The notice of sale stated that the bidding would start ... Read our feature on the full, contentious history of Point Buckler Island. SFGATE's Editor-at-Large Andrew Chamings is a British writer ...

The John Muir Land Trust bought the disputed 50-acre Point Buckler ... island on the south of Grizzly Bay at the public auction on Jan. 22 in front of the Solano County Courthouse, in Fairfield ...

“The sale of Point Buckler Island offers a new path forward, and we are confident that the nonprofit John Muir Land Trust will restore it into an example of responsible environmental stewardship ...

I mean, so egregious,” White told SFGATE of Sweeney’s unpermitted construction on the island ... the notice of sale states. To some, the battle over Point Buckler is a David and Goliath ...

said the sale of the property brought mixed emotions. “In some ways, this feels like a relief,” he said. Point Buckler Island is shown from the air. (Courtesy Photo) Sweeney said he was ...

The John Muir Land Trust, a nonprofit that owns and protects 4,600 acres in the Bay Area, purchased Point Buckler ... and he told SFGATE that the seizure of his land and sale to the trust is ...

The court-mandated auction of Point Buckler's 50 acres of marshland on the southern edge of Grizzly Bear ended a fight for ownership between state water agencies and the island's former owner ...