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Jan 28, 2025

Given, Then Taken: Point Reyes Plan Ends Most Ranching at National Seashore

Driving out across the Point Reyes National Seashore on Highway 1, one is often surrounded by cattle, long rolling hills and telephone lines.  Perched atop are red-tailed hawks, looking into the short-grazed grasses beside the open Pacific Ocean for their next meal.  These vistas, across much of the 71,000-acre park, from...
Dec 31, 2024

33 Resolutions Per Minute: How to Start the New Year

For the record, I don’t usually make New Year’s resolutions. At least not this early in the year. I...
Dec 23, 2024

Lost & Found: Project Censored Unearths Underreported Stories

With any list, there’s a natural tendency to look first at No. 1. And neither I nor Project Censored...
Dec 17, 2024

Assault on Democracy: Novato Provides No Facts to Justify ‘Urgency Ordinance’

The Novato City Council called a special meeting and passed an urgency ordinance last week. With the wild weather...
Dec 10, 2024

Fenced In: Federal Judge to Decide Future of Tomales Point Tule Elk Herd

After confining a herd of tule elk behind a fence at Tomales Point in Point Reyes National Seashore for...
Dec 10, 2024

Sea Saw, a Ride-Along with Ocean Researchers

As we got on the boat, sunlight brightened the sky, coloring the clouds a soft pastel pink. Most of the...
Dec 3, 2024

Meditation Mess: Spirit Rock Sued for Discrimination

The former executive director of Spirit Rock Meditation Center filed a lawsuit against the renowned Marin nonprofit in June....
Dec 3, 2024

San Rafael’s Art Scene Enters New Era

The heart of Marin County is amid an artistic renaissance, thanks to downtown San Rafael. “San Rafael’s artistic culture is...
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