Exploring Nature in the San Francisco Bay Area
It’s always a red-letter day at the Bay Nature office when we get a visit from Jack Laws (aka John Muir Laws, wildlife artist extraordinaire and the man behind the Naturalist’s Notebook in the back of every issue of Bay Nature). Jack was here to drop off his October page (stay tuned for the fight of…
My current beach reading has the usual ingredients: a steamy love triangle, a pitched battle between mortal enemies, and colorful characters cavorting in exotic locales. This is no dime-store novel, though, but an homage to the North American prairie entitled Prairie Spring (2009), and the only sand to be found in it is in prairie dog…
After six months of fundraising, the nonprofit Friends of China Camp raised $250,000, enough money to take over operations of the cultural and historical landmark along the northwest shores of the San Francisco Bay. Just one day after assuming the state’s responsibilities, the news broke that the California Department of Parks and Recreation had stashed…
Time for Friday’s news digest: It’s cooking this weekend. Get ready for triple-digit temperatures this weekend in some parts of the Bay Area as our first major heat wave descends. [San Jose Mercury News] Heat is something most Californians believe is happening to global temperatures. A poll finds that a strong majority of Californians – 79…
While park advocates around the state expressed shock and anger over the discovery of a secret stash of $54 million in the state parks department, the city of Benicia kept its cool. “I was surprised there was that large a surplus,” said Mario Giuliani, Benicia’s manager of economic development. “But that’s not enough money to…
For the sake of saving money or living more sustainably, the “staycation” is becoming ever more popular. But what can you do to have fun when keeping close to home? Holly Kernan of KALW 91.7 FM explains on her daily radio show Your Call the many websites listing free things to do in San Francisco.…
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