by Geoffrey Coffey | Oct 15, 2003 | Locals Only
Fire danger is high on Mount Diablo in October — perhaps because the arch-fiend haunts his namesake peak for the season of All Hallow’s Eve, but more likely because the summer months have brought little water, and the parched local plant life must endure...
by Geoffrey Coffey | Sep 27, 2003 | Locals Only
Explorers from Great Britain and Spain reached the coastal waters of northern California in the mid-16th century, but somehow they missed San Francisco Bay: from their ships, the narrow Golden Gate must have looked like unbroken shoreline, or perhaps merely was...
by Geoffrey Coffey | Jul 26, 2003 | Locals Only
The northeast slope of Mount Davidson supports a wonderful population of native wildflowers, grasses, and shrubs that, when planted at home, can enrich San Francisco gardens with a sense of local identity. This is also a botanical battlefield where mankind only...
by Geoffrey Coffey | Jun 28, 2003 | Locals Only
Mysterious and epic dramas take place at the bottom of the sea, where massive forces meet microbiology. In the red peaks of Corona Heights we can read an engrossing chapter: this stark hill with the distinctive flora and the unbeatable view over San Francisco is...
by Geoffrey Coffey | May 31, 2003 | Locals Only
Once upon a time, four creeks flowed in San Francisco, as rainfall draining from the central ridge of Twin Peaks and Mt. Davidson must return over land to its oceanic origins. But today the murmur of the eastward-flowing Mission, Islais, and Yosemite Creeks is heard...
by Geoffrey Coffey | Mar 8, 2003 | Locals Only
South African plants thrive in the familiar Mediterranean climate of the San Francisco Bay Area. The Western Cape Province of South Africa holds the richest biodiversity in all of botany. Three-quarters of its 8,600 plant species are endemic, flourishing upon a mere...
