Bodega Bay News

Fishermen are checking, mending and stacking pots and tending to their boats in preparation for the opening of commercial crab season.

How do starfish keep cool when lying on the sand during low tide? Dr Sylvain Pincebourde and colleagues at the University of California, Davis and Bodega Marine Laboratory, Bodega Bay, California, studied starfish in an aquarium, replicating tides and environmental conditions.

Cool starfish One starfish has a remarkable strategy to avoid overheating in the sun, scientists have discovered.

A high-altitude aerial photograph of the California coast reveals some perfectly curved sections of shoreline.

I n 1961, while scouting locations for his movie The Birds , director Alfred Hitchcock came on the village of Bodega Bay in Sonoma County an hour north of San Francisco.

An Elk Grove man and his dog were back on solid ground Monday after they were rescued from a cliffside over the weekend.

Bodega Head is site of a popular hiking trail, but it runs along steep cliffs overlooking the Pacific Ocean.

The first major storm of the season has been dumping rain on Sonoma County and will likely continue to do so through Wednesday morning.

Universal Pictures Tippi Hedren frets that getting involved with Rod Taylor in "The Birds" would result in a fly-by-night affair.

The rugged stretch of land that runs along Sonoma County's coast inspires grand passions.

Meal you would travel fo r: Raw fish fresh off the line of a fishing hook and a bottle of Savignon Blanc in a small boat at sunset in the middle of Marlborough Sounds, New Zealand.

Observer, Ishmael , and I went to Bodega Bay last weekend for the day coupled with a stay in Napa with my sister and a visit to Jack London's house.

Last summer, Monica Antonio planted seeds she'd saved from supermarket tomatoes, carefully tended the plants and dreamed of fat juicy fruit, ripe for a salad or a little fresh salsa.

With more than 250 wineries, miles of rugged Pacific Ocean coastline and some of the most fertile earth in California, Sonoma County embodies the organic, natural and deliberate life that typifies wine country.

We all know that scheduling regular facials, investing in the right skin care products and eating healthy foods are the keys to warding off prematurely aging skin.

The blue whale population on the West Coast is on the rise, according to researchers who photographed this one off Bodega Bay, Calif.

It's a sweltering day in Tracy. July behind bars at Deuel Vocational Institution smells like sweat, bleach and old orange peels.

Stinson Beach is off limits for the rest of the week following not just one, but two shark sightings.

This is part of a series of stories about where our food comes from. For previous Food Conscious articles, see the links with this story on sfgate.com/food. When it comes to local produce, Bay Area residents can be considered a well-educated bunch.

A super high-tech ship, docked in San Francisco, is set to explore the oceans in brand new ways.