Judge: AT&T should keep landlines
A judge has issued a stinging opinion recommending that the California Public Utilities Commission reject AT&T’s request to end landline service in California—a move that would leave thousands of…
Point Reyes subdivision faces hurdles
A Point Reyes Station landowner is pressing forward with his effort to subdivide an 82-acre property, while state and local agencies have outlined some of the challenges the proposal…
Rodoni says he must recuse himself on gas station vote
The Point Reyes Station Village Association wants an advocate to battle the proposed remodel of West Marin’s only gas station. It won’t be county supervisor Dennis Rodoni. During a…
Light storm draws visitors
A gleaming display of northern lights illuminated the sky above Point Reyes this weekend, courtesy of an intense geomagnetic storm—one of the most powerful since 2003. Residents captured photos…
Anti-nuclear film premiers
If global warming doesn’t have you thinking about Armageddon, a new documentary by two Bolinas filmmakers will. But even as the film focuses on the various horrors of nuclear…
Managing elk and wilderness for fire prevention
Until now I have declined to comment on the Tomales Point elk fence plan, reluctant to share my fear that the anti-ranching-in-the-park folks are succeeding in their efforts to…
Nature Notebook, May 16, 2024
The full moon rises on Thursday, May 23 with morning minus tides. This moon is called the Hare’s moon in European traditions in which the hare symbolizes rebirth and…
Park unveils plan to let elk roam free
The Tomales Point elk fence is one step closer to coming down, an outcome long awaited by environmentalists but dreaded by ranchers and dairymen in the Point Reyes National…
Kenkel to retire from seashore post
Superintendent Craig Kenkel will step down next month after leading the Point Reyes National Seashore during a three-year tenure marked by intense debate and litigation over the future of…
It’s Tomales High v. public at memorial baseball game
Teachers, students and community members are invited to return to the baseball diamond at Tomales High School for the first time in five years for a memorial game and…
Man found dead off Point Reyes one day after arrest on molestation charges
One day after a Marin County elementary school teacher was charged with repeatedly molesting two children, his body was found floating off Drakes Beach, where his surfboard had washed…
