Tony Serra, one of the most celebrated criminal defense and civil rights attorneys of our time (and a Bolinas icon), is 90 years old is facing serious financial hardship. Please help support him.

The Point Reyes National Seashore is in the NYTimes this week with a story about how a team of ecologists, epidemiologists and veterinarians is scrambling to prevent bird flu from potentially decimating the elephant seal colony here. In 2023 the bird flu killed more then 17,000 elephant seal pups in Argentina.

A mother fox and her two very young kits in Inverness last night.

C-17 over Tomales Bay today.

A mom bobcat and her two kittens walked across the road in front of me this morning in Point Reyes. Here is the second kitten. Please drive carefully and watch out for animals!

Turdy was found walking down the road yesterday!

Pelicans flying over Limantour Beach in Point Reyes with the moon this week.

If you want to come help look for this lost tortoise in Inverness, please do. At the top of Via de La VIsta in Seahaven.

"My name is Emily Peng. I live in the Inverness-Sea Haven area. My pet tortoise got out this afternoon, and I wasn't able to find him.

Pet: An African Spurred tortoise, his name is Turdy.
Weight: ~100 lbs
Size: 3 feet long x 1/2 feet wide
My contact phone number is (415)342-5224"

The wind settled down right at sunset and everything had an orange glow to it in Point Reyes. Have a great week everyone.

The Reach helicopter transporting a patient who was in a very bad motorcycle on Rt 1 by the Bolinas Lagoon this evening. Hopefully the rider is ok.

Potential Aurora Borealis viewing tonight, more likely picked up on your iphone then with your eye.

Due to recent budget cuts the swimming areas at local Tomales Bay beaches have been greatly reduced. Plan accordingly. ;)

“Cleaning out closet” sale at The Western in Point Reyes Station today until 2pm.

The WMF Weekend Newsletter is out. So much local news, so many cool local events happening. Read it now, then subscribe.

Scientists are seeing an unexpected surge of whale sightings in the San Francisco Bay this year along with a spike in reported whale mortalities in the Bay Area. The cause of the majority of the deaths is unknown.

"The recent gray whale deaths were reported between May 21 and May 28 off the coast of Bolinas, Fisherman’s Bay by Southeast Farallon Island, Berkeley, Point Bonita, Alcatraz and near Alamere Falls in Point Reyes National Seashore."

This photos is of a gray whale carcass on the shore in Bolinas, Calif., on May 23, 2025. Photo by Shalina Peterson/California Academy of Sciences