Arts & Entertainment Notable Humans: Berkeley Teen Takes On World’s Toughest Swims To Raise Money For Pediatric Cancer This week's notable humans are Maya Merhige, a Berkeley teen who completed her fourth Oceans Seven swim; Tim Friede, whose work self-injecting snake venom has aided crucial antivenom research; and Brighid Kohl, creator of an innovative anti-bullying and leadership program at her college.
Arts & Entertainment Berkeley Reptile Shop Finds Rare Two-Headed Snake A pet store in Berkeley that lays claim to the title of oldest reptile shop in the US, the East Bay Vivarium, has been taking care of a California king snake with a rare mutation — and even more rare is that it has survived over six months.
SF News Sonoma County Sheriff's Helicopter Rescues Teen With Rattlesnake Bite We haven't heard about too many rattlesnake incidents around the Bay so far this year. But there are plenty of the venomous snakes up in the North Bay, and a 13-year-old boy had an encounter with one over the weekend.
SF News Rattlesnake Den Underneath North Bay Home Yields 92 Snakes, and Counting A Sonoma County snake-removal guy — whose nonprofit removes rattlesnakes from private property and releases them elsewhere in the wild or on properties where rodent control is needed — says he recently went under a house and found 92 snakes in a matter of hours.
SF News Here's Your Hyperlocal Reminder That Snakes Are Most Active During the Spring and Summer Months The Bay Area is home to the most beautiful reptile in North America: the San Francisco garter snake. But the region's also populated by rattlesnakes that demand people look where they’re walking, as one couple recently learned while out at Paso Nogal Park.
SF News Record Heat Is Bringing Out Snakes (Watch Out!) Today's potentially record-breaking heat is causing snakes, both the venomous and non-venomous varieties, to slither and creep into yards and homes, alternately seeking both sun and shade. And as Sonoma County Reptile Rescue
SF News Monterey Gynecologist Will Do Time For Unleashing Python On Her Cheating, Snake-Fearing Husband Dr. Mary Kay Brewster bought the three- to four-foot-long python in Salinas, all cash. According to the Contra Costa Times, the 58-year-old Monterey woman with what KSBW reports was a well-regarded gynecology practice
SF News Tiny Garter Snake Reportedly Holds Up Travel At SFO Though SFO will start having a lot more flight delays starting this weekend, a tiny reptile reportedly slowed travel a day ahead of schedule, simply by crawling across the runway. OK, OK, do
SF News Burglary Scam Involving Snake Ruse Hits Peninsula The same two suspects appear to be connected to at least three burglaries, one in Burlingame, one in San Mateo, and one in Fremont, in which homeowners were distracted by one suspect in
SF News Pet Python Lost in Oakland Sweet Jesus, somebody lost their pet python in Oakland, and put up this frightening "lost snake" sign to warn neighbors. The ball python, described as "4 feet long, black & brown, will be
SF News Name the SF Zoo's New Anaconda, Win Stuff The SF Zoo is holding a naming contest for their new Anaconda snake. If your name is selected as the winner for the 16-year old snake, "you and ten of your besties will
misc Afternoon Palate Cleanser: How to Move an Anaconda The San Francisco Zoo's keeper staff moving their giant green anaconda to his new home in the South American Tropical Forest.
