Here’s a park that most Californians have never even heard of. Ahjumawi Lava Springs State Park is like finding buried treasure. You can only get here by boat, which keeps the crowds away. That’s ...

A Pulitzer Prize-winning weekly covering West Marin, including the towns of Point Reyes Station, Inverness, Bolinas, Stinson ...

This long, sandy beach in California is part of one of the prettiest national seashores in the United States and is very ...

The Republican White House's domestic policy mega-bill literally hits Republicans where they live, U.S. Sen. Ed Markey, D-Mass., said last week.

In Tomales Bay, at the source, I remembered again why I’d loved Hog Island. Certainly have a meal at one of its local enterprises. The Boat Oyster Bar is an outdoor daytime cafe at the company ...

For my last column, it’s time to hike the legendary Tomales Point Trail — where the long limb of land between the Pacific Ocean and Tomales Bay runs out of continent at Tomales Point. The hike ...

The Best Way to Spend a Glorious, Oyster-Free 24 Hours Around Tomales Bay. Between biking and kayaking, feast on Rhode Island chowder and taglio-style pizza slices ...

Three of us landed on the small empty beach like explorers. We were only a few miles from the Golden Gate but the pretty cove was deserted. There was not a footprint in the sand, not a soul in sight, ...

The Tomales Bay estuary is a biodiversity hot spot and home to bivalves that feed on a constant upwelling of nutrients from the crisp, cold, well-oxygenated waters flowing in from the Pacific Ocean.

The new arrival in Tomales Bay was brought to light when a teacher visiting during a family vacation in June 2022 saw some intertidal critters near Marconi State Historic Park that he didn’t ...

Northern California’s Tomales Bay – a long, narrow inlet located along West Marin’s scenic coastline – has long been known for its natural beauty and abundance of outdoor pursuits ...

Tomales Bay and the California coast are no strangers to non-native or invasive species. Species have long hitched rides on the bottoms of ships or in ballast water, ...