Midwest transplants, rejoice! Winter promises to bring more than one snowfall to the East Bay this year, thanks to El Nino and colder-than-normal temperatures. Here is a wonderful video, courtesy of student Bryan Navarro at St. Mary’s College in Moraga,  of our first snow of the season, Dec. 7, 2009:

And thanks to Bennett Hall for the photo, below, of his wife Helen and dog Jasmine on a winter walk.