By Sejal Choksi-Chugh Published: November, 2015 This year, record numbers of starving seals and sea lions have washed up on California beaches, including those in the Bay Area. In recent months, hundreds of young common murres—sea birds that look like small penguins—have been discovered dead or dying on beaches in more than a dozen Bay […]
BY CAPTAIN RAY Published: August, 2018 In last month’s column, I began relating the story of the strongest winds I’ve ever experienced while out on the water. Because it is such a frequent question from students, I’ve told this tale quite often. It happened during a U.S. Sailing Association Cruising Instructor Course that […]
By Guy Span Published: October, 2004 We call it “Urban Sprawl” and bemoan the little towns, fields and woodlands around our big cities getting gobbled up for townhouse developments, some as far as 80 miles from the urban centers. The automobile (increasingly, the politically incorrect SUV) is indeed the engine that drives this cancer-like growth […]
