Burl Here — The first Castro Valley week and the rain finally began to fall. Actually, to be honest, it has been raining the last three weeks, but this week it really did not give us a break. Weather.com says that we only received 2 inches, but our rain gauges on site lean more towards..

Hello Friends: The Milpitas family came to the redwoods after weeks of rain that we were so worried might never actually come this year, but came in bunches which over the last few weeks has amounted to over 12 inches in our area! The creek is no longer a creek, its a big muddy river..

Hey ya’ll, another week at the outdoor school and sightings of “camouflage” birds, marine mammals, and and dreams of large cats were highlights from the week we shared with our friends from Fairfield. Check out what else we saw! Beach Day: Brown Pelicans Calla Lillies Great Egret Northern Shoveler Widgeon Virgina Rail Willson’s Snipe Yellow..

Burl back in action on the hotspot. I love Winters, probably one of my favorite communities that comes around these neck of the woods. And Winters brought the rain!! It is raining right now and has been for the last 24 hours. The week was special with many special sightings. Check it out: Beach Day:..

Greetings in 2009 — It is currently very frightening how warm and beautiful the weather has been this past week. It is the second week in January and we dont have nearly the normal amount of rain that we would have at this time. This being said, the weather and conditions were perfect for a..

I appreciate!! So, the last week of outdoor school 2008 was amazing with the children from Rancho Romero. The full moon cast beautiful moonshadows on us all and the staff at the outdoor school was a mix of old natties and new. Thank you Mountain and Millipede for coming to visit us in the Pescadero..

Hello Friends, The sunday before the students came the ocean roared with 20 foot waves and perfect conditions. Surfers rode one of the biggest waves in the world at Mavericks in Half Moon Bay, Venus, Jupiter and the Moon were aligned and the weather was perfect for the beginning of another week at the outdoor..

It doesnt get much better than these days. Thanks Bancroft and Valle Verde for bringing a little spunk to the outdoor school. We had a week of high energy fun and lots of amazing sightings that can be added to the Hot Spot. The weather was warm in the sun and cold at night. THe..

Few weeks come together like the one I just experienced. We had a beautiful week of sunshine, moonshine, ocean love and the freshness of a forest after the rain. The St. Edward’s, St. Theresa’s and St. Joachim communities came together with kindness and clarity. Much love and respect to the children, teachers and parent chaperones..

The Martinez week was glorious after about 4 inches of rain fell the weekend before. This hot spot includes fungus and salamanders which will become the norm as the winter rains begin to fall. The greatest highlight of the week was that ALL of the students witnessed the dancing of the whales during both beach..