The WMF Facebook Feed
This is the archive of posts from the WMF Facebook page. Some of the images are unfortunately missing.
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Wednesday, February 16, 2022 at
4:38pm
Mask mandate lifted. Inverness Park Market.
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Monday, February 14, 2022 at
3:11pm
Car rolled over an embankment in Point Reyes near North Beach this afternoon. Single driver out of the car. Hopefully he's ok.
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Saturday, February 12, 2022 at
3:41pm
An older woman fell off the rocks on the south end of McClures Beach in Point Reyes. She looked like she was going to be ok.
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Saturday, February 12, 2022 at
2:26pm
Some sort of rescue happening in Point Reyes. Subject at McClures Beach. Helicopter was requested.
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Friday, February 11, 2022 at
9:01am
The Weekend Edition of the WMF newsletter is out. Click the link below for links to these stories, events and weather then subscribe.
https://mailchi.mp/a9e8ab1b22f...- A two acre brush fire broke out near Audubon Canyon Ranch on Rt. 1 just north of Stinson Beach. This was particularly dangerous because of the extreme heat and offshore wind. Fire crews quickly put it out. There had been a controlled burn in the area the day before, but no one has said publicly if there was a connection.
- "State health officials said Monday that they will allow the statewide indoor face mask mandate to expire on Feb. 15. “Marin no longer has a local health order around masking, so we’ll align with the state,” said Dr. Lisa Santora, Marin County’s DPHO."
- A young fisherman from San Francisco is still missing after he and two adults were swept off the rocks at Muir Beach. The two adults he was with have were recovered safely with no injuries. Recovery operations have been suspended.
- A generator caught fire last night at Marconi Center in Marshall but fire crews quickly extinguished it.
- An attempt at compromise between the Marin County Sheriff’s Office and proponents of civilian oversight was set aside last week by county supervisors, after public speakers decried the proposal for a community working group as ineffectual and inadequate. . “We are looking for systemic change in an oppressive system, which has a massive imbalance of power in the hands of law enforcement,” Lisa Bennett, co-chair of ICE Out of Marin, said at last Tuesday’s hearing on the proposal.-
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Thursday, February 10, 2022 at
8:26pm
Another unseasonably epic night at the beach in Point Reyes. This big guy was covering himself with seaweed to cool off. Some big low tide sand art and another sublime sunset.
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Thursday, February 10, 2022 at
6:43pm
Structure fire at Marconi Center in Marshall.
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Wednesday, February 9, 2022 at
9:29am
"Deputies and Marin County Fire making access to a reported vegetation fire near Audubon Canyon off Shoreline Highway north of Stinson Beach.
No threat to the community at this time."
LINK:
https://twitter.com/MarinSheri...
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Tuesday, February 8, 2022 at
1:07pm
Via Marin Public Works: "February 8-11, we're doing concrete/asphalt work as we near completion of Lucas Valley Road project. From 8AM-5:30PM, traffic will be on 1 lane. Road will be open outside work hours."
Project:
https://bit.ly/LVRCurveProject
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Tuesday, February 8, 2022 at
8:43am
Via Greg Wong at KCBS: "Two fishermen have been rescued however a San Francisco man remains missing in the ocean at Muir Beach on Monday afternoon.
The three men, all from San Francisco, were hiking to water from the Muir Beach overlook, according to Golden Gate National Parks Service officials. Two of the men were rescued cliffside and brought to shore unharmed by a California Highway Patrol helicopter, but the other individual remains missing."
Sounds like they were swept off the rocks by big waves.
STORY:
https://www.audacy.com/kcbsrad...VIDEO:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?...
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Monday, February 7, 2022 at
10:18am
Here is your news summary to get ready for the week:
Hot weather ahead. An intense dome of high pressure will build over the West Coast, bringing an extended period of summerlike, potentially record-breaking heat to California.
A project to address saltwater contamination affecting the West Marin water supply is set to begin after nearly a year’s delay — and at a much higher price.The North Marin Water District has approved a $192,000 construction contract to build a new well that would be free from saltwater contamination that has affected two-thirds of its wells.
The North Marin Water District voted this week to relax water use restrictions that have been in place since early 2020 for Point Reyes Station, Inverness Park, Paradise Ranch Estates, Bear Valley and Olema. Residents will be asked to voluntarily conserve by 15% compared to the last normal water year of 2013. Previously, these residents were required to cut back water use by 25%.
A draft list of potential housing sites raised some unexpected new opportunities for West Marin to meet the state’s goals. In a list released last week, the county identified more than 75 properties on the coast that could add nearly 1,000 new housing units if they were rezoned and developed.
Six months after the Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria announced it would rebuild the roundhouse at Kule Loklo, the site remains in disrepair, frustrating the replica village’s devotees and reinforcing the rift between the Sonoma County-based tribe and West Marin’s unenrolled community of Coast Miwok descendants.
To get links to all of these stories, event updates, photos and more, go to the WMF newsletter:
https://mailchi.mp/96d7f1e1e9e...And subscribe to get it in your email inbox.
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Thursday, February 3, 2022 at
6:30pm
Power outage cleanser. The West Marin Sunset Feed was out in Point Reyes tonight and we spotted this great horned owl that was so big I thought it was a bobcat.
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Thursday, February 3, 2022 at
2:36pm
Medical emergency near Vlads with helicopter support. Anyone know what’s going on?
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Thursday, February 3, 2022 at
7:56am
Car accident in Inverness Park which may be related to power off in Inverness. Sounds like power line down over road. Expect delays, you may have to use Portola. Anyone have info?
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Tuesday, February 1, 2022 at
6:53am
Be ready for downed trees and power outages. Drive safe! From NWS Bay Area: "A high wind watch has been issued across the majority of the San Francisco Bay Area and Santa Cruz mountains (excluding the Santa Clara valley) for gusty northerly winds. These gusty winds arrive between Monday night and Thursday morning and forecast to be strongest in the N Bay mtns."
LINK:
https://twitter.com/NWSBayArea...
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Monday, January 31, 2022 at
12:59pm
Anyone else hear all those planes and helicopters going over West Marin? Looked like a Super Hercules and some V-22 Ospreys? Is that training?
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Monday, January 31, 2022 at
8:19am
Another bad traffic accident on SFD near White Hill School this morning. Hopefully everyone ok. Expect delays if that is part of your commute. (Thx GO and LP)
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Sunday, January 30, 2022 at
12:29pm
Does anyone know the details of the accident yesterday that closed down Sir Francis Drake near White Hill in Fairfax? Apparently there was a bicycle involved and possibly a fatality? I can't find any news reports about, sounded very sad.
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Saturday, January 29, 2022 at
9:08pm
Not something you see every day in Point Reyes. A bunch of dudes surfing solid waves on an inflatable raft out at the beaches.(Thx JG)
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Wednesday, January 26, 2022 at
11:23am
From locally based Emergence Magazine: "Across the United States, Indigenous communities are calling for sweeping revisions to stories commonly told as “history”—stories that, even today, neglect and erase Indigenous peoples and serve as justification for continued ownership of stolen Indigenous lands.
This three-part series is the multigenerational story of a Coast Miwok family’s eviction from their ancestral home in Northern California and one woman’s mission to bring the living history of her family back to the land. Throughout this series, Theresa Harlan chronicles the story of her family’s displacement from their homestead on a cove in Tomales Bay and shares her grassroots efforts to involve the wider community in protecting both the history and the future of this place.
As she tells her family’s story, Theresa makes a powerful claim: remembering and retelling inclusive histories has the power to create a more just future. In this series we ask: Who gets to define history? In what ways is it our responsibility to ensure that a shared history is an accurate and just representation of the places we call home?"
LINK:
https://emergencemagazine.org/...
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Tuesday, January 25, 2022 at
1:47pm
From local shark researcher Scot Anderson: "I found this receiver buoy on North Beach last week. John Eleby from PRNS helped me recover it! The receiver was deployed off Point Reyes in 2011 and should have several years of data from acoustically tagged White Sharks that have visited the area over the years. We are extremely grateful to PRNS and John Eleby for the help in retrieving this receiver!
Last year, a receiver buoy that was anchored off Tomales Point washed ashore on Dillon Beach. It supposedly was picked up and brought to Dillon Beach Resort. However, we went to pick it up and they said it was most likely thrown away. As the data recorded on these receivers are invaluable, we never give up hope that it might be somewhere other than the trash can. It's not obvious what these things are so it may be on someone's lawn, or in a pile of crab pots. If someone has seen this missing buoy, it would be of great help and really awesome if we could get this back!
Scot, Paul, Sal"
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Monday, January 24, 2022 at
3:46pm
Via Bolinas Fire: "EMERGENCY ROAD CLOSURE: Mesa Road at Olema-Bolinas Road. Mesa Road will be CLOSED from approx. 3:30pm today OVERNIGHT into Tuesday, January 25th.
ALL vehicular access to Mesa Road will be through Terrace Avenue. PLEASE USE CAUTION on Terrace Avenue, and drive slowly." Anyone know why?
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Monday, January 24, 2022 at
8:30am
Via MarinIJ “Two people were arrested in West Marin on Sunday morning after a reported home burglary in Inverness. The incident occurred at about 9:15 a.m. when Marin County Sheriff’s Office deputies were alerted to a possible residential burglary.
Deputies and a National Park Service ranger following the neighbor’s description stopped a vehicle on Point Reyes-Petaluma Road near Highway 1.
Craig Mitchell Weaver, 34, of San Rafael, and Lia Watts, 37, of San Rafael, were found in the vehicle. Deputies searching the vehicle found items stolen from the Inverness residence along with suspected drugs and paraphernalia.”
LINK:
https://www.marinij.com/2022/0...
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Thursday, January 20, 2022 at
5:22pm
This must have been an interesting exchange. I wonder if the dispatcher asked if he was sure it wasn't a bobcat. And, did he get help? From the Point Reyes Light sheriff's calls.
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Tuesday, January 18, 2022 at
7:56pm
The West Marin Sunset Feed missed both the sunset and that wild moonrise tonight. Anyone else get pictures of it?
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Monday, January 17, 2022 at
7:07pm
The bunnies outside the fence on the PR/Petaluma Rd really stress me out. I want to pull over and pick them everytime I drive by. Anyone else?
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Saturday, January 15, 2022 at
10:28pm
This video from Mickey Murch in Bolinas shows how dangerous a tsunami surge can be. "I just watched it go from low tide to high tide in one minute." Watch the whole thing.
https://www.instagram.com/tv/C...
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Saturday, January 15, 2022 at
9:55am
Waves spotted in the Bolinas lagoon from the tidal surge this morning. (Thx LS)
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Saturday, January 15, 2022 at
8:56am
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Saturday, January 15, 2022 at
7:45am
“**A Tsunami Advisory has been issued for the U.S. West Coast, including our area. Arrival time of waves: around 7:35 AM this morning**
A tsunami capable of producing strong currents hazardous to swimmers, boats, and coastal structures is expected. #cawx”
Link:
https://twitter.com/nwsbayarea...
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Friday, January 14, 2022 at
2:13pm
Has anyone else heard these? "Loud and repeated night-time booms have bewildered San Geronimo Valley residents for the past month. The explosions, heard and even felt from Woodacre to Lagunitas, have prompted discussions on Nextdoor and multiple calls to the Sheriff’s Office, but so far remain unexplained.
“[It’s] definitely a mystery that people in the valley are following closely because it’s so loud and perplexing,” valley resident Becky Bond said. Some neighbors have pinpointed the noises, which usually occur between the hours of 9 p.m. and midnight, as coming from near the former San Geronimo Golf Course or the Roy’s Redwoods Preserve."
Full Story:
https://www.ptreyeslight.com/n...The West Marin Feed Weekend Newsletter is out now for more news, events and weather. Spoiler: the weather is going to be really nice this weekend:
https://mailchi.mp/b2e343de314...Get caught up and then subscribe!
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Thursday, January 13, 2022 at
5:58pm
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Thursday, January 13, 2022 at
8:49am
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Wednesday, January 12, 2022 at
2:08pm
We especially need kids and coaches from West Marin so we can have teams out here!
"West Marin Little League Spring 2022 Season: We are excited to announce that Registration is Open for the Spring 2022 WMLL season! Come be a part of the amazing baseball community we have created in San Anselmo, Fairfax and West Marin. From our Opening Day Parade through downtown Fairfax, to our annual night games under the lights in Fairfax, Nicasio and Woodacre, you can count on WMLL to provide great baseball instruction and lots of fun!
Registration fee scholarships/discounts are available for players in financial need.
Sign up now for the Spring 2022 season of WMLL and play baseball with your friends on the most beautiful ball fields in Marin County."
Register now at www.westmarinlittleleague.com
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Tuesday, January 11, 2022 at
6:02pm
Crazy day in Point Reyes topped off by a gorgeous sunset. Anyone get a photo of it?
