Marin County has posted no minutes for the Board of Supervisors meetings for this whole year.

Extremely weird.

#MarinCounty #CivicData #OpenData

TBT This was 14 years ago on the back side of Mt. Tamalpais in Marin County, California. March is usually when the rains started and I would stay sane from my intense job by wandering up in the mountain.

#tbt #california #marincounty #mttamalpais #cataractcreek #march #forest #landscapephotography #nature #landscape #artistinportugal #jonathankeeton

#BreakingNews: The former vice president of #SiriusXM until 2025, a mother of two from #MarinCounty, Kate Vitt, is the first victim to be identified in the deadliest #avalanche in CA history at #CastlePeak, near #Truckee earlier this week.

From Chapter 1: "Although Respecting Our Elders does wind up feeding very low-income folks, including some homeless, the main segment of our recipient base are . . . seniors who are seriously challenged to make their money stretch to just cover housing and medications . . . People are living in your area who for various reasons (out of work, outrageous medical expenses, or on disability), if they had access to this food for as long as they needed it, could make ends meet [&] start moving out of just surviving to being less stressed."

Food last week: organic & conventional: the avocado surfeit continued (bags of 'em), Romaine lettuces, Urban Remedy salads (maybe because of the cold weather?), the usual apples oranges bananas etc. & California caviar (white sturgeon) -- best before date had passed a couple days previously, but best before dates are conservative -- they were delicious!

https://www.amazon.com/Best-Solution-Hunger-America-All-Volunteer-ebook/dp/B0G4XJ86DP

#FoodRescue #hunger #MarinCounty #volunteer

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This year marks the 50th anniversary of Running Fence, an art installation facilitated by Christo & Jeanne-Claude back in 1976. (I posted a map of the fence on my previous post).

#SonomaCounty #MarinCounty #RunningFence #Installation #Art #Historical #Christo #JeanneClaude

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Running_Fence?wprov=sfla1

Running Fence - Wikipedia

I created this map six years ago. It was one of my first projects using #QGIS at the time. I wanted to georeference the old source maps to the current landscape.

The orange vector line defines the route of the
#Christo and #JeanneClaude Running Fence , which was a project they completed in the summer of 1976, lasting two weeks.

#RunningFence started in Cotati, and wound through the landscapes of #SonomaCounty and #MarinCounty.

2026 marks the 50th year since the project was created.

How Did the Newt Cross the Road? With Help From These Volunteers, Carefully | KQED

Every winter, California newts risk their lives crossing Bay Area roads to breed. Now, volunteers — and land planners — are stepping in to save them.

"Everything we pick up is delivered right away. We don't store anything, so no warehouse is needed. . . . This model can be duplicated anywhere there's a grocery store and a willing community."

Last week's highlights: lots of plant-based roasts (turkey analogues), mostly Gardein and Field Roast brands, also cases of some kind of stuffed butternut squash roast. Many organic & conventional avocados (a friend says, "Yeah, the Mexico tariffs mean avocados got really expensive so people aren't buying them").

#FoodRescue #hunger #MarinCounty #volunteer

https://www.amazon.com/Best-Solution-Hunger-America-All-Volunteer-ebook/dp/B0G4XJ86DP?ref_=ast_author_mpb