Jim DiBernardo swam from Alcatraz Island to San Francisco when he was in his 40s. At 71 years old, he’s gonna do it again.

California’s Great America has a new waterpark, the radically transformed and expanded 15-acre South Bay Shores, and it’s better — and more giddy, childish fun — than I could have imagined.

The Industrial City sign in South San Francisco turns 100 years old today. The 65-foot-tall concrete letters on the southern flank of San Bruno Mountain are one of California’s largest examples ...