By Silvia LangePublished: May, 2009 Colors are some of the most remarkable springtime features of Angel Island. The terrain sparkles with ruby reds, sapphire blues, topaz yellows, pearly whites, and emerald greens—but these colors come from wildflowers, not gemstones. The varieties of wildflowers on Angel Island are those found throughout Marin County, and March, April, […]
By Deb Self Published: November, 2014 Soaring and gliding gracefully over the water, pelicans are a familiar sight around San Francisco Bay. Two types of pelicans, the California brown pelican and the American white pelican, live here. They arrive and depart at different times of year, but both are here now. California brown pelicans (Pelecanus […]
Published: June, 2014 Our cover this month finds Oakland teen Michelle Macial at the helm of an OCSC Sailing School boat. OCSC’s Anthony Sandberg is introducing sailing to hundreds of teenagers. Working with Envision Academy of Arts & Technology, a tuition-free charter high school in Oakland, Sandberg gives every one of the school’s 350 […]
