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The looked like juniper trees. I do not know this variety. This is a tourist spot, so I'm sure someone knows this tree. It was all over, especially on the banks and sides of hills a little on the higher elevation than lower growing junipers closer to the water lines. The spiking branches covered in tight evergreen looking leaves/needles might also be a pine of some sort?
salty ocean air, higher elevation than the tight to the ground looking junipers
This picture was taken at the donated lighthouse looking out toward Alcatraz Island.