You never can be too careful. If it was a homicide, I bet he was killed somewhere else and dumped there late at night. Of course you wouldn't want to be there when the crooks were there.

The park staff at Shadow Cliffs has been telling me that the water supply has been diverted and the Arroyo Pond may dry up completely. The priority is to keep the main lake filled. They will net and move the fish to the main lake if the Arroyo Pond gets dangerously low. They're gonna try to keep the Island Pond alive, but it may drop to a very low level. It's a shame, those are my favorite East Bay ponds.