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Super El Niño 2026–27: How to Prep Your San Francisco or Marin Yard Before the Big Storms

Heavy rain on a Victorian home and garden, with water spilling off the roof onto a flagstone path lined with ferns

The ocean is sending a clear signal. On October 8, 2026, NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center reported that El Niño is still strengthening, with a strong-to-very-strong event likely through early 2027 and high odds of a historic one (NOAA CPC). For San Francisco and Marin homeowners, that makes this fall the time for El Niño yard…

Winter Storms Reveal Everything: A Simple SF and Marin Drainage Checklist (and Fixes That Last)

By Bret de Zordo

Pooling water on a backyard lawn after heavy rain in San Francisco.

January in San Francisco and Marin is when your landscape stops pretending. A summer yard can look perfectly fine while quietly failing underneath: compacted soil, hidden low spots, and drainage paths that only show up when the ground saturates. Winter rains make those patterns obvious. After a few storm events, most properties reveal the same…