Leatherback Turtles Along the California Coast

The California Academy of Sciences presents a one hour video by marine ecologist Scott Benson on the leatherback turtle population along the California coast.

Learn about leatherback turtles in coastal central California and their origins in the remote beaches of Indonesia, Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands.

Click here for the video.

San Francisco: On the hippy trail

"The three-mile strip of sandy beach -- where Janis Joplin's ashes were scattered -- is a favourite for surfers and city-dwellers looking for a weekend getaway. With the 6,200-acre Mount Tamalpais State Park encircling Stinson, it has the appeal of being somewhere you can disappear into the countryside in a matter of minutes, as well as enjoy a chilled glass of Californian white wine with a bowl of local Tomales Bay mussels while looking out to sea."



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Sometimes its not about the beach

Mt. Tam before sunset. (Click for a larger version.)


Looking up the "hill," as the locals say. (Click for a larger version.)

Marin beaches get top marks in summer report

"Marin beaches received top marks for water quality in Heal the Bay's annual end-of-summer report released Wednesday.

An A or A+ was given to the following Marin beaches: Bolinas Beach, China Camp, Dillon Beach, Drake's Beach, Drakes Estero, Heart's Desire, Lawson's Landing, Limantour Beach, Miller Park, Millerton Point, Muir Beach, Rodeo Beach, Schoonmaker Beach, Shell Beach, Stinson Beach and Baker Beach at Horseshoe Cove.

The Santa Monica-based group assigned an A to F letter grade to 458 beaches along the California coast, based on levels of bacterial pollution reported from Memorial Day through Labor Day. This summer, 92 percent of sites received A or B grades during the high-traffic beachgoing season. The grades are slightly better than last year, when 91 percent of beaches received high marks."

Contra Costa Times