North Coast
All of the stories from the Northern California coastal area including Medocino, Humboldt and Del Norte counties
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Aug- 2022 -9 August
You Can Kiss a Giraffe at this Awesome Northern California Park
By Amy Sue Do you have an animal lover in your family? I’ve got one, and she gets extraordinarily excited…
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7 August
Watch Rob Lowe Search for Bigfoot in the Northern California Wilderness
It’s no secret that Northern California sits as the unofficial home of Bigfoot. So when Rob Lowe and his sons…
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Jun- 2022 -9 June
A Stunning Tribute to the Ancient Redwoods of Northern California
The ancient redwoods of Northern California have an aesthetic unlike anywhere in the world. The tallest and oldest trees on…
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6 June
NorCal Destination Makes Outside Magazine’s List of ‘Best Campsites in the U.S.’
Flickr/daveynin When it comes to some of the best camping in the United States, Outside Magazine knows its stuff. That’s…
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1 June
Hiker Dies After Being Swept Out to Sea Along Humboldt Coast
Photo: Rene Rivers A hiker died on Sunday after being swept into the Pacific Ocean near Shelter Cove on the Lost Coast Trail in Humboldt County. The incident began at approximately 2:45 p.m. with a call for two…
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May- 2022 -27 May
Brand-New Elevated Boardwalk Now Fully Open in Jedediah Smith Redwoods
California State Parks, Save the Redwoods League, Redwood Parks Conservancy and the National Park Service have completed construction on the…
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21 May
Redwood Coast Kite Festival Returns to Eureka this Weekend
Photo: Humboldt Kiters The Humboldt Kiters will be hosting the Redwood Coast Kite Festival in Eureka, California this weekend. The…
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18 May
Save the Redwoods League Allocates Nearly $130,000 to Research Coastal Redwood and Giant Sequoia Forests in 2022
Montgomery Woods State Natural Reserve. Photo: Max Forster Save the Redwoods League announced it has selected eight projects to receive a…
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18 May
Dog Saves Owner From Vicious Mountain Lion Attack Along the Trinity River
Photo: Forest Service Northern Region Erin Wilson and her dog Eva were enjoying a beautiful day at the Whites Bar…
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10 May
Watch the Condor Return to its Native Northern California Land After 100 Years
For the first time in 100 years, the endangered condor has returned to Northern California. During a livestream by the…
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9 May
Watch as Thousands of Seagulls Breed on the Humboldt Coast
It’s seagull breeding season on the Humboldt coast near Trinidad, California, meaning thousands of seagulls are nesting on their eggs…
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Apr- 2022 -29 April
Semi Crash on Highway 199 Spills Tar into the Smith River
Photo: Six Rivers National Forest On Thursday afternoon, a semi truck hauling 2,000 gallons of tar overturned on Highway 199 in…
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27 April
Officials Searching for Father-Son Fishing Duo Lost in Humboldt Bay
U.S. Coast Guard personnel are searching for a father-son duo who went lost while fishing in Humboldt Bay Tuesday. Their…
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26 April
Humboldt Park Ranger Explains Why You Should Never Pick Native Wildflowers
Park Ranger Griff is back with another educational lesson for you outdoor adventurers in Northern California. This time he tackles…
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21 April
Coast Guard Rescues Three Hikers from the Lost Coast Trail
Three hikers needed the assistance of a helicopter crew from the U.S. Coast Guard to be extracted from the Lost…
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10 April
Historic Photos Show Lumberjacks Chopping Down the Giant Northern California Redwoods
Northern California is known for being the home of some of the oldest and largest trees in the world. The…
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5 April
Yurok Tribe Brings Condors Back to Northern California for the First Time in Over a Century
Photo: Matt Mais/Yurok Tribe For the first time in 100 years, the endangered California condor will return to Northern California…
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3 April
Come Face-to-Face with a Giant Whale with this Northern California Kayak Tour
During the months of March, April and May in Northern California, the coastline is full of thousands of grey whales…
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Mar- 2022 -25 March
WATCH: Mountain Lion Caught on Camera Wandering Around on Fort Bragg Porch
Wildlife officials say that there is a good chance that at least once in your life, a mountain lion has…
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25 March
Wildfire Destroys Iconic Redwood Tree in Samuel P. Taylor State Park
Photo from California State Parks The fire season in Northern California appears to be starting early following a dismal winter.…
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16 March
Hikers Will Need a Permit to Visit Fern Canyon Beginning this Summer. Here’s How to Get One.
Humboldt’s Fern Canyon has become one of the most popular outdoor destinations in Northern California, with its magnificent 50-foot walls covered in…
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Feb- 2022 -1 February
Coming Home – Chronicles of a Trinity River Steelhead
She was late getting back to the Trinity this year, at least later than a lot of the others. They…
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Jan- 2022 -31 January
Unique Northern California Redwood Forest Permanently Returned to its Indigenous Tribe
Tc’ih-Léh-Dûñ, 523 acres of forestland donated to the InterTribal Sinkyone Wilderness Council. Photo by Max Forster, courtesy of Save the…
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27 January
Humboldt State Becomes California’s Third Polytechnic University with $458 million Investment
The California State University (CSU) Board of Trustees approved a new designation and name for Humboldt State University—California State Polytechnic…
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24 January
Everything You Need to Know About Jason Segel’s New Movie Filmed Entirely in Northern California
At the end of 2020, a Hollywood film crew descended on Humboldt County to film Jason Segel’s newest movies. With…
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10 January
California State Parks Searching for Thieves Who Cut Beloved Humboldt Maple Tree
Humboldt locals recently noticed a beloved maple tree in Cheatham Grove in Grizzly Creek Redwoods State Park was cut and…
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Dec- 2021 -21 December
See the Damage Done by the Magnitude 6.2 Earthquake in Humboldt County
At 12:10 pm on Monday, a magnitude 6.2 earthquake hit off the Humboldt coast, causing a large shake felt throughout…
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10 December
Save the Redwood League Secures Opportunity to Purchase 3,181-Acre Lost Coast Redwoods
The Lost Coast Redwoods property near Rockport, California.Photo by Max Whittaker, courtesy of Save the Redwoods League Save the Redwoods…
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1 December
Suicidal Gobbler? Turkey Flies into a Ukiah Power Line on Thanksgiving Causing Power Outages
As if turkeys didn’t have enough to stress about on Thanksgiving, this year a wild gobbler caused a power outage…
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Nov- 2021 -27 November
10 Magical Outdoor Winter Ice Skating Rinks in Northern California
It’s winter in Northern California which means we get to see our beautiful mountains covered in snow and ice skate…
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14 November
MONSTER 30-Pound Ling Cod Caught Off the Humboldt Coast
Toad. Football. Lunker. There are a lot of fun words for fishermen to use to describe a big fish. For…
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4 November
Northern California Recreational Crab Fishing in Flux to Protect Whales and Sea Turtles
The recreational take of Dungeness crab using crab traps in Fishing Zones 3 and 4, (from the Sonoma/Mendocino county line…
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Oct- 2021 -28 October
Body Found in Del Norte Believed to be Woman from Viral Missing Person’s Case
The recent discovery of a body in Del Norte County, along with a dead dog, is believed to be that…
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18 October
Two Earthquakes Shake NorCal’s North Coast
Two earthquakes were felt off the coast of Northern California Monday afternoon, shaking the towns near the infamous Mendocino Triple…
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17 October
Popular Northern California Safari Park Loses Accreditation Over Treatment of Animals
The Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA) has stripped the accreditation of Santa Rosa’s Safari West over concerns of the…
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10 October
Arcata Becomes the Third City in California to Decriminalize Magic Mushrooms
The Arcata City Council unanimously passed a resolution this week that decriminalizes the use of psychedelic plants and fungi in…
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3 October
Surfer Attacked by Shark Along the Sonoma Coast
A surfer was airlifted to the hospital at Salmon Creek Beach along the Sonoma Coast Sunday morning after being bitten…
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Sep- 2021 -30 September
It’s Official: Patrick’s Point State Park Will Change its Name to Honor Yurok Tribe
The California State Park and Recreation Commission voted for a name change of Patrick’s Point State Park to Sue-meg State…
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20 September
Brand-New Elevated Boardwalk Opens at Grove of Titans in Jedediah Smith Redwoods
Redwood National and State Parks completed the first mile of the Mill Creek Trail, including an elevated walkway into the…
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19 September
State of California Acquiring 27,000-Acre Outdoor Utopia Along the Great Redwood Trail
The Lone Pine Ranch, a 27,000-acre property straddling Trinity and Mendocino counties, is a vast property of redwood forests, grassy…
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19 September
South Fork Eel River Goes Dry for the First Time Ever
Press release from the Eel River Recovery Project: The current record two-year drought is causing record low Eel River flows,…
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16 September
The 2021 U.S. Capitol Christmas Tree Will Come From Northern California
Each year, the National Forest Service chooses a national forest to cut and transport a tree to the U.S. Capitol…
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11 September
California Officials Wants to Change the Name of Patrick’s Point State Park
Press release from the California State Parks: California State Parks is seeking public feedback on a proposal to change the name of Patrick’s Point State Park in…
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2 September
What’s Open for Labor Day Weekend in Northern California?
Harbors on Shasta Lake will remain open, with shoreline access prohibited When the National Forest Service announced the closure of…
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Aug- 2021 -19 August
A Brand-New Cannabis Themed Hotel is Coming to Northern California
With the legalization of recreational cannabis in California, the area known as the Emerald Triangle in Northern California is finally…
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19 August
640,000 Illegal Marijuana Plants Eradicated in Humboldt County
During the week of August 9-12, 2021, deputies with the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office Marijuana Enforcement Team (MET) conducted multiple…
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5 August
Hikers Beware: Unsafe Tides Coming to the Lost Coast Trail
Backpackers planning a visit to the Lost Coast Trail within the King Range National Conservation Area may face unfavorable tidal…
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Jul- 2021 -26 July
Klamath Salmon Now Listed on California Endangered Species List
On June 16, after hours of debate and public testimony, the California Fish and Game Commission voted unanimously to approve…
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25 July
Harmful Algae Blooms are Wreaking Havoc in Northern California Rivers
Photo by the Blue Lake Rancheria Environmental health officials are reminding community residents to be on the lookout for harmful…
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25 July
Missing Runner Found in Critical Condition in Russian Gulch State Park
Information from Mendocino County Search and Rescue: A Mendocino Coast woman was reported missing while on a run at Russian…
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15 July
Wildlife Officials Raid NorCal Cannabis Farms with Environmental Violations
Photo: CDFW On July 9, 2021, wildlife officers with the California Department of Fish & Wildlife (CDFW) served three search…
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8 July
Northern California Town to Host its First All Cannabis Farmer’s Market
Photo by Add Weed On Saturday, July 10, Laytonville will host its first ever Cannabis Farmer’s Market, giving local growers the…
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2 July
Chinook Salmon Fishing Season Opens on Portions of the Klamath and Trinity Rivers
Fishing regulations for the spring Chinook fishery in the Klamath River Basin remain in effect following the June meeting of…
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Jun- 2021 -28 June
‘Mafia-Style’ Botanist Returns to NorCal to Hilariously Explore the Humboldt Redwoods
The funniest botanist around has returned to Northern California to explore the different plant life you can find in the…
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May- 2021 -19 May
California to Close Commercial Crab Fishery Early to Avoid Whale Entanglements
California Department of Fish and Wildlife Director Chuck Bonham ordered the state’s commercial Dungeness crab fishery to close at noon on June…
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3 May
The Highly-Anticipated Redwood Sky Walk is All Set to Open in Eureka
Photo: Sequoia Park Zoo The countdown has begun for the opening of the Redwood Sky Walk at the Sequoia Park…
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Mar- 2021 -26 March
Hiker Discovers Tree Growing Over the Trail in Redwood National Park
The Redwood National and State Parks are full of many wonders. The park system holds the three tallest trees in…
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26 March
Large Redwood Falls on Car in Del Norte County, Killing Two
Photo courtesy Courtney Mae A large redwood tree toppled over Highway 199 in Del Norte County on March 25, killing…
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23 March
For the First Time in a Century, Condors Will Take Flight in Northern California
For the first time in 100 years, the endangered California condor will return to the Pacific Northwest. Once on the…
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20 March
Abalone Fishing Banned in Northern California Until 2026
While the spring season typically signals the start of the recreational red abalone season, CDFW reminds anglers that the northern…
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18 March
Sasquatch: Get a Sneak Peak at Hulu’s New True Crime Documentary About Bigfoot in Northern California
Hollywood is once again diving deep into the world of Bigfoot, this time through a true crime documentary set in…
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10 March
Redwoods Rising is Putting Northern California’s Damaged Forests on a Better Path
Save the Redwoods League, California State Parks, and National Park Service staff touring a Redwoods Rising restoration site in Redwood…
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Feb- 2021 -18 February
Fishing Guide Lands 3-Foot Wild Steelhead on the Smith River
The rivers of California’s North Coast are starting to see some trophy steelhead running through the system. Fishing guides throughout…
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Jan- 2021 -5 January
Dangerous Surf Claims 4 Lives on the Northern California Coast
Marin Headlands. Photo by Todd Diemer. It was a dangerous and tragic weekend along the Northern California coast as high surf…
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1 January
Fallen Redwood Tree Closes Road in Redwood National Park
The tress of the Redwood National Park are the biggest on the planet. Their sheer size bring visitors unmatched beauty…
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Dec- 2020 -18 December
3.9 Magnitude Earthquake Jolts Humboldt Coast
Humboldt coast. Photo by Thomas Fields. At 8:13 am Friday Humboldt residents received a nice morning jolt in the form of…
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1 December
Officials Warn of Dangerous Sneaker Waves on NorCal Coast this Week
With a long period of swell expected to hit Northern California beaches on Wednesday and Thursday, officials are warning potential…
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Nov- 2020 -22 November
Rivers of a Lost Coast is a Must-Watch Documentary for NorCal Fishermen
When you think of what California is best known for, obvious answers might include Hollywood, surfing, giant redwoods, the Golden…
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17 November
Meet Griff – The Viral Dancing Park Ranger from the Humboldt Redwoods State Park
When quarantine hit in March of 2020, State and National Park throughout California were forced to close their gates to…
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6 November
Waves as Big as 24 Feet Coming to Northern California Beaches
The first storm of the winter season is descending on Northern California, forecast to bring snow to the mountains and…
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6 November
Hike and Bike Day Returns to Newton B. Drury Scenic Parkway in Prairie Creek Redwoods
It’s become a fun tradition on the beautiful roads of Northern California to ceremoniously close in order to allow bikers…
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Oct- 2020 -24 October
Elusive ‘Humboldt Flying Squirrel’ Seen on Trail Cam in Northern California
Humboldt Flying Squirrel. Photo by Nick Kerhoulas. For over 200 years, scientists believed there were only 2 types of flying…
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7 October
Is This a Photo of Bigfoot in the Humboldt Forest? We’ll Let You Be the Judge.
Photos recently published on a Humboldt Bigfoot website show a shape in the trees of the Sequoia Park Zoo (future…
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Sep- 2020 -22 September
This Northern California Distillery Makes Organic Vodka from Grapes
Photo courtesy of Hansons of Sonoma Northern California is known around the globe for having some of the best grapes…
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21 September
Watch John Mayer Explore the Jedediah Smith Redwoods in Northern California
The Jedediah Smith Redwoods, sitting it the northwest corner of California, are one of the great hidden gems of the…
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8 September
The Red Sky in Mendocino Looks Like the Surface of Mars Right Now
Photo by Mendocino County Sheriff Residents of Mendocino are surrounded by wildfire right now, including the August Complex Fire, which…
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Aug- 2020 -19 August
Sonoma/Napa Fires Grow to 46,225 Acres with 50 Structures Burned and Thousands More Threatened
The wildfires in Sonoma and Napa Counties that were caused by lightning over the weekend have grown to become the…
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12 August
200-Acre Plot of Old-Growth Redwoods Protected in Mendocino County
Photo by Alex Herr, NCRM Inc.  Save the Redwoods League announced the purchase of Andersonia West, a 523-acre property between Sinkyone…
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Jun- 2020 -24 June
Campgrounds Reopen in 11 State Parks in the North Coast Redwoods
More places to camp have reopened in Northern California with the announcement that all campsites in the North Coast Redwoods…
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24 June
Fort Bragg Residents Voice Their Opinion on the Town’s Potential Name Change at City Council Meeting
The small town of Fort Bragg along the Northern California coast made headlines last week when it announced it would…
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22 June
Restoration of More Than 70,000 Acres Begins Across Northern California Redwood Forests
Redwood National and State Parks is home to 45 percent of the world’s remaining protected old-growth redwoods. Surrounding these ancient…
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18 June
Beware of the Shark-Infested Waters of Northern California’s Infamous Red Triangle
On the Northern California coast, starting in Bodega Bay and spanning down through the San Francisco Bay and all the…
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14 June
Search for Missing Kayaker on Trinidad Harbor Ends Tragically
The search for a missing kayaker in Trinidad Harbor ended tragically today as officials were able to recover the body…
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10 June
VIDEO: Pod of Killer Whales Approaches Fishing Boat Off the Humboldt Coast
It’s typical to see plenty of marine wildlife off the Humboldt coast like sea lions, urchin and gray whales. But…
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May- 2020 -28 May
Walk High Among the Northern California Redwoods on the Trees of Mystery Canopy Trail
Photo: Trees of Mystery The Trees of Mystery in Klamath, California has been wowing visitors for decades with its novel…
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27 May
Great White Shark Attacks Kayaker Along the Humboldt Coast
Fishermen bringing the kayaker to shore. Photo courtesy of Shelter Cove Fire. A fisherman from Eureka was on his kayak…
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21 May
California State Parks Increases Access to All Parks in the North Coast Redwoods
Praire Creek Redwoods State Park. Photo by Richard Price. The California State Parks continues to slowly reopen parking lots across Northern…
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19 May
Eureka is Currently Experiencing its Wettest May in a Decade
Eureka coastline. Photo by Fabien Delétraz Northern California’s overall weather probably wouldn’t be described by anyone as “wet” this month, but…
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15 May
A Plan to Remove the Scott Dam on NorCal’s Eel River is Gaining Steam
Scott Dam. Photo: PG&E A group has submitted a plan to remove a Northern California dam which will provide headwaters…
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13 May
PG&E is Using Drones to Inspect Electrical Lines in Northern California
Photo: Pacific Gas & Electric Pacific Gas & Electric has rightfully faced public backlash and financial hardship following the many…
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Apr- 2020 -6 April
VIDEO: Experience the Breathtaking Beauty of Redwood National Park
The Redwood National Park along the Northern California coast probably doesn’t get the attention it deserves. From the tree-shaded trails,…
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Mar- 2020 -27 March
Netflix’s ‘Murder Mountain’ Director Hoping for Second Season
Deep in the wilderness of Northern California’s North Coast sits the Emerald Triangle, the world-famous location of the underground illegal…
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22 March
4.8 Magnitude Earthquake Shakes Humboldt Coast
Northern California residents hunkered down in their homes in the midst of California’s “shelter-in-place” mandate felt a good shake Sunday…
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18 March
5.2 Magnitude Earthquake Hits the Humboldt Coast
A significant shake was felt in Humboldt County at 3:08 pm today as a 5.2 magnitude earthquake struck just 8…
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13 March
The Redwood Route Rail Bikes Might be the Most Unique Adventure in Northern California
Photo by Benjamin Bateman There’s no place on the planet like the giant redwoods of Northern California. Towering high above…
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11 March
The 10 Most Amazing Giant Redwood Trees of Northern California
A newly-formed group of former rangers, naturalists and other outdoor enthusiasts has ranked the “ten most amazing” trees of Northern…
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9 March
10 Earthquakes Slam the Humboldt Coast Overnight
Humboldt County residents were awakened by the rumblings of 10 earthquakes just off the coast on Sunday night into Monday…
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2 March
A Brand-New $2.3 Million ‘Redwood Canopy Walk’ Coming to Humboldt Zoo
A canopy walk animation from the Sequoia Park Zoo The Eureka City Council is looking to approve a contractor and…
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Feb- 2020 -27 February
Check Out this HUMONGOUS Dead Chinook Salmon Found on the Mad River
Facebook user Ishan Steelhead posted a photo of a giant Chinook salmon found dead, floating down the Mad River in…
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27 February
California State Parks Hiring Really Cool Summer Jobs in the North Coast Redwoods
Want to get paid to be outdoors in one of Northern California’s most beautiful areas? California State Parks is now…
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