When I first got to the coast, I had fled from a lifetime of what I referred to as “snow farming”, aka working in the snow skiing industry. I wasn’t going to have to worry much about weather anymore I thought wistfully…after all if there was going to be any weather it was going to [...]

Channel Islands National Park celebrates its 30th anniversary as America’s 40th National Park during the month of March! President Jimmy Carter helped Southern Californians protect five of their offshore islands beginning March 5, 1980. Many people don’t realize that there are islands off the coast of Southern California and are further surprised to find out [...]

OK! We are on a good run here with two measurable rain events this Fall. It will take a bunch more to end the drought (can you really end a drought in the desert?) but it’s great to see. My handy rain gauge in the Channel Islands Harbor, measured 3/4 of an inch of rain [...]