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One by one, all the weather vanes are pointing toward the bitter

When did El Roble children’s Park become an El Roble Dog Park, too? As you can imagine, not all who bring their dogs to El Roble Park are responsible dog owners. For health and safety reasons, I no longer bring my grandchildren to the park because of the smell, urine and dog feces left behind. The dog sign and waste bags at the entrance of the park have caused a significant change to a park designed for neighborhood children to encourage its use as a dog park, too. The exponential increase in dogs and their owners at the park has also played havoc with the neighborhood dogs, who are now barking in protest at every dog not from this neighborhood. Let’s do the right thing and support a dedicated dog park for our best friend, so we can keep our children’s play area safe and healthy.

Birthday parties can be such fun. This is especially true during

It was a wet and dreary morning when we turned into one of the canyons that funnel storm runoff down the slope of Mt. Tamalpais and into Bolinas Lagoon. We parked near the old white clapboard ranch house and walked to a clearing for a view up the thickly forested canyon. There it was. One Douglas fir, standing high above its neighbors, seemed decorated like a Christmas tree with many large fluffy white ornaments.  

On Tuesday, the County of Santa Clara Board of Supervisors