04/05/2018
Sam Schell sampled a plastic egg at the annual Easter egg hunt organized by the Point Reyes-Olema 4-H Club at West Marin School last Saturday.
02/22/2018
Groundwater seeped into one of three tanks at Bo Gas during repairs over the summer and the community land trust that owns the station is still waiting on expert help—and the dry season—to fix the problem. A spokeswoman said high levels of tourist traffic have meant an increase in sales...
02/08/2018
Caltrans has another crosswalk planned for Point Reyes Station. The agency painted a white line last week in front of Building Supply where an ADA-accessible ramp was recently installed. A guardrail and crosswalk is also in the works to connect the ramp to Third Street.
02/01/2018
An increasing number of elephant seals are hauling up at Drakes Beach in the last three years, prompting the park to close the stretch of beach that extends west of the parking lot all the way to Chimney Rock, through March 15. “As we have seen in the past, storm...
02/01/2018
Dairyman Albert Straus was honored this week by the Board of Supervisors for his receipt of the annual Friend of the Farm Bureau award. Mr. Straus, founder of Straus Family Creamery, has been a leader and innovator in his field. He said the greatest threat to agriculture in Marin is...
01/04/2018
People enjoyed New Year’s Day at Drakes Beach, where a few days earlier a surfer climbed ashore with a shark bite. At around noon on Dec. 30, Natalie Jones, an Oakland resident and a former Point Reyes Light reporter, was bitten on her feet while trying to catch waves near...
12/07/2017
Rangers with Marin County Parks on Wednesday removed homeless camps from Martinelli Park in Inverness, where homeless people have for years made a home on the bay. Kathy Hartzell of the Inverness Association, which manages the park, said she gave the Sheriff’s Office permission to remove the encampment “in the...
12/07/2017
A decorated 13-year-old chef from Mill Valley won the youth category in the Community Land Trust Association of West Marin’s third annual gingerbread house contest with this holiday homestead. Payton Pelaez, an eighth grader at the New Village School in Sausalito, has appeared in a baking competition on the Food...
11/22/2017
Two groups with opposing interests have sent proposals to Marin County Parks for a steep, half-mile trail that leads from Woodacre to the San Geronimo Ridge in the Gary Giacomini Preserve. The Marin County Bicycle Coalition wants to open Edgewood Trail to equestrian and bicycle use, while the Residents for...
