North Coast
All of the stories from the Northern California coastal area including Medocino, Humboldt and Del Norte counties
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Jul- 2021 -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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18 July
Short Film Documents Off-The-Grid Oasis in the Northern California Redwoods
In 1968, Charles Bello and his wife Vanna Rae bought 400 acres of redwood forested land in Mendocino County and…
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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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22 June
VIDEO: Housecat Takes on Approaching Bobcat Outside Humboldt House
A lot of people would fear a bobcat if they saw it in the wild. But sometime housecats aren’t scared…
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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 -17 January
The Magical Candelabra Trees of Northern California’s Lost Coast
Photo by Stephen Leonardi One of the most beautiful places on the planet sits in Northern California and you’ve probably never…
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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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18 February
Need an Outdoor Folding Chair? This Humboldt Kmart Hilariously Has Them in Spades
Need an outdoor folding chair in Northern California? We think we found the perfect spot to grab one in Humboldt…
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17 February
Harrison Ford’s ‘Call of the Wild’ Featuring NorCal Scenery Premieres in Theaters this Week
There are plenty of blockbuster movies filmed in Northern California, and another is set to premiere in theaters this week…
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Jan- 2020 -13 January
Viral Video Shows Beachgoers Swept Off Their Feet by King Tide Wave at Moonstone Beach
The king tide has been wreaking havoc along the North Coast recently, swallowing up beaches and surprising unexpected beachgoers with…
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Dec- 2019 -18 December
NorCal Residents Fight for the Trees of their Beloved Redwood-Lined Road
Photo: Change.org Sitting between the small towns of Crescent City and Fort Dick is a 2.5 mile remote roadway that…
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13 December
Thousands of ‘Penis Fish’ Wash Ashore on Point Reyes Beach
A fat innkeeper worm in Bodega Bay in June 2019. Photo: Kate Montana/iNaturalist Creative Commons Drakes Beach in the Point…
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13 December
Record-Setting 75-Foot Wave Recorded Off the Northern California Coast
Photo: Flickr/mlhradio A 75-foot wave was recorded off the Northern California coast on November 26, setting the record for the…
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Nov- 2019 -25 November
Massive Waves up to 35-Feet Set to Slam Northern California Coast
Photo: Flickr/mlhradio The first significant winter storm of the season is making its way into Northern California, and boy is…
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25 November
Wind Advisory – North Coast Could See 70+ MPH Winds This Week
Battery Point Lighthouse. Flickr/David A. Hofmann As Northern California braces for what’s proving to be the area’s first major winter…
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22 November
Trailer Drops for Harrison Ford’s ‘Call of the Wild’ Featuring NorCal Scenery
The Humboldt-Del Norte Film Commission announced that the new Harrison Ford movie, based on the legendary novel Call of the…
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15 November
Tony Hawk Foundation Awards $10K for New Humboldt Skatepark
The Tony Hawk Foundation has chosen McKinleyville in Humboldt County as the next place it wants to see a brand-new…
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12 November
Save the Redwoods League Acquires Humboldt Land to Transfer to Redwoods National Park
Photo: Save the Redwoods League Press release from Save the Redwoods League: Continuing its century-long mission to protect and restore…
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11 November
Point Reyes Lighthouse Reopens Following 13-Month, $5.7 Million Renovation
Flickr/m01229 The Point Reyes Lighthouse has reopened to the public following an extensive renovation, giving visitors a refreshed look at…
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5 November
Study: Combating Rising Sea Levels in Humboldt will Cost $2.5 Billion by 2040
Humboldt Bay The wildfires in Northern California provide an in-your-face reminder of the trials and tribulations brought on by earth’s…
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Oct- 2019 -28 October
City of Eureka Transfers Indian Island Back to Wiyot Tribe in Historic Ceremony
Facebook/ Wiyot Tribe In December of 2018, the Eureka City Council unanimously voted to return Tuluwat, or Indian Island, back…
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24 October
Humpback Whale Tangled in Fishing Net Washes Ashore on Humboldt Beach
Humboldt residents were surprised when they came across a humpback whale washed ashore on Wednesday. The whale was tangled in…
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Aug- 2019 -29 August
Magnitude 6.4 Earthquake Hits off Southern Oregon Coast with No Tsunami Expected for NorCal
At 8:05 am on Thursday, a magnitude 6.4 earthquake was detected in the Pacific Ocean approximately 171 miles northwest of…
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27 August
CDFW Seeking Public Comment Regarding Northern California Summer Steelhead
The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) is seeking information relevant to the proposed listing of Northern California Summer…
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26 August
Yurok Tribe Acquires 50,000 Acres of Historic Land Surrounding Blue Creek
Photo of Blue Creek emptying out into the Klamath River. Photo: Yurok Tribe The Yurok Tribe celebrated a landmark victory…
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19 August
Missing Hiker Found Dead in the Trinity Alps Wilderness
It was a sad ending to a 5-day search and rescue mission for missing solo hiker Daniel Komins in the…
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16 August
5.4 Magnitude Earthquake Hits Off the Coast of Eureka
Eureka Beach At 8:23 am on Friday, a 5.4 magnitude earthquake hit 360 miles off the coast of Northern California,…
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16 August
Officials Continue Search for Lost Solo Hiker in the Trinity Alps
Photo of lost hiker Daniel Komins During the late evening of August 14, 2019, the Trinity County Sheriff’s Office received…
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12 August
Mill Creek Watershed in the Redwood National Park Closed for Public Safety
Mill Creek, Redwood NP & SP. Flickr/Redwood National and State Parks The Mill Creek Watershed (Hamilton Road) area of Redwood…
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12 August
The Battle Between Ranchers and Tule Elk Coming to a Head in Point Reyes
Flickr/DAVID MCSPADDEN Point Reyes National Seashore, sitting north of San Francisco on the California coast, is home to a flourishing…
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Jul- 2019 -8 July
Is the Next Big Earthquake Destined for Northern California?
Fires erupt all over San Francisco in the earthquake of 1906 On January 27, 1700, a six-hundred-mile-long wave struck the…
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7 July
Magnitude 3.3 Earthquake Recorded Off NorCal Coast
The NorCal coast near Petrolia. Flickr/J M There has been a ton of geological activity in California lately. Following the…
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1 July
Heatwave Cooks Thousands of Mussels to Death on NorCal Coast
Photo: NOAA Weather extremes have been palpable in Northern California the past seven years, with wildfires from drought and flooding…
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Jun- 2019 -24 June
Two Earthquakes Slam Northern California Coast in 24 Hours
At 8:53 on Saturday night, a 5.6 magnitude earthquake struck off the Northern California coast just southwest of Eureka, near…
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22 June
Northern California Summer Steelhead to be Listed as an Endangered Species
Photo: NOAA The California Fish and Game Commission voted unanimously Wednesday to begin the process of listing Northern California summer…
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May- 2019 -31 May
Rare Sight: Watch a Pod of Killer Whales Swim Through Humboldt Bay
A rare sight was gifted to visitors of Humboldt Bay when a pod of killer whales were seen cruising through…
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24 May
Fish and Wildlife Officials Offer $2,500 Reward for Information in Humboldt Elk Poaching Case
Photo: California Department of Fish and Wildlife In December 2018, the California Department of Fish and Wildlife pleaded with the…
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21 May
The Stunning Drive Through Northern California’s Avenue of the Giants
Sitting in in the middle of the Humboldt Redwoods State Park is the Avenue of the Giants, a 31-mile two…
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13 May
NorCal Couple Ordered to Pay $600K After Uprooting 180-Year-Old Tree
Photo: Sonoma Land Trust Stewardship When Peter and Toni Thompson bought their Sonoma County land in 2014, they were made…
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Apr- 2019 -30 April
Off-Leash Dog Kills Endangered Seal at Point Reyes National Seashore
Guadalupe fur seal. Photo/The Marine Mammal Center Point Reyes National Seashore is known to be the home of a diverse…
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26 April
You Can Help Solve a Centuries-Old Mystery on the Northern California Coast
The nature of Northern California is full of so much beauty, and possibly just as much mystery. There is still…
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26 April
4,645 Pounds of Trash Removed from Illegal Marijuana Sites in Klamath National Forest
Photo by the Integral Ecology Research Center When recreational marijuana was legalized in California in 2018, U.S. Attorney McGregor Scott…
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26 April
Contractor Chosen for Removal of Four Klamath River Dams
Photo: California Trout In January, a lawsuit was won by a group of Native American and conservation groups looking to…
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26 April
Federal Government Considers NorCal’s Summer-Run Steelhead for Endangered Species List
Photo by NOAA In November 2018, the Friends of the Eel River petitioned to list Northern California’s summer-run steelhead on…
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24 April
Humboldt Photographer Wins EcoWatch’s Photo Contest with “The Mighty Redwoods”
The Mighty Redwoods by David Ruddock For EcoWatch’s Earth Day Photo Contest, a Humboldt photographer submitted his photo The Mighty…
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24 April
Sonoma Sheriff Finds $15K Prosthetic Leg and Returns it to Extreme Athlete Who Lost It
Photo: Sonoma County Sheriff It was an interesting sight when someone found a high-end prosthetic leg in the Cloverdale lumber…
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22 April
The Legendary Boonville Beer Festival is Returning to Northern California
Boonville, California is know by outsiders for two things: 1. They have their own language 2. They host the biggest beer…
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19 April
Eureka’s Salt and Fog Fish Festival Returns to the Redwood Coast
Photo courtesy of Visit Eureka The residents and merchants of Eureka, on California’s north coast, are celebrating the mighty Pacific…
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16 April
WATCH: National Geographic Documents Pesticide Damage at Illegal Marijuana Grow Sites in NorCal
When recreational marijuana was legalized in California in 2018, U.S. Attorney McGregor Scott announced that his concerns won’t lie within…
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16 April
International Succulent Smuggling Still a Major Problem on Northern California Coast
Photo: California Department of Fish and Wildlife The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) is stepping up their game…
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9 April
Mudslide Closes Route 197 in Del Norte County
On Monday morning, a mudslide hit Route 197 in Del Norte County, closing down the main road that connects Crescent…
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7 April
WATCH: Professional Baseball Players Visit the Point Reyes National Seashore
Players from the Tampa Bay Rays professional baseball team came into the Bay Area for their season opening series against…
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5 April
Bringing the Majestic Condor Back to Northern California
Press Release from US Fish and Wildlife, Redwood National Park Service, and the Yurok Tribe: Photo from the National Park…
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