Walking The Bay Trail
After years working in office buildings, marketing executive Corinne DeBra was ready to get outside - and get outside she did! In 2009 she launched a walk around the entire...
Exploration
Bohemia Ranch Goes Public
A remarkable Sonoma County landscape is finally preserved, protecting redwoods, Sargent cypress, serpentine grasslands, and a beloved waterfall.
Alcatraz Island is a renowned prison — but a horticultural gem?
From afar, this windswept island in the middle of the San Francisco Bay appears so rugged that you'd expect to find only century plans and eucalyptus. But Alcatraz is alive...
Point Reyes: Palomarin to Bear Valley
Last night, for the first time in their 132-year rivalry, the San Francisco Giants swept the L.A. Dodgers with a shutout. This morning my granddaughter, Kalia, took her first steps...
A New Take on Sibley Preserve
Every day, east of Highway 24's Caldecott Tunnel, thousands of commuters hurtle--or crawl--past a fine swath of the East Bay's glorious greenbelt, where just off the highway, the north trailhead...
Long Views at Long Ridge Open Space Preserve
Part of the Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District, this preserve features 13 miles of trails on 2,035 acres along the upper west side of the Santa Cruz Mountains.
Minus tides expose wilderness below the waves
Point Reyes Peninsula is rimmed along its rocky sections with a living fringe so diverse and wildly colorful – so dense with phenomenal creatures – that when the tides recede...
Nabokov’s Blues along the Estero Trail
Searching for butterflies at Point Reyes--and finding them! Hike along with Jules Evens on a 7.5 mile loop with planty of winged beauty.
An Iron Man for transit advocates
128 miles. 12,000 feet elevation gain. 17-plus hours of exercise. 3 mountain summits. 3 transit agencies. Add to that temperatures well into the triple digits in some places, and you've...
Olema Valley Trail: Texiera Ranch to Five Brooks. (4.7 miles one-way)
Stinging nettles and horsetail, plus lots of wildflowers, on the trail at Point Reyes.
