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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Friday, August 14, 2020 at
8:49pm
"Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) has been directed by the California Independent System Operator (CAISO) to turn off power to approximately 200,000 to 250,000 customers at a time in rotating power outages given the strain on the power grid during the statewide heatwave. Other power utilities in the state are being directed to take similar actions.
The safety of our customers and the communities that we serve is PG&E's most important responsibility. We urge our customers to take immediate steps to reduce their power usage. We will work to restore power safely and as quickly as we are able"
Californians are being urged to continue to conserve power until 11 p.m. tonight to reduce power usage as supplies run tight during the peak period today.
Rotating outages are not Public Safety Power Shutoffs, which are conducted during specific high fire threat conditions.
Due to the emergency, PG&E will be unable to notify customers in advance of the power shutoffs, which could occur anywhere within PG&E's service area."
FULL UPDATE:
https://www.businesswire.com/n...
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Friday, August 14, 2020 at
7:48pm
Outside structure fire up around Callendar Way in Inverness. Contained now.
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Friday, August 14, 2020 at
4:25pm
There is a medical emergency up on the Bolinas Ridge. (Thx WS)
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Thursday, August 13, 2020 at
9:46pm
"The upcoming California heatwave is looking increasingly impressive. Intense and long-duration event now expected except at the immediate coast. And this will be a relatively humid heatwave, with unusually warm overnight temps. Some record heat is possible. "
FULL STORY:
https://twitter.com/weather_we...
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Tuesday, August 11, 2020 at
10:31pm
"Using only his strength and a surfboard, a Forest Knolls resident helped rescue two kayakers and their nearly sunken craft near the Bolinas coast.
Chris Groutt managed to tow both the waterlogged kayak and the father using one arm while swimming against the tide. The son swam next to them."
Wear life jackets!!!
FULL STORY:
https://www.marinij.com/2020/0...
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Monday, August 10, 2020 at
6:55pm
From the Marin County Sheriff: "We are currently negotiating with a suicidal subject with a gun on Nicasio Valley Road near Nicasio Resevoir. Our negotiations team (HNT) is on scene working toward a peaceful resolution. Avoid the area."
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Monday, August 10, 2020 at
5:54pm
Via Marin County Sheriff Nixle alert: "Nicasio Valley Road closed north of Nicasio and south of petaluma point Reyes Road for police activity. Avoid the area." Anyone know what's going on?
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Sunday, August 9, 2020 at
5:42pm
There was a car accident out by Drake's Beach. Helicopter transport was called, then cancelled and then called again. Hopefully everything ok.
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Saturday, August 8, 2020 at
9:57pm
Hog Island as the fog bank rolls on this evening.
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Saturday, August 8, 2020 at
9:49am
Via Point Reyes National Seashore: "Fantastic Friday news! Limantour Road has reopened just in time for the weekend. We hope you have a good one!"
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Spotted on the way to Kehoe in Point Reyes. It looked like a bobcat to us, bigger then a cat, not a dog but not your normal bobcat? Anybody? Help?
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Tuesday, August 4, 2020 at
6:46pm
"Sheriff Robert Doyle and District 4 Supervisor Dennis Rodoni will be hosting a virtual Townhall on Thursday August 6th, 2020 at 1:00 PM in regards to the West Marin Patrol staffing changes."
Submit questions here:
https://docs.google.com/forms/...
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Tuesday, August 4, 2020 at
1:06pm
For those wondering, that's a Northrop T-38 Talon that keeps cruising over Point Reyes. No idea why. Training?
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An amazing orange moonrise over Inverness tonight. Anyone else get a good shot of it?
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Wednesday, July 29, 2020 at
3:31pm
Via PRNPS "Effective immediately, Limantour Road in Point Reyes National Seashore is closed until further notice. Road construction crews this morning encountered highly unstable subsurface soils so the road is closed for safety concerns. For up to date park information please visit our park website:
https://www.nps.gov/pore/plany..."
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Wednesday, July 29, 2020 at
1:43pm
Sounds like there is a helicopter and emergency equipment on the Bolinas Ridge right now. Nothing on Pulse Point, anyone know what is happening?
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"Ever thought you'd like to work for the National Park Service? Point Reyes National Seashore is currently looking to hire a Motor Vehicle Operator (with other duties as assigned) on our Roads Crew!
Work includes hauling equipment, hauling and spreading materials, back-country and front-country road maintenance, and park maintenance.
Must possess a current Class A Commercial Drivers License.
This is a temporary position anticipated to last one year, but could be extended up to two years. $29.64 per hour.
Call (415) 464-5158 or email jeffrey_jewhurst@nps.gov for more details. (JJ)"
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Sunday, July 26, 2020 at
3:45pm
Sounds like a bad accident on Rt. 1 by Hog Island oysters. Proceed with caution. Hope everyone is ok.
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Friday, July 24, 2020 at
6:19pm
Some very tough news from Christian Caiazzo: "No burying the lead here. Osteria Stellina, my baby, a restaurant concept built on food politics, organics, community, regional Italian cooking, love and idiocy, and a culmination of a life in the kitchen"” from dishwashing and bussing in my first restaurant job at 14, to cooking at Postrio, Union Square Café, Globe, Fifth Floor, Lascaux, and 25 other restaurants on two coasts"”is closing at the end of August."
FULL POST:
https://www.facebook.com/chris...
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Thursday, July 23, 2020 at
7:21pm
Fire department is investigating a structure fire at 9 Drakes View Dr. in Inverness Park.
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Thursday, July 23, 2020 at
2:06pm
PG&E helicopters inspecting wires in Inverness today.
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If you're heading out to the beaches in Point Reyes, expect significant delays. They are doing major road work to repair SFD near the estero and a long stretch is down to one lane with traffic controls.
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Wednesday, July 22, 2020 at
12:24pm
"PG&E is conducting system hardening work in Inverness tomorrow, Thurs, as part of wildfire mitigation. A helicopter will be needed to safely replace poles & lines in inaccessible areas. We have contacted local customers."
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A very important message from Wade Holland: "The biggest problem we are having at the Inverness Water System right now is the high water usage occurring between 1 a.m. and 5 a.m. -- timer-controlled irrigation systems cycling on! We have depended traditionally on low usage overnight to recover the drawdown on our tanks from the daytime peak demand (morning and evening household usage). These days we are seeing so much usage during the wee hours that the tanks are not recovering overnight.
Folks with automated watering systems need to adjust them -- or, better yet, turn them off altogether! If we can't rein in this heavy demand for nighttime outdoor water usage, we're likely to end up in just a few weeks having to cope with a total ban on all outdoor water usage!
We urge all customers of the Inverness Water System to cooperate, beginning RIGHT NOW! ""
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The Point Reyes Light has some in depth local coverage about COVID-19 today. Talks a lot about the challenges of testing and fills in some details about the new positive cases.
LINK:
https://www.ptreyeslight.com/a..."More than two weeks ago, (current West Marin services director Steve) Siegel said his staff member tested positive after an exposure from outside the workplace, and the organization moved to quarantine five other members who may have had meaningful contact.
The five employees quarantined for 12 days before being tested by services not provided by the clinic, and are currently still awaiting results. After clearing tests, the staffer who had tested positive was approved to return to work this week. Mr. Siegel said the organization has informed patients coming for in-person visits.
Terry Sawyer, a co-owner of Hog Island, said that two weeks ago a member of his seven-person farm crew tested positive, and that the entire crew remains quarantined while they await their results. In the meantime, he and other management positions were helping out on the farm.
Ken Dunaj, the owner of Building Supply, said that one of his 12 employees tested positive for Covid-19 after going home with a scratchy throat on July 1. Seven other employees are quarantined and awaiting test results.
"The only way we can survive this as a community is to improve testing," Mr. Dunaj said yesterday. "I'm doing everything I can to protect everyone, but this is the seventh day I'm waiting for test results for employees: Our hands are completely tied from a business standpoint."
Nevertheless, keeping people at home in the interim was a clear choice, Mr. Dunaj said, though he is short-handed.
"The community is so tight-knit as far as the people that live and work here," he said. "When you have this tight connectivity, you not only have a responsibility to your own store and own employees, but a much broader responsibility."
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Wednesday, July 15, 2020 at
9:32am
Wade Holland from the Inverness Water System was on KQED yesterday talking about potential water shortages in Inverness (starts at :41) "The worst we've seen in 40 years...."
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Sunday, July 12, 2020 at
9:25am
Spring is in full effect and local wildlife photographer Carlos Porrata is on it, capturing these fox kits and owlets in West Marin this week. Be safe. Wear a mask. Look out for mountain lions.
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Thursday, July 9, 2020 at
9:35pm
This is a report from a local resident. Obviously there is no way to verify this, but I'm passing it along just in case: "Mountain lion close encounter on the path down to Shell Beach on July 8. It was on the first part of the trail before the first turn to the left. Sure it was not a bobcat. Observed to be as big as a lab with a very long tail. Kind of out of nowhere. Jumped across the path ten feet away."
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Thursday, July 9, 2020 at
3:39pm
There was a serious accident on the PR/Petaluma Rd. this afternoon that they're still working on. Road looks open with delays. (Thx LN)
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Thursday, July 9, 2020 at
1:50pm
"The streams and creeks that supply West Marin are running low after the extraordinarily dry winter, and local water system managers are sounding the alarm. The Bolinas Community Public Utility District and North Marin Water District have already imposed water-use reductions, and the Inverness Public Utility District may do so later this month. "We are very concerned about how we will get through the next five to seven months, until we get to next year's rains," said Wade Holland, the customer services manager for IPUD. "This is the driest year IPUD has faced since we bought the water system 40 years ago, in 1980.""
FULL STORY:
https://www.ptreyeslight.com/a...
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Thursday, July 9, 2020 at
1:50pm
"The block-long, historic Emporium building in the heart of downtown Point Reyes Station changed hands last week in a $2.3 million deal. Four West Marin residents who hoped to keep rents affordable for the longstanding businesses housed in the building stepped in as investors, helping Leslie Kruth of Dogtown"”whose parents, Jean and Larry Marks, bought the building in 1991"”and her husband, Hal, to buy out the other heirs. The new group of owners intends to keep all the same tenants, including Cabaline Country Emporium, Point Reyes Books, Bovine Bakery, Leona's, and those who use several offices upstairs. "We'd like to keep this building in the community," said Dick Lemon, an Inverness resident and investor. "This isn't a real estate investment by itself. There's a double bottom line: it's also an investment in the health of the community.""
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https://www.ptreyeslight.com/a...
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From Lowell Strauss: "Looking for a ranch who may want to look after two flock guardians for a month this summer. A male neutered Caucasian Mountain Dog and a male neutered Tibetan Mastiff. Both excellent dogs. We don't want to kennel while we are in Canada. I know there are a few ranchers who keep flock guardians but don't know them personally." If you're interested contact Lowell, leave a comment or message me.
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@johnakaufman witnessed this situation this morning at Limantour Beach in Point Reyes. It took a lot of work, focus and commitment to get here. "Space cadets drove from Limantour small parking Lot to the beach at 7 AM today. 2 1/2 hours later still there but this time with law-enforcement and Tim Bunce from Cheda's."
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Monday, July 6, 2020 at
7:17pm
The response time and effort put into getting this challenging fire in very high winds was incredible. Thank you to all of the emergency crews. "#PierceFire on #Tomales Peninsula: We have released aircraft from this fire, canceled incoming resources, and will remain on scene throughout the night. Excellent teamwork on display. #WestMarin @PointReyesNPS" (Aerial photo by @CAL_FIRE, others by WMF)
