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Academy Award Winning Documentary “Free Solo” Now Available on Hulu
The documentary Free Solo follows rock climber Alex Honnold as he climbs up Yosemite’s famed El Capitan. Over the past few decades,…
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History
The Legend of Snowshoe Thompson: The Founder of California Skiing
Animated depiction of John Albert Thompson, also known as Snowshoe Thompson In the 1800’s, traveling across the Sierra Nevada in…
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Public Warned Against Eating Fish in Whiskeytown Lake
Flick/Wayne Hsieh While Whiskeytown Lake isn’t known for its world-class fishing, there are certainly some fish to be caught in…
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Hikes
Hiking Permits for Yosemite’s Half Dome are Now Open!
The hike to the top of Yosemite’s Half Dome isn’t only one of the most spectacular hikes in Northern California,…
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North Coast
Watch: Kayaking Down a Flooded Avenue of the Giants
With significant flooding drowning the road through Humboldt’s famed Avenue of the Giants, the road is closed to motorists. That…
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Eating NorCal
The 88 NorCal Restaurants Featured on Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives with Guy Fieri
The Bad Boy of Food, Guy Fieri, is a Northern California local. Living in Santa Rosa with his wife and…
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Lassen
NorCal’s Shingletown Tops CalFire’s List of Wildfire Vulnerable Communities
The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection submitted a 45-Day Report to Governor Gavin Newsom that outlines 35 fuel-reduction…
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Snowboarder Encounters Black Bear at Northstar in Tahoe
When you’re snowboarding through inbounds backcountry powder at a ski resort, there are a lot of different things you can…
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Outdoors
Skiers Build Huge Jump over a Road Gap on Donner Summit
A lot of people have confidence on their skis in the confines of a ski resort, but it takes true…
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News
Flash Flooding Sends River of Mud Down Tuolumne County Streets
Torrential rain over the past month has caused significant flooding incidents throughout Northern California, but the most recent storm may…
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News
Summer Skiing in NorCal: Squaw Valley will Stay Open Until July 7th
Squaw Valley saw record breaking snowfall in February, with the most snowfall it’s ever recorded in a month in its…
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Butte
As Water Leaks Out the Oroville Dam Spillway, Officials Prepare for its First Test
Reconstructed Oroville Dam Spillway. Photo: Department of Water Resources With historic precipitation slamming Northern California in recent months, Department of…
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Video
Watch Falcons Hunt Megaflock of Thousands of Starling Birds in NorCal Sky
Watch the video here When the European starling was brought to the United States in the 1800’s they immediately flourished,…
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News
Humboldt 4-H Leader to be Honored in D.C. Following Young Sisters’ Wilderness Survival Story
When 5-year-old Caroline Carrico and 8-year-old Leia Carrico were younger, they were taught wilderness survival tactics from their local 4-H…
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News
Shasta Trinity National Forest Temporarily Allows Fuelwood Cutting
With winter storms slamming the Shasta-Trinity National Forest, many trees have fallen in the area, creating an issue for for…
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Eating NorCal
Foodie Getting Active – How I Dropped 30 Pounds in 60 Days
By Brien O’Brien Let me start off by noting that I am in no way an expert on weight loss.…
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News
Sports LTD Bike Thieves Captured by Redding RPD
On March 1, a female entered Sports LTD in Redding telling workers she was looking to purchase a bike. When…
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Outdoors
500 Club: 7 NorCal Ski Resorts have Surpassed 500 Inches of Snowfall this Winter
The winter of 2019 has seen a flurry of blizzards that have slammed the Tahoe area for the past few…
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News
Increased Shasta Dam Flows Force Flooding Closures on Redding Street
On Wednesday, the Bureau of Reclamation increased flows of the Shasta Dam to alleviate water storage in Shasta Lake, sending…
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Hikes
Hiking to 5 Waterfalls in a Day in Northern California
Our friends at Discover Siskiyou sent us on a winter adventure to hike to 5 waterfalls in a day in…
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Bay Area
250 Million Gallons of Treated Sewage Spills into Santa Rosa Streams Amidst Flooding
Santa Rosa Creek Flooding in 2017 Santa Rosa waterways have seen record inflows since last week’s massive storm, forcing the…
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Bay Area
Watch this Poor Duck Get Sucked Into the Lake Berryessa Glory Hole
With water running high in Northern California this week, the Lake Berryessa glory hole has overflowed, pumping water into the…
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News
Flash Flood Watch Issued in Fire Scarred Areas of Shasta County
With torrential rains continuing to push through Northern California, officials are on high alert for flooding in the fire scarred…
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News
CalFire to Dramatically Increase Forest Management Efforts Following Devastating Fires
Since October of 2017, Northern California has fallen victim to the two most destructive fires in California history (Tubbs Fire,…
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Bay Area
Golden Gate NRA is the Most Visited National Park System in the U.S.
As the National Park released its annual visitation numbers, San Francisco’s Golden Gate National Recreation Area regained its top spot…
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News
Life of Missing Lost Coast Trail Hiker Celebrated by Family and Friends
In early January, a 32-year-old Canadian man texted a friend indicating that he had gotten injured while solo hiking the…
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History
Remembering the Deadly Flood of 1955 that Put a NorCal Town Under 20 Feet of Water
Overhead view of Yuba City. Photo: Sacramento Bee It was just minutes past midnight of Christmas Eve 1955 when the…
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News
“Trout in the Classroom” Program Flourishing in Northern California Schools
Teaching kids about the importance of the ecosystems in Northern California waterways has become an important initiative, with one school…
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Sports
Meet the Athletes from NorCal Heading to the Special Olympics World Games in Abu Dhabi
Lighting ceremony at the Special Olympics World Games Abu Dhabi For a week in March, three Northern California Special Olympians…
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News
Storm Warning: 5 Feet of Snow and Flooding Forecast for NorCal this Week
Another week, same ol’ story. After historic precipitation in Northern California in February, we were given a little reprieve with…
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News
Young Sisters Found After Being Lost for 2 Days in Rugged Humboldt Wilderness
Photo from the family GoFundMe page When 5-year-old Caroline Carrico and 8-year-old Leia Carrico were younger, they were taught wilderness survival…
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News
Burney Falls is GUSHING, Pumping Out 225 Million Gallons of Water Per Day
With Northern California’s historic precipitation in February, it was only a matter of time before the water made its way…
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Outdoors
Footage of “Historic” Valentine Avalanche on Mt. Shasta is Breathtaking
In the middle of February, a giant avalanche slammed Mount Shasta, which has been come to be known as the…
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Tourist Trapped in Deep Snow on Mt. Shasta Rescued with an Extensive Snow Removal Operation
Everitt Memorial Highway The Siskiyou County Sheriff’s Office received a desperate call from a Massachusetts woman whose Toyota Prius had…
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Outdoors
Yosemite’s “Firefall” 2019 was a Natural Phenomenon for the Ages – Here Are the Best Photos
During a two-week span in February, photographers and nature lovers alike flock to Yosemite’s Horsetail Falls to witness one of…
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News
February Snow Totals: Tahoe Ski Resorts Smash Monthly Snowfall Records
What’s come to be known as #FebruBURIED, the month of February 2019 saw epic snow totals in Northern California mountains.…
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News
Shasta Lake Water Levels Rose 39 Feet in February
The large increases in snowpack in the Sierra Nevada have been well-documented around Northern California, but another benefit of February’s…
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Eating NorCal
Finding Cupcake Bliss at Sublime Cake Design
We visited Sublime Cake Design in Redding to find out what an award winning cake tasted like. This local bakery…
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News
Sierra Nevada Snowpack Doubled During February Snowfall, According to the DWR
On New Years Day, Department of Water Resources officials made their annual trek into the Sierra Nevada to measure snowpack…
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Lassen
Researchers Recapture Rare Red Foxes in Lassen Volcanic National Park
Photo: Lassen Volcanic National Park State wildlife biologists in Lassen Volcanic National Park have been trying to learn about the…
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News
Mt. Shasta Ski Park Reopens with Blue Skies, 70 Inches of New Snow
While the lower Sierra Nevada has seen the brunt of this month’s historic snowfall, Mount Shasta just got hit hard…
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Interstate 80 Reopens Near Tahoe Following 2-Day Storm Closure
With the most recent storm capping the historic snowfall of February, the popular stretch of Interstate 80 between Auburn and…
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Outdoors
Lake Tahoe has Risen a Foot this Month with 40 Billion Gallons of New Water
Flickr/Reno Tahoe The historic snowfall and prevalent rains of February 2019 in Northern California has transformed the landscape following a…
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Butte
6 People Rescued Atop Cars on Flooded Butte County Road
Officials across Northern California have pleaded with the public not to attempt to drive through floodwaters in the wake of…
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News
Storm Closes Mt. Shasta Ski Park for Second Consecutive Day
This month has been a whirlwind of blizzards and snowfall throughout Northern California, which has been a greta boost for…
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Interstate 5 Closed in Corning Due to Flooding
Flooding has become prevalent throughout Northern California, causing travel delays and even forcing evacuations in some communities. Now the flooding…
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Butte
Dangerous Flooding Forces Evacuations Throughout Northern California
The historic rain continued to pound many areas of Northern California through the night on Tuesday, causing major flooding in…
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News
Tahoe Police Rescue Woman Inside Car Buried in Snow
Photo: City of South Lake Tahoe Historic snowfall in the month of February in the Sierra Nevada has made a…
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News
Blizzard Conditions Close I-80 Near Tahoe With No Timeline for Reopening
Due to whiteout conditions and multiple spinouts, CalTrans closed Interstate 80 near Tahoe in both directions from Colfax to the…
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News
February is Officially the Snowiest Month Ever at Squaw Valley Resort
Photo: Squaw Valley Alpine Meadows On February 1st, it began snowing heavily at Squaw Valley Resort near Lake Tahoe. The…
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Evacuations Ordered as Russian River Reaches Flood Stage
Residents of Guerneville have been urged by officials to evacuate the area as the Russian River nears flood stage in…
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Turtle Bay Partners with California Trout on Aquatic Adventures Program
Photo: Turtle Bay Turtle Bay Exploration Park, a museum and animal conservation along the Sacramento River in Redding, announced a…
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Hiker Killed by Falling Rock and Ice on Closed Yosemite Trail
Wintertime in Yosemite National Park creates dangers and challenges for visitors and park rangers alike, especially with this year’s extra…
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News
NOAA Upgrades this Week’s Storm with Over 100 Inches of Snow Forecast for NorCal
UPDATE:The NOAA has upgraded this week’s storm in Northern California and increased the snow totals. Here are the updated totals:…
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