As public health restrictions prompted by the COVID-19 pandemic are being lifted all around the Bay Area, managers of one of Oakland’s most beloved gathering places — the historic Mountain View Cemetery — are working on a plan to allow the general public back in.

For more than a year now, the cemetery — which is also a favorite spot for walkers, cyclists and even picnickers — has been closed due to “COVID-19 and other operational reasons,” according to a statement on the cemetery’s website.

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Kiley Russell writes primarily for Local News Matters on issues related to equity and the environment. A Bay Area native, he has lived most of his life in Oakland. He studied journalism at San Francisco State University, worked for the Associated Press and the former Contra Costa Times, among other outlets. He has covered everything from state legislatures, local governments, federal and state courts, crime, growth and development, political campaigns of various stripes, wildfires and the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.