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"content": "\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_103905\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 300px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-103905\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/07/RossOpening-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"The Ross Valley Sanitary District in happier times, celebrating the opening of the Corte Madera path and completion of the replacement of a large main pipe. At the front, cutting the ribbon, can be seen former sanitary district manager Brett Richards and former board member Marcia Johnson. Photo: RVSD Courtesy press photo\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Ross Valley Sanitary District in happier times, celebrating the opening of the Corte Madera path and completion of the replacement of a large main pipe. At the front left, cutting the ribbon, can be seen former sanitary district manager Brett Richards and former board member Marcia Johnson. Photo: RVSD Courtesy press photo\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Yesterday, the \u003ca href=\"http://www.marincounty.org/main/newsroom/press-releases/2013/arrest-in-manila\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Marin County district attorney announced\u003c/a> that former \u003ca href=\"http://rvsd.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ross Valley Sanitary District (RVSD)\u003c/a> general manager Brett Richards had been arrested in Moalboal, Cebu, Philippines, following a bizarre year that started with his abrupt emailed resignation from the agency in July 2012 and his subsequent disappearance.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The arrest happened on July 11. Since then, the former wastewater manager has been held in Manila awaiting proceedings, according to the DA, before he will be sent back to Marin County on charges of the misappropriation of public funds, embezzlement and multiple counts of money laundering.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to \u003ca href=\"http://www.marincounty.org/main/newsroom/press-releases/2013/arrest-in-manila\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the press release\u003c/a>:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“On March 5, Marin County District Attorney Ed Berberian filed a criminal complaint and obtained a felony arrest warrant from the Marin County Superior Court, and bail was set at $1 million. Through its continuing investigation, the D.A.’s office learned that Richards had fled the United States, and the tracking of his financial records traced him to the Philippines.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This isn’t the beginning of the story, though.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!--more-->\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>KQED readers and listeners may remember the Ross Valley Sanitary District and Richards from \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2010/12/23/huge-marin-sewage-spill/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">two back-to-back sewage spills in 2010 totaling 842,000 gallons in Kentfield, near the College of Marin\u003c/a>. Richards and the sanitary district, which serves most of central Marin, blamed the spills on “environmental terrorism.” Large amounts of debris, including “large pieces of road asphalt and rubber from the Kent School running track, along with two hard hats, chunks of clay dirt and a big piece of wire nest,” were found clogging up the pipes and it was believed by the agency to have been deliberately put there.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The sanitary district has found itself in the middle of a glut of lawsuits in the last few years — including one with construction company JMB over the spill, \u003ca href=\"http://larkspurcortemadera.patch.com/groups/politics-and-elections/p/corte-madera-considers-loan-request-from-rvsd\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">one with the wastewater treatment agency of which it is a part\u003c/a>, and \u003ca href=\"http://larkspurcortemadera.patch.com/groups/politics-and-elections/p/sanitary-district-settles-one-lawsuit-begins-another-2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">one with an LLC that had entered into an option to purchase land from the agency but then fell into dispute about that land\u003c/a>. In 2011, RVSD was the subject of a third Marin County grand jury report criticizing the agency for its mismanagement, excessive litigation and business practices that appeared to be increasing costs for residents.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_103908\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 200px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-103908\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/07/20120622__BrettRichards_200-200x200.jpg\" alt=\"Brett Richards, the former general manager of RVSD, was arrested in the Philippines. Photo: RVSD\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Brett Richards, the former general manager of RVSD, was arrested in the Philippines. Photo: RVSD\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The name of the report? \u003ca href=\"http://www.marincounty.org/depts/gj/reports-and-responses/reports-responses/2010-11/~/media/Files/Departments/GJ/Reports%20Responses/2010/Ross%20Valley%20Sanitary%20District.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">“The Ross Valley Sanitary District: Not Again!”\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Opposition to the board and to Richards’ management grew as rate increases and pipe fixes became increasingly contentious. Dire warnings from the district about a lack of funding fueled concerns. And private security was frequently in attendance at board meetings during the height of the debates.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In June 2012, ratepayers went to the ballot box, ousting incumbent board member Marcia Johnson and electing newcomers (though well known in the community) Frank Egger and Mary Sylla — who found herself the subject of a rambling and angry letter from Richards criticizing her for her campaign and opposition to his policies.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.marinij.com/rosskentfieldgreenbrae/ci_20936778/critical-letter-from-ross-valley-sewer-district-manager\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">According to the Marin Independent Journal, which also has the letter in full\u003c/a>:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>In the letter, Richards, who has been the district’s manager since 2008, suggests that Sylla has been speaking ill of him or untruthfully, but the language is vague.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Having heard numerous stories from others about the words you speak regarding me, it seems fitting to send you this note,” the letter continues. “Frankly, I had hope (sic) you were a better person than you represent yourself to be.”\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>After \u003ca href=\"http://www.marinij.com/opinion/ci_20924457/dick-spotswood-ross-valley-sanitary-district-chief-needs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the Marin IJ published an editorial\u003c/a> arguing that the general manager had received a $350,000 loan from the district to secure housing but hadn’t bought any property, he reportedly stopped coming into work.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Richards was hired in 2008 and paid $163,000 a year, which was raised to $197,000 in 2009. Under his contract, he also was prohibited from being fired in the 90 days before a board election or 180 days after.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After failing to come into work for weeks, Richards emailed his resignation in late July 2012, according to the district lawyer. In September, Richards \u003ca href=\"http://sananselmofairfax.patch.com/groups/politics-and-elections/p/brett-richards-takes-the-ross-valley-sanitary-distric8a7bfb7b6a\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">started a blog to expose the truth about the campaign against him and RVSD\u003c/a>. Ross Valley Sewer Truth, which dove into a number of political issues that had been hot topics, such as sewage agency consolidation, is now defunct and has been taken down.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://sananselmofairfax.patch.com/groups/politics-and-elections/p/brett-richards-takes-the-ross-valley-sanitary-distric8a7bfb7b6a\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">According to the San Anselmo-Fairfax Patch\u003c/a>:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>The purpose of the blog? According to the author, it will disclose, in the order of events, Ross Valley Sanitary District happenings between 2008 and 2010.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“In the pages that follow, you are going to learn about board members, mayors, councilpersons, lawyers, public employees, those who are willing to subject themselves to a carefully shielded power group, and what happens to those when they don’t. In addition, we’ll be talking about the better part of $300,000,000 [stet] because part of the story is who has and who desires the power to control it, what some will do to keep it, and what some will do to get it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It didn’t take long for Marin leaders to begin passing the blog’s URL from inbox to inbox.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“With some of the things that are written here, I would expect it is [Richards],” said Larkspur Councilman Larry Chu. “I don’t know what he intends to do with this, or if he feels some kind of injustice and needs to put his side of the story out there.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The writer says the blog is an “invitation” for the public to be the jury.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Am I crazy? I hope you’ll read on and decide for yourself.”\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>What has he done since then? How did he end up in the Philippines? What happened to the $350,000 loan? If only he still updated the blog, perhaps we would know.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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Richards and the sanitary district, which serves most of central Marin, blamed the spills on “environmental terrorism.” Large amounts of debris, including “large pieces of road asphalt and rubber from the Kent School running track, along with two hard hats, chunks of clay dirt and a big piece of wire nest,” were found clogging up the pipes and it was believed by the agency to have been deliberately put there.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The sanitary district has found itself in the middle of a glut of lawsuits in the last few years — including one with construction company JMB over the spill, \u003ca href=\"http://larkspurcortemadera.patch.com/groups/politics-and-elections/p/corte-madera-considers-loan-request-from-rvsd\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">one with the wastewater treatment agency of which it is a part\u003c/a>, and \u003ca href=\"http://larkspurcortemadera.patch.com/groups/politics-and-elections/p/sanitary-district-settles-one-lawsuit-begins-another-2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">one with an LLC that had entered into an option to purchase land from the agency but then fell into dispute about that land\u003c/a>. In 2011, RVSD was the subject of a third Marin County grand jury report criticizing the agency for its mismanagement, excessive litigation and business practices that appeared to be increasing costs for residents.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_103908\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 200px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-103908\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/07/20120622__BrettRichards_200-200x200.jpg\" alt=\"Brett Richards, the former general manager of RVSD, was arrested in the Philippines. Photo: RVSD\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Brett Richards, the former general manager of RVSD, was arrested in the Philippines. Photo: RVSD\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The name of the report? \u003ca href=\"http://www.marincounty.org/depts/gj/reports-and-responses/reports-responses/2010-11/~/media/Files/Departments/GJ/Reports%20Responses/2010/Ross%20Valley%20Sanitary%20District.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">“The Ross Valley Sanitary District: Not Again!”\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Opposition to the board and to Richards’ management grew as rate increases and pipe fixes became increasingly contentious. Dire warnings from the district about a lack of funding fueled concerns. And private security was frequently in attendance at board meetings during the height of the debates.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In June 2012, ratepayers went to the ballot box, ousting incumbent board member Marcia Johnson and electing newcomers (though well known in the community) Frank Egger and Mary Sylla — who found herself the subject of a rambling and angry letter from Richards criticizing her for her campaign and opposition to his policies.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.marinij.com/rosskentfieldgreenbrae/ci_20936778/critical-letter-from-ross-valley-sewer-district-manager\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">According to the Marin Independent Journal, which also has the letter in full\u003c/a>:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>In the letter, Richards, who has been the district’s manager since 2008, suggests that Sylla has been speaking ill of him or untruthfully, but the language is vague.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Having heard numerous stories from others about the words you speak regarding me, it seems fitting to send you this note,” the letter continues. “Frankly, I had hope (sic) you were a better person than you represent yourself to be.”\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>After \u003ca href=\"http://www.marinij.com/opinion/ci_20924457/dick-spotswood-ross-valley-sanitary-district-chief-needs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the Marin IJ published an editorial\u003c/a> arguing that the general manager had received a $350,000 loan from the district to secure housing but hadn’t bought any property, he reportedly stopped coming into work.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Richards was hired in 2008 and paid $163,000 a year, which was raised to $197,000 in 2009. Under his contract, he also was prohibited from being fired in the 90 days before a board election or 180 days after.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After failing to come into work for weeks, Richards emailed his resignation in late July 2012, according to the district lawyer. In September, Richards \u003ca href=\"http://sananselmofairfax.patch.com/groups/politics-and-elections/p/brett-richards-takes-the-ross-valley-sanitary-distric8a7bfb7b6a\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">started a blog to expose the truth about the campaign against him and RVSD\u003c/a>. Ross Valley Sewer Truth, which dove into a number of political issues that had been hot topics, such as sewage agency consolidation, is now defunct and has been taken down.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://sananselmofairfax.patch.com/groups/politics-and-elections/p/brett-richards-takes-the-ross-valley-sanitary-distric8a7bfb7b6a\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">According to the San Anselmo-Fairfax Patch\u003c/a>:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>The purpose of the blog? According to the author, it will disclose, in the order of events, Ross Valley Sanitary District happenings between 2008 and 2010.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“In the pages that follow, you are going to learn about board members, mayors, councilpersons, lawyers, public employees, those who are willing to subject themselves to a carefully shielded power group, and what happens to those when they don’t. 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Those efforts, and the return of the big fish to the little creeks with the autumn rains, have provided a feel-good story for Bay Area TV news crews and nature lovers alike.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the latest effort to help the coho goes further and has angered some of the people who own property along the creeks. A proposed \u003ca href=\"http://www.co.marin.ca.us/depts/CD/main/comdev/advance/Documents/Draft_SCA_Ordinance_PC%20Revisions_05172013.pdf\">ordinance\u003c/a> would restrict development within 100 feet of streams. Property owners say the ordinance will make their land less valuable; environmentalists say that the law doesn’t go far enough.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The county Planning Commission unanimously passed the ordinance and it goes before the Board of Supervisors on June 18. As the vote approaches, the two sides have stepped up their campaigning.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a possible sign of the tension around the issue — or maybe a simple act of vandalism — someone arrived on the banks of San Geronimo Creek last month and ripped out salmon-monitoring equipment used by \u003ca href=\"http://www.spawnusa.org/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Salmon Protection and Watershed Network\u003c/a>, the group that has led the campaign to save the coho that still come back to the local creeks to spawn every year. The group — yes, it goes by the moniker SPAWN — uploaded this video, showing someone ripping the monitoring station out of the creek:\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http://www.youtube.com/embed/jAJGJm9Ht4g?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The fate of coho salmon in the Marin streams could have ramifications far beyond the North Bay.\u003c!--more--> What happens to coho salmon there could affect the species throughout North America, said Eric Ettlinger, an aquatic ecologist at the Marin Municipal Water District.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s the southernmost stable population in North America,” he said. “It’s very important for California because our fish likely have adaptations to live where the water is warmer than it is farther north.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As the climate gets warmer, the Marin fish might share these adaptations with coho farther north, providing a measure of protection for the species.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the Marin coho have gone through a tough time in recent decades. Though biologists did not keep a close count until the 1990s, they estimate that thousands spawned each year in the Lagunitas watershed until half a century ago.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>From the winter of 1995-1996, biologists have estimated the population at about 500 adults. Then in 2008, the number dropped to about 50 adults, low enough that the population might start inbreeding. “A population that stays at that level has a severe risk of extinction,” said Ettlinger.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Dams that provide much of the water for Marin County cut off about half of the salmon’s habitat, Ettlinger said. But he added that the construction of buildings and roads, the introduction of nonnative plants and the removal of wood from streambeds also played a role.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Environmentalists want a buffer along the streams to protect plants that shade the water, provide food for the salmon, prevent erosion and runoff, and slow currents that can harm baby salmon.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In its current draft, the ordinance doesn’t go far enough, said SPAWN Executive Director Todd Steiner. “The ordinance creates a 100-foot streamside buffer but has exemptions that allow anyone to develop within it,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For example, it exempts ephemeral streams — those that dry up in the summer — unless they have vegetation of the type that lives on streams. And it exempts additions to buildings if the additions are 500 square feet or less.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On May 23, SPAWN released a \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/05/30/98296/letter-3/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-98753\">letter\u003c/a> from 140 scientists calling for a more restrictive ordinance.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On the other side of the debate, the \u003ca href=\"http://sgvstewards.org/news/articles/may2013_petition.html\">San Geronimo Valley Stewards\u003c/a>, a group of property owners, said the ordinance goes too far.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Niz Brown, the group’s treasurer, says she owns three pieces of property on which development would not be possible under the ordinance because it is so restrictive.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It makes sense to exempt ephemeral streams because they don’t have fish in them, she said. “They’re really not streams, they’re ditches,” said Brown.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She said salmon populations are rebounding, so the protections aren’t necessary. She pointed out that the Marin coho population has come back since 2009.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_98732\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 300px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/05/30/98296/salmon-redd-counts/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-98732\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-98732\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/06/salmon-redd-counts-300x201.png\" alt=\"Scientists estimate the number of adult salmon by doubling the number of redds, or nests. (Courtesy of the Marin Municipal Water District)\" width=\"300\" height=\"201\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Scientists estimate the number of adult salmon by doubling the number of redds, or nests. (Courtesy of the Marin Municipal Water District)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In the winter of 2012-2013, biologists estimated there were about 486 adults. Ettlinger said changes in ocean conditions seem to have played an important part in the recent fall and rise.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the latest count still falls well short of the 1,300 that would be required to change the fish’s status from “endangered” to “threatened,” and is a small fraction of the 2,600 that would classify them as “recovered,” said Charlotte Ambrose, recovery coordinator for the National Marine Fisheries Service in Santa Rosa.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And Ettlinger said ephemeral streams really \u003cem>are\u003c/em> important to salmon. Unlike artificial ditches, ephemeral streams flow into larger streams, affecting the water quality. Even when they appear dry, Steiner said, water flows beneath the surface.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That brings us back to the banks of a creek you can see flowing all year round, San Geronimo, the scene of last month’s vandalism.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The person shown on the 31-second SPAWN video — you can’t see much about who it is, though the individual appears to be Caucasian, barefoot and have jeans rolled up—destroys a monitoring station consisting of a net that funnels the fish into a box where researchers count and examine them before releasing them back into the water.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>SPAWN’s Todd Steiner said some of the equipment belonged to the California Department of Fish and Wildlife and some to his group.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>SPAWN is offering $500 for information leading to the conviction of the culprit. The organization requested that anyone with useful information contact Andy Harris at andy@tirn.net or call the SPAWN office at (415) 663-8590.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the meantime, SPAWN has repaired the equipment, and plans to continue monitoring the rise and fall of the rare fish.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a possible sign of the tension around the issue — or maybe a simple act of vandalism — someone arrived on the banks of San Geronimo Creek last month and ripped out salmon-monitoring equipment used by \u003ca href=\"http://www.spawnusa.org/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Salmon Protection and Watershed Network\u003c/a>, the group that has led the campaign to save the coho that still come back to the local creeks to spawn every year. The group — yes, it goes by the moniker SPAWN — uploaded this video, showing someone ripping the monitoring station out of the creek:\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http://www.youtube.com/embed/jAJGJm9Ht4g?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The fate of coho salmon in the Marin streams could have ramifications far beyond the North Bay.\u003c!--more--> What happens to coho salmon there could affect the species throughout North America, said Eric Ettlinger, an aquatic ecologist at the Marin Municipal Water District.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s the southernmost stable population in North America,” he said. “It’s very important for California because our fish likely have adaptations to live where the water is warmer than it is farther north.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As the climate gets warmer, the Marin fish might share these adaptations with coho farther north, providing a measure of protection for the species.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the Marin coho have gone through a tough time in recent decades. Though biologists did not keep a close count until the 1990s, they estimate that thousands spawned each year in the Lagunitas watershed until half a century ago.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>From the winter of 1995-1996, biologists have estimated the population at about 500 adults. Then in 2008, the number dropped to about 50 adults, low enough that the population might start inbreeding. “A population that stays at that level has a severe risk of extinction,” said Ettlinger.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Dams that provide much of the water for Marin County cut off about half of the salmon’s habitat, Ettlinger said. But he added that the construction of buildings and roads, the introduction of nonnative plants and the removal of wood from streambeds also played a role.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Environmentalists want a buffer along the streams to protect plants that shade the water, provide food for the salmon, prevent erosion and runoff, and slow currents that can harm baby salmon.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In its current draft, the ordinance doesn’t go far enough, said SPAWN Executive Director Todd Steiner. “The ordinance creates a 100-foot streamside buffer but has exemptions that allow anyone to develop within it,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For example, it exempts ephemeral streams — those that dry up in the summer — unless they have vegetation of the type that lives on streams. And it exempts additions to buildings if the additions are 500 square feet or less.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On May 23, SPAWN released a \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/05/30/98296/letter-3/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-98753\">letter\u003c/a> from 140 scientists calling for a more restrictive ordinance.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On the other side of the debate, the \u003ca href=\"http://sgvstewards.org/news/articles/may2013_petition.html\">San Geronimo Valley Stewards\u003c/a>, a group of property owners, said the ordinance goes too far.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Niz Brown, the group’s treasurer, says she owns three pieces of property on which development would not be possible under the ordinance because it is so restrictive.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It makes sense to exempt ephemeral streams because they don’t have fish in them, she said. “They’re really not streams, they’re ditches,” said Brown.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She said salmon populations are rebounding, so the protections aren’t necessary. She pointed out that the Marin coho population has come back since 2009.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_98732\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 300px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/05/30/98296/salmon-redd-counts/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-98732\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-98732\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/06/salmon-redd-counts-300x201.png\" alt=\"Scientists estimate the number of adult salmon by doubling the number of redds, or nests. (Courtesy of the Marin Municipal Water District)\" width=\"300\" height=\"201\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Scientists estimate the number of adult salmon by doubling the number of redds, or nests. (Courtesy of the Marin Municipal Water District)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In the winter of 2012-2013, biologists estimated there were about 486 adults. Ettlinger said changes in ocean conditions seem to have played an important part in the recent fall and rise.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the latest count still falls well short of the 1,300 that would be required to change the fish’s status from “endangered” to “threatened,” and is a small fraction of the 2,600 that would classify them as “recovered,” said Charlotte Ambrose, recovery coordinator for the National Marine Fisheries Service in Santa Rosa.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And Ettlinger said ephemeral streams really \u003cem>are\u003c/em> important to salmon. Unlike artificial ditches, ephemeral streams flow into larger streams, affecting the water quality. Even when they appear dry, Steiner said, water flows beneath the surface.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That brings us back to the banks of a creek you can see flowing all year round, San Geronimo, the scene of last month’s vandalism.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The person shown on the 31-second SPAWN video — you can’t see much about who it is, though the individual appears to be Caucasian, barefoot and have jeans rolled up—destroys a monitoring station consisting of a net that funnels the fish into a box where researchers count and examine them before releasing them back into the water.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>SPAWN’s Todd Steiner said some of the equipment belonged to the California Department of Fish and Wildlife and some to his group.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>SPAWN is offering $500 for information leading to the conviction of the culprit. The organization requested that anyone with useful information contact Andy Harris at andy@tirn.net or call the SPAWN office at (415) 663-8590.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_97842\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 241px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/05/Ale-Ekstrom.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-97842\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/05/Ale-Ekstrom-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Ale Ekstrom, who's been living on the water for over 50 years. (Photo: Sam Harnett)\" width=\"241\" height=\"161\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ale Ekstrom, who's been living in an \"anchor-out\" for more than 50 years. (Photo: Noam Eshel) \u003ccite>(Noam Eshel)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Marin County is one of the most expensive places to live in the Bay Area, which in turn is one of the most expensive places to live in the country. Unless you live in an \u003ca href=\"https://www.google.com/search?q=anchor-out\" target=\"_blank\">anchor-out\u003c/a>, that is—then your housing costs are practically nil. Anchor-outs are boats that people are living illegally off the coast of Sausalito, and they are \u003ca href=\"http://www.alamedasun.com/local-and-hometown/9833-marina-owners-complain-of-anchor-out-abuses\" target=\"_blank\">not without controversy\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This \u003ca href=\"http://www.smithsonianmag.com/people-places/Everything-Floats-Their-HouseBoats-What-Its-Like-to-Live-on-the-Dock-of-the-San-Francisco-Bay.html\" target=\"_blank\">2012 Smithsonian Magazine piece\u003c/a> addresses the checkered history of Sausalito's houseboat community, which includes both the anchor-out boats and those moored on the docks ...\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>During the 1950s and ‘60s, as the Beats gave way to the hippies, the chance to construct rent-free homes out of abandoned boats and flotsam was a siren song that drew a spectrum of characters. Some were working artists ... who bought and improved old boats. There were also musicians, drug dealers, misfits and other fringe-dwellers. The waterfront swelled into a community of squatters who, as [houseboat resident and Whole Earth Catalog creator Stewart] Brand puts it, “had more nerve than money ....\" Through the early 1970s, the Sausalito houseboat scene was a sort of anarchist commune.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003c!--more-->\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A conflict with land interests ensued, and a \"long and ugly battle known as \u003ca href=\"https://www.google.com/search?q=houseboat+wars\" target=\"_blank\">The Houseboat Wars\u003c/a>\" followed, in which \"ultimately, the developers more or less prevailed.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While hundreds of houseboats are currently docked at Sausalito's harbor, since the recession in 2007 the number of anchor-outs beyond those moorings has grown from about 100 to 150. I went out recently to visit one of the oldest members of this community, Ale Ekstrom, who's been living on an anchor-out for more than 50 years. The \u003ca href=\"http://www.marinij.com/sausalito/ci_21339925/lib-at-large-ale-eckstrom-is-grandfather-sausalitos\" target=\"_blank\">Marin Independent Journal calls him\u003c/a> \"the grandfather of Sausalito's storied anchor-outs.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To get to Ekstrom's boat, you need a boat; he lives about a quarter-mile offshore, in a wooden naval search-and-rescue ship from 1942. It’s about 30 feet long, with a little house perched on top.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I don't get that many people who take the trouble to come all the way out to the boat,\" he tells me.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TLhKYSfT7T8]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ekstrom hasn't lived on solid ground since leaving Kansas to join the Navy. He says he was a radarman in the '50s and was sent down to the Marshall Islands for a series of atomic bomb tests. After witnessing the explosions, Ekstrom, who is 76, says, he never expected to live much past 30.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He joined the floating community in Sausalito after he left the service, playing folk music, living off the grid and on the water.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ekstrom takes me through a trap door to the bottom of the ship. Passing some crowded storage areas, we reach a washroom with a claw-foot tub. The boat also has a kitchen and a living room, packed but orderly—shelves of books, a miniature upright piano in the center. Knickknacks abound. Ekstrom has a a furnace, plus 500 gallons of fresh water and even a generator. It's all pretty cozy ... until bad weather hits.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Oh Lord, I tell people I rise and fall on every tide that flows and turn to face every wind that blows.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ekstrom says the town and bay have changed drastically since the height of the houseboat community in the 1970s.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It was a Portuguese fishing town when I got here. ... None of all these yachts and all this stuff, none of that was here. There were just some ruins, old boats and ships and things along the mudflats here.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He looks out the window at Strawberry Point, which used to be undeveloped but is now covered with sprawling houses.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"They’re too large for single family dwellings and they’re too close together,\" he says. \"You can’t throw a piss pot out your window without staining your neighbor’s wall.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ekstrom lives on Social Security and says he can't save up enough money to give the boat a good bottom cleaning.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Oh I'm overwhelmed by the boat,\" he says. \"You see signs of dry rot all around it. Sooner or later it will be impossible to keep this old boat afloat any longer.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Still, Ekstrom doesn't plan on leaving.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I wonder what people without boats could possibly do with all that extra time. It's taking care of the boats and dancing around for the emergencies and all that has kept me limber.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As we shove off, Ekstrom pulls out his old Navy bosun’s whistle and blows us a goodbye.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[soundcloud url=\"http://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/93395769\"]\u003c/p>\n\n",
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This includes a scientific integrity complaint filed by a member of the National Academy of Sciences that alleged the Department manipulated scientific data to overestimate disturbance to harbor seals and other impacts on the National Seashore soundscape. For example, the draft estimated the farm’s impact by using sound measurements for a jet ski from New Jersey and a cement mixer and failed to explain their use as substitutes for the farm’s actual boats and equipment. The Office of the Inspector General issued a report dismissing these scientific integrity allegations.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>Meanwhile Sen. David Vitter, R-La., has introduced\u003ca href=\"http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/113/s17/text\"> a bill\u003c/a> that would extend the farm's lease — as well as issuing permits for building the controversial \u003ca href=\"http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/10/us/canadian-official-in-us-to-push-keystone-xl.html?ref=keystonepipeline\" target=\"_blank\">Keystone XL\u003c/a> pipeline and drilling for oil in the \u003ca href=\"http://arctic.fws.gov/\" target=\"_blank\">Arctic National Wildlife Refuge\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lunny was \"taken aback\" when he learned about the bill, according to \u003ca href=\"http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/10/us/public-land-battle-over-drakes-bay-oyster-draws-unlikely-allies.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0\">The New York Times\u003c/a>:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>“Now people are saying we’re connected to right-wing groups, that we’ll have offshore drilling and it’ll be Drakes Bay Oyster’s fault that the Keystone pipeline gets built,” Mr. Lunny said. “And we’re saying: ‘Where does this come from? 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"content": "\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_89380\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 300px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/02/15/marin-state-parks-association-lands-deal-to-care-for-three-parks/33-house-on-stilts/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-89380\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-89380\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/02/33-house-on-stilts-300x168.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Nestled along the shore of the San Pablo Bay, China Camp was once home to a Chinese shrimp-fishing village that dates back to the 1880s. 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"content": "\u003cp>You could do worse than become known as a land of love and peace, a group of Marinites decided last week. That’s after comedian Jon Stewart referred off-hand to a “Kumbaya Patrol” in Marin County.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Finally everyone from the NRA to the Marin County Kumbaya Patrol is ready to talk about gun violence, although, to be fair, the Kumbaya Patrol has been ready for quite some time now,” he cracked on the Jan. 8 “Daily Show.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Marin remark comes toward the beginning of this segment:\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv style=\"background-color: #000000;width: 520px\">\n\u003cdiv style=\"padding: 4px\">\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http://media.mtvnservices.com/embed/mgid:cms:video:thedailyshow.com:422698\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"512\" height=\"288\">\u003c/iframe>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;background-color: #ffffff;padding: 4px;margin-top: 4px;margin-bottom: 0px;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12px\">\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/tue-january-8-2013/scapegoat-hunter\">The Daily Show with Jon Stewart\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nGet More: \u003ca href=\"http://www.thedailyshow.com/full-episodes/\">Daily Show Full Episodes\u003c/a>,\u003ca href=\"http://www.indecisionforever.com/\">Political Humor & Satire Blog\u003c/a>,\u003ca href=\"http://www.facebook.com/thedailyshow\">The Daily Show on Facebook\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003cp>\u003c!--more-->\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to \u003ca href=\"http://www.marinij.com/sanrafael/ci_22357644/jon-stewarts-daily-show-joke-spawns-marin-county\">the Marin Independent Journal\u003c/a>, the remark took on a life of its own:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>The next day, Iron Springs Brewery in Fairfax saw Marin’s national exposure as a chance to have some fun with its customers, posting on its Facebook page an offer of complimentary fries to “anyone from the Marin County Kumbaya Patrol from noon to 4 today.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Of course the brewery didn’t have to worry about a run on fries because there really wasn’t a Marin County Kumbaya Patrol. But there would be soon enough. After one of his friends was refused free fries, Adam Ladwig, a 32-year-old San Rafael accountant, created a Marin County Kumbaya Patrol Facebook group page that became an instant hit.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>As of noon on Tuesday, 646 people have “liked” the \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/MarinCountyKumbayaPatrol\">Facebook group\u003c/a>. So far the group has not announced any actual patrols. But Stewart has it right when he calls Marin County a place likely to control guns. A recent gun buy-back program in Novato was a huge success, \u003ca href=\"http://sananselmofairfax.patch.com/articles/line-down-the-block-for-gun-buy-back-program#video-12970351\">the San Anselmo-Fairfax Patch reports\u003c/a>:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So far the Kumbaya Patrol has not announced any actual missions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But what exactly would a Kumbaya Patrol do, anyway?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kumbaya, of course, is the name of a song with such lyrics as “Kumbaya, my lord, kumbaya.” According to a 2010 \u003ca href=\"http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/20/us/20religion.html?_r=2&hp&\">New York Times\u003c/a> article, the word Kumbaya is a distortion of “Come By Here,” and dates back to Gullah dialect songs from the coast of Georgia, first documented in the 1920s.\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>The lyrics told of people in despair and in trouble, calling on heaven for help, and beseeching God in the refrain, “Come by here,”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>…a song deeply rooted in black Christianity’s vision of a God who intercedes to deliver both solace and justice, by the 1960s became the pallid pop-folk sing-along “Kumbaya.” And “Kumbaya,” in turn, has lately been transformed into snarky shorthand for ridiculing a certain kind of idealism, a quest for common ground.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Given the schoolhouse massacre that inspired the current debate on gun control, perhaps the original meaning makes the most sense.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_84426\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 300px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2012/12/72929690.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-84426\" title=\"Christmas trees are discarded in Prioty\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2012/12/72929690-300x193.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"193\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Many cities and counties compost Christmas trees. (Leon Neal/AFP/Getty Images) \u003ccite>(Leon Neal/AFP/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Don't go over your city or county's Christmas tree composting/recycling cliff. Find out when and how to get rid of that tree with our annual guide.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>No county or city accepts flocked or decorated trees for curbside pickup, although some Boy Scout troops do for a charge. Most counties compost their trees. We've included city information when possible.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Alameda County\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nMost cities collect holiday trees through the first two weeks of January on regular pickup days.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.albanyca.org/index.aspx?page=134\">Albany\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n(510) 613-8710\u003cbr>\nHoliday trees are collected through the month of January. Residents can place trees at the curb next to the green waste, recycling and trash carts on regular pickup days. Trees taller than 6 feet must be cut into smaller parts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.ci.berkeley.ca.us/ContentDisplay.aspx?id=5606#HOLIDAY_TREES\">Berkeley\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n(510) 981-7270\u003cbr>\nDuring the month of January, residents can place trees at the curb next to the plant debris cart. Residents can also drop trees at the \u003ca href=\"http://www.ci.berkeley.ca.us/transferstation/\" target=\"_blank\">Transfer Station\u003c/a> at 1201 Second Street at no charge during the month of January.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Businesses and residents of multi-family buildings who don't normally have plant debris service can ask a neighbor for the plant debris pickup day on that block, or call (510) 981-7270 for information.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Trees more than 7 feet tall should be cut in half.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!--more-->\u003ca href=\"http://amadorvalleyindustries.com/pdf/AVI_Newsletter_10-2012.pdf\">Dublin\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\nResidents can place their tree at the curb by 5:30 a.m. on their regular service day December 26 through January 4. Trees must be cut down to 4 feet or less. After January 6, residents can place trees into the Organics Cart along with acceptable yard trimmings. Tree branches and stumps must be cut up in lengths that will allow the lid to securely close.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For a $5 donation per tree, local Boy Scouts will pick up trees on Saturday, January 5. Reservations are required. You can make reservations \u003ca href=\"www.dublin905.mytroop.us/\">online\u003c/a> or call (925) 558-2709.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Emeryville\u003cbr>\n(510) 613-2104\u003cbr>\nFor single-family residences, trees are picked up curbside during the first two weeks of January on the regular pickup days.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Multiple family residences should coordinate with Waste Management at (510) 613-2104 to arrange for a dumpster. Trees must be cut to less than 5 feet tall.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.fremont.gov/archives/37/CityNews_Winter2012.pdf\">Fremont\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\nTrees that are less than 6-feet-tall can be placed on the curb between December 31 and January 11 on scheduled collection days. Collection is one day later January 1 to 4.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Residents can also drop off trees Monday through Friday during regular hours at 42600 Boyce Road, Fremont.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On January 5, a local Boy Scout troop will also pick up trees for $5. Call (510) 494-4580 to make a reservation by January 2.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://user.govoutreach.com/hayward/faq.php?cid=11125\">Hayward\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n(510) 537-5500\u003cbr>\nResidents can leave trees less than 5-feet-tall on the curb for regular pick up for the first two weeks of January. After that, trees left at the curb can be picked up for a fee, but will not be recycled.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Newark\u003cbr>\n(510) 624-5900\u003cbr>\nThe city will collect trees left at the curb through the month of January on regular pick up days. Trees must be cut to 5-feet-tall.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www2.oaklandnet.com/Government/o/PWA/o/FE/s/GAR/OAK024756\" target=\"_blank\">Oakland\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\nResidents can place trees at the curb by 6 a.m. on regular pickup days during the first two weeks of January. Trees must be no more than 5-feet-tall. After that, residents can drop off trees at the Davis Street Transfer Station.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.sanleandro.org/depts/pw/es/recycle.asp\">San Leandro\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\nResidents can place trees less than 6-feet-tall on the curb for pickup during the first two weeks of January.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.ci.union-city.ca.us/recycle/holiday_trees.htm\">Union City\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n(510) 471-3850\u003cbr>\nTrees should be place inside green yard-waste carts. If they do not fit, trees should be cut in half, with half going inside the cart and the other half on the curb next to the cart. TRI-CED will collect trees during the month of January.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!--more-->\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Contra Costa County\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.ci.pittsburg.ca.us/index.aspx?page=476#Tree%20recycling\">Pittsburg\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\nPlace trees less than 5-feet-tall at the curb for regular pickup. Larger trees should be cut in half and placed on the curb.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.sanramon.ca.gov/recycle/xtree.htm\" target=\"_blank\">San Ramon\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\nThe city will pick up trees less than 6-feet-tall during the week of January 7. For a $5 fee a local Boy Scout troop will pick up trees on January 5. Visit www.sanramonscouts.org or e-mail sanramontrees@yahoo.com, or call (925) 362-8960.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.marinsanitary.com/\">\u003cstrong>Marin County\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Christmas trees will be picked up throughout January at the curb on regularly scheduled days. Trees more than 6-feet-tall must be cut in half.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Marin Sanitary customers can also drop off up to two Christmas trees for free at the Marin Resource Recovery Center at 565 Jacoby Street, San Rafael. There is a charge for flocked trees.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.ci.larkspur.ca.us/CivicAlerts.aspx?AID=281\">Larkspur\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\nTrees can be dropped off in Piper Park near the ball fields, and on Barry Way next to Niven Park in Greenbrae until January 15.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.millvalleyrefuse.com/holidayschedule.htm\">Mill Valley\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\nTrees will be picked up on regular days throughout January. Trees more than 5 feet tall must be cut in half.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.naparecycling.com/Christmas_trees\">\u003cstrong>Napa County\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n(707) 255-5200\u003cbr>\nNapa Valley District Boy Scouts will pick up trees left on the curb by 9 a.m. on January 5. They ask for a donation of $5. You can also recycle old Christmas lights at the Napa Recycling and Waste Services office.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://sunsetscavenger.com/holiday.htm\">\u003cstrong>San Francisco County\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n(415) 330-1300\u003cbr>\nResidents can place trees at the curb on regularly scheduled pickup days from January 2 to 11. Trees taller than 6 feet need to be cut in half.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.recycleworks.org/resident/treelist.html\">\u003cstrong>San Mateo County\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\nTrees less than 8-feet-tall can be left at the curb for regular pick up during the month of January. Residents without regular trash pickup can drop off their trees at \u003ca href=\"http://www.recycleworks.org/resident/treelist.html\">several locations\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Santa Clara County\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://westvalleyrecycles.com/serviceareas/schedules.html\">Campbell\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\nWest Valley Collection and Recycling will pick up two trees per residence on the curb during regular service until January 25. Trees must be less than 5-feet-tall.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.recologysouthbay.com/residentialCupertinoYardWaste.htm\">Cupertino\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\nCurbside pickup is available. Trees must be undecorated and cut into 3-foot lengths and placed in the yard-waste bin with the lid closed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.recologysouthbay.com/index.php/for-homes/unincorporated-cupertino-recycling-garbage-compost#compost\">Unincorporated Cupertino\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\nCurbside pickup is available. Place undecorated tree by the yard-waste bin on pickup day; small trees may be placed inside the bin. Apartment residents should place all trees in a central location and call (408) 918-4640 to arrange a pickup.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.recologysouthvalley.com/gilroyCompost.htm\">Gilroy\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\nCurbside pickup is available. Cut trees into 3-foot by 3-foot sections and place on curb next to bin. Also, trees may be cut into small pieces and placed inside of yard-waste bin, but lid must close.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.recologysouthbay.com/residentialULosAltosYardWaste.htm\">Los Altos\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\nCurbside pickup is available. Place undecorated tree by the yard-waste bin on pickup day; small trees may be placed inside the bin. Apartment residents should place all trees in a central location and call (408) 918-4640 to arrange a pickup.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://westvalleyrecycles.com/serviceareas/schedules.html\">Los Gatos\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\nWest Valley Collection and Recycling will pick up two trees per residence on the curb during regular service until January 25. Trees must be less than 5-feet-tall.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.ci.milpitas.ca.gov/_pdfs/_event_holiday_schedule_010513.pdf\">Milpitas\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\nResidents should place their undecorated trees (flocked trees are OK) by the curb on their pickup day by January 11. Trees should be cut into 4-foot lengths. For more questions, call (408) 432-0444.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Solano County\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Most cities and unincorporated areas do allow for curbside collection. Often trees must be cut down to 5 feet. Check the \u003ca href=\"http://www.solanocounty.com/civicax/filebank/blobdload.aspx?blobid=11475\">online newsletter\u003c/a> for details for each city.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Also, several Boy Scout troops are picking up trees in the following cities: \u003ca href=\"http://search.earth911.com/program/Q1RQNVJZX1xDUw/?what=christmas+trees&where=Elmira%2C+CA&max_distance=25&country=US&province=CA&city=Elmira®ion=Solano&postal_code=95625&latitude=38.3104969&longitude=-121.9017954&list_filter=all\">Dixon\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"http://search.earth911.com/program/Q1RQNVJZX1xDXQ/?what=christmas+trees&where=Elmira%2C+CA&max_distance=25&country=US&province=CA&city=Elmira®ion=Solano&postal_code=95625&latitude=38.3104969&longitude=-121.9017954&list_filter=curbside\" target=\"_blank\">Fairfield\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"http://search.earth911.com/program/Q1RQNVJZX1xDUg/?what=christmas+trees&where=Elmira%2C+CA&max_distance=25&country=US&province=CA&city=Elmira®ion=Solano&postal_code=95625&latitude=38.3104969&longitude=-121.9017954&list_filter=curbside\" target=\"_blank\">Vacaville\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"http://search.earth911.com/program/Q1RQNVJZX1xDVw/?what=christmas+trees&where=vallejo%2C+CA&max_distance=25&country=UNITED+STATES&province=California&city=Vallejo®ion=Solano&postal_code=94590&latitude=38.1040864&longitude=-122.2566367&list_filter=all\" target=\"_blank\">Vallejo\u003c/a>. The County's \u003ca href=\"http://www.solanocounty.com/civicax/filebank/blobdload.aspx?blobid=11475\">online newsletter\u003c/a> has phone numbers and email addresses to make appointments for tree pickup.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"http://www.recyclenow.org/recycling/tree.asp\">Sonoma County\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Residents have three options for getting rid of their Christmas trees this year:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cut trees to fit in the yard-waste container with the lid closed. The following cities (and unincorporated Sonoma County) can put whole trees next to the yard-waste bin: Cloverdale, Healdsburg, Petaluma, Rohnert Park, Santa Rosa and Windsor.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Residents can also call (707) 565-3333 to make an appointment and a non-profit will pick up your whole tree. Suggested $7 donation. 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You can make reservations \u003ca href=\"www.dublin905.mytroop.us/\">online\u003c/a> or call (925) 558-2709.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Emeryville\u003cbr>\n(510) 613-2104\u003cbr>\nFor single-family residences, trees are picked up curbside during the first two weeks of January on the regular pickup days.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Multiple family residences should coordinate with Waste Management at (510) 613-2104 to arrange for a dumpster. Trees must be cut to less than 5 feet tall.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.fremont.gov/archives/37/CityNews_Winter2012.pdf\">Fremont\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\nTrees that are less than 6-feet-tall can be placed on the curb between December 31 and January 11 on scheduled collection days. Collection is one day later January 1 to 4.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Residents can also drop off trees Monday through Friday during regular hours at 42600 Boyce Road, Fremont.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On January 5, a local Boy Scout troop will also pick up trees for $5. Call (510) 494-4580 to make a reservation by January 2.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://user.govoutreach.com/hayward/faq.php?cid=11125\">Hayward\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n(510) 537-5500\u003cbr>\nResidents can leave trees less than 5-feet-tall on the curb for regular pick up for the first two weeks of January. After that, trees left at the curb can be picked up for a fee, but will not be recycled.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Newark\u003cbr>\n(510) 624-5900\u003cbr>\nThe city will collect trees left at the curb through the month of January on regular pick up days. Trees must be cut to 5-feet-tall.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www2.oaklandnet.com/Government/o/PWA/o/FE/s/GAR/OAK024756\" target=\"_blank\">Oakland\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\nResidents can place trees at the curb by 6 a.m. on regular pickup days during the first two weeks of January. Trees must be no more than 5-feet-tall. 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