7:15 am at the north end of Stinson Beach.

On the afternoon of Monday, June 10, a teen male drowned while while swimming with his friends in the San Francisco Bay, at East Beach.

On June 7, 2019, in collaboration with Pacific Gas and Electric Company, Golden Gate National Recreation Area will close a series of trails and fire roads in and around Oakwood Valley Trail, Alta Fire Road, Rodeo Valley Fire Road, and Bobcat Trail.

A recent National Park Service report shows visitor spending supports 12,658 local jobs.

On Friday, May 10, Golden Gate National Recreation Area will implement phase two of a traffic pilot program to relieve congestion, improve safety and parking, and enhance the visitor experience on Marin Headlands roadways. This traffic plan will be in effect through mid-fall, including Memorial Day, Fourth of July, Labor Day, and Fleet Week.

Interested parties are invited to submit a proposal for the operation of food and beverage and retail services at Muir Woods National Monument.

The National Park Service will chart a new course for an acre of waterfront land adjacent to the Golden Gate Bridge in Fort Baker.

On the morning of Monday, March 25, United States Park Police and Golden Gate National Recreation Area Park Rangers responded at 0800 to a report of a deceased female on the beach at Fort Funston, an area within Golden Gate National Recreation Area.