Treasure Island, named for the imagined gold embedded in the mud dredged from the Sacramento Delta to build the manmade island, offers an oasis for some in the middle of San Francisco Bay. Yerba Buena Island, to the east, has sweeping views of the East Bay.

Lacrosse, Little League baseball and rugby tournaments are just a few of the sporting events held on the numerous manicured fields on Treasure Island.

While the bulk of the island is flat, there are plans to redevelop the land. Development could cost up to $1.46 billion, according to a recent San Francisco Examiner article. The majority of the island facing Oakland will remain public open space.

 

Monica Jensen, the multimedia editor at SF Public Press, is also a volunteer at the “Crosscurrents” news program on KALW Public Radio. She has been documenting a collective art project titled “Welcome to the NeighborHood” in Bayview-Hunters Point. The project has been exhibited in the Sargent Johnson Gallery in the African American Arts and Culture Complex, and will be displayed at Zeum and Art 94124. Jensen is also the winner of an honorable mention from the National Press Photographers Association Best of Photojournalism award.