A few photos from the 2026 Sei Boku Bonsai Kai show in #SanMateo. I drove down to hang out with a friend in Oakland on Friday, and then attended this #bonsai show on Saturday morning.
Really a nicely sized event with about 35 knockout trees, excellent club sales table, and a few vendors. This shohin redwood in the first pic is about 8 inches tall -- amazing work by Marsha Mekisich.
🚨🆘 SOS AMBIENTAL EN SAN MATEO, PUERRES 🆘🚨
Hacemos un llamado urgente a las autoridades competentes, organismos de gestión del riesgo, cuerpos de bomberos, entidades ambientales y a toda la comunidad para atender el grave incendio que se presenta en el corregimiento de San Mateo, municipio de Puerres.
Las llamas ya han afectado importantes áreas de biodiversidad, poniendo en riesgo ecosistemas estratégicos, fauna y flora nativa. Además, el incendio continúa avanzando y amenaza con llegar a cultivos agrícolas y viviendas de las familias de la zona, generando una situación de alta preocupación para la comunidad.
Solicitamos el apoyo inmediato de las instituciones responsables para controlar la emergencia y evitar mayores pérdidas ambientales, económicas y sociales.
La protección de la vida, el territorio y nuestros ecosistemas requiere una acción rápida y coordinada.
#SOSAmbiental #SanMateo #Puerres #EmergenciaAmbiental #IncendioForestal #ProtejamosLaVida #GestiónDelRiesgo #Nariño
Location Update on Glassy-winged Sharpshooter (GWSS) from UCIPM URBAN for Costco locations April 21 -May 19.
https://www.instagram.com/p/DY5BN0Zmmiz
GWSS has been confirmed on plants shipped to the following counties: #Alameda #Solano #Marin #Stanislaus #Placer #Sutter #Sacramento #Yolo #SanMateo #Yuba
Officials are still evaluating additional suspect samples from several other counties: #Butte #ContraCosta #Humboldt #Merced #Napa #Sonoma
More info here:
https://ucanr.edu/blog/pests-urban-landscape/article/purchased-grapevine-costco-n-ca-recently-read
24 likes, 0 comments - ucipmurban on May 28, 2026: "Glassy-winged sharpshooter (GWSS) is an invasive pest that spreads a bacterium which causes a fatal grapevine disease (called Pierce’s disease). If you or someone you know purchased a grapevine in an affected county between April 21 and May 19, isolate the plant and contact your local County Agricultural Commissioner’s Office right away. Visit the UC IPM blog to read the full update (link in bio).".
Pilgrimage to Takahashi Market this afternoon, in San Mateo
We tried the Mochiko Chicken Moco Loco, with a side of tater tots
Mochiko chicken: "crispy, soy-ginger marinated fried chicken (using sweet rice flour)"
#TakahashiMarket #SanMateo #Japanese #Hawaiian #Chinese #Korean #Filipino #Thai
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