Rattlesnakes

Officials with the East Bay Regional Park District are warning visitors and hikers of its parks to be aware of the re-emergence of snakes — most notably rattlesnakes — along some regional park trails.

March used to be considered a relatively safe month for snake-adverse hikers. Not anymore.

Al Wolf is used to clearing one or two snakes from under houses but recently was called by a woman who said she had seen rattlesnakes scurry under her Northern California house and was surprised to find more than 90 rattlesnakes getting ready to hibernate.

More than 90 rattlesnakes were found under a California home, according to a reptile rescue group. “I got a call from somebody that said they had snakes under their house, 3 hours and 45 minutes later This is what I came out with,” Sonoma County Reptile Rescue shared on Facebook earlier this month. “What would you do,” the man who…