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Wildlife
Yosemite Just Had Its Best Peregrine Falcon Season Since Scientists Started Counting
Peregrine falcons nearly disappeared from Yosemite. By the time serious recovery efforts kicked off in the 1980s, DDT had caused…
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Shasta Cascade
You Can Rent this Fire Lookout Tower in the Shasta-Trinity National Forest for $75 a Night
If you have ever wanted to sleep inside a piece of Northern California history with nothing but mountains, stars and…
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North Coast
Mendocino County Is Losing Its Vineyards and the Landscape Is Starting to Change
Drive through Mendocino County and you will start to notice something different. Where rows of grapevines once lined the hillsides…
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Stories
‘The Dark Wizard’ Episode 2 Review: Dean Potter, Illegal BASE Jumping and the Battle for Yosemite
If I thought Episode 1 of HBO’s The Dark Wizard was impressive, Episode 2 just blew the doors off. Titled…
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Uncategorized
This Sierra Route Was Just Named One of National Geographic’s Top 100 Hikes of a Lifetime
If you thought the John Muir Trail was the ultimate Sierra Nevada challenge, National Geographic just raised the bar. The…
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Sacramento
This Sacramento Park Pond Just Became an Urban Fishing Destination
If you have been looking for a bass fishing spot close to Sacramento, the California Department of Fish and Wildlife…
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Outdoors
Scientists Are Testing a New Way to Fix Clear Lake’s Toxic Algae Problem
Clear Lake holds more fish per acre than any other lake in the country. It also produces some of the…
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Tahoe
A South Lake Tahoe Man Just Made Ski Bike History on Kirkwood’s Most Notorious Run
A South Lake Tahoe area resident just pulled off something nobody has done before: riding Kirkwood Resort’s infamous “Once Is…
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News
What the National Park Service Staff Cuts Mean for Your Summer Trip to Yosemite
If you visited Yosemite over spring break this year, you may have sat in line for two hours just to…
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News
The California Ski Community Is Mourning the Sudden Loss of a Mammoth Mountain Legend
The California skiing community lost one of its most recognizable figures this week when Bernie Rosow, a longtime snowcat operator…
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Wildlife
California Is Giving Sheriffs New Tools to Deal With Gray Wolves
The California Department of Fish and Wildlife is opening the door for county sheriffs to play a bigger role in…
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North Coast
A New Piece of the 300-Mile Great Redwood Trail Is Now Open for Hiking and Biking
The latest segment of what will eventually become a 300-mile trail stretching from the San Francisco Bay to Humboldt Bay…
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News
One of Yosemite’s Main Access Roads Is Closed This Week for Rock Scaling Work
A rockslide on SR 140 in 2024 One of the primary routes into Yosemite National Park is shut down this…
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News
Northern California Reservoirs Are Stacked Heading Into the Dry Season
After a stretch of spring storms, California’s major reservoirs are in strong shape heading into the dry season. Lake Shasta,…
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News
Bear Canisters Are Now Required in Parts of the Trinity Alps Wilderness
With hiking season ramping up in the Trinity Alps Wilderness, Shasta-Trinity National Forest officials are urging visitors to take bear…
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Yosemite-Mammoth
Yosemite’s Waterfalls Peak Flow Won’t Last Long This Year. Here’s Why.
If a trip to Yosemite National Park is on your list this year, the window to catch the waterfalls at…
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Outdoors
Lake Oroville’s Invasive Mussel Prevention Program Is Working. Here’s What Boaters Need to Know.
In welcome news for boaters and anglers across Northern California, Lake Oroville and its surrounding waterways remain free of invasive…
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Wildlife
Bears Are Waking Up Around Lake Tahoe and Looking for a Meal
Black bears across the Lake Tahoe Basin are out of their dens and on the move, and wildlife officials say…
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Outdoors
Seven Tribes Win the Right to Gather Plants Inside Yosemite National Park
Seven tribes with deep roots in Yosemite Valley are one step closer to reclaiming a practice that predates the park…
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Wildlife
California Officially Doubles the Bear Harvest Limit for Individual Hunters
California bear hunters are heading into the next season with a notable rule change in their favor. The California Fish…
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Sports
California Trout Season Opens This Weekend and NorCal Waters Are Ready
One of Northern California’s biggest outdoor traditions arrives this Saturday, April 25, when the 2026 statewide general trout season officially…
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Destinations
8 Northern California Farm Stays Worth Adding to Your Bucket List
Northern California’s farm stay scene has quietly become one of the best in the country. Spread across the coast, wine…
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Stories
Could Mount Shasta Bring America’s Next Great Volcanic Eruption?
The recent volcanic history of Mount Shasta eludes us. For a long time, the last eruption was believed to be…
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News
Yosemite’s Most Famous Restaurant Just Got a Lot More Expensive
Dinner at the Ahwahnee just got a lot more formal, and a lot more expensive. The iconic dining room inside…
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Stories
HBO’s “The Dark Wizard” Is One of the Most Gripping Documentaries I’ve Seen in Years
I always knew rock climbers were a little crazy. “The Dark Wizard” on HBO confirms it, and then some. The…
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Outdoors
Three Northern California Parks Just Got a Lot Bigger. Here’s What Changed.
Earth Day came with some big news for Northern California’s public lands. Three state parks across the region are growing…
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Tahoe
Fresh Snow Just Extended Palisades Tahoe’s Season Into May
Spring has been anything but quiet at Palisades Tahoe. Eleven inches of new snow fell on the upper mountain on…
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Events
A 33-Year Wildflower Tradition Is Returning to Northern California for Mother’s Day Weekend
A beloved North State tradition is returning to Yreka next month, and this year it comes with a birdwatching walk…
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News
California Just Announced Its Biggest State Park Expansion in Decades
California is adding three new state parks, marking the largest expansion of the state park system in decades and pushing…
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News
Two Competing Bills Would Reshape How California Deals With Bears, Wolves, and Mountain Lions
A bear euthanized in a Southern California neighborhood and four wolves killed in Northern California’s Sierra Valley have pushed wildlife…
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Events
5 Earth Day Events for You to Enjoy in Northern California
Photo via Matt Bates Northern California knows how to mark Earth Day. From college campuses and downtown street fairs to…
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News
Eagles, Owls, and Falcons Go Missing After a Strange Break-In at a NorCal Falconry Center
Someone broke into a Marysville falconry center last week and chased 11 birds of prey out of their enclosures into…
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News
BLM Is About to Take Over a 73-Acre Ranch in Humboldt County. Salmon Restoration Is the Goal.
Photo via Save the Redwoods League Salmon, steelhead, and the public are all about to gain access to a stretch…
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News
Russian River Declared “Dry” Despite Full Reservoirs and Rain in the Forecast. Here’s Why.
Lake Sonoma is full. Lake Mendocino sits at 85% capacity. Rain is still in the forecast. So why did Sonoma…
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News
A Unusual Salmon Habitat Project Is Coming to the Sacramento River Near Redding This Week
Photo: City of Redding A coalition of farmers, scientists, and government agencies is dropping dozens of tree and boulder structures…
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Tahoe
Lake Tahoe Is Gearing Up for Summer. Here’s When Your Favorite Campgrounds and Beaches Open.
Summer at Lake Tahoe is closer than it feels, and the U.S. Forest Service just released its opening schedule for…
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Events
Tahoe Truckee Earth Day Takes Over Palisades Tahoe This Saturday for a Free, All-Day Celebration
Photo via Matt Palmer One of the Sierra Nevada’s biggest Earth Day gatherings is back this weekend, and it’s free…
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News
The Eel River Dam Removal Was Almost a Done Deal. Now Southern California Wants to Buy Them.
A surprise move from the Trump administration is throwing a new wrinkle into the long-running battle over Northern California’s Eel…
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Weather
California Just Experienced its Hottest, Driest March in History
California just wrapped up the most abnormal March in recorded state history, and the numbers are hard to wrap your…
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Stories
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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News
Yuba River’s Native Fish Are at Historic Lows. A New Appeal Wants to Hold the Federal Government Accountable.
Two dams on the lower Yuba River have long blocked salmon, steelhead, and green sturgeon from reaching critical habitat, and…
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Events
Tahoe’s Biggest Earth Day Cleanup Events Are Happening This Week on Both Shores
Keep Tahoe Blue’s Earth Day cleanup events were originally scheduled for Earth Day, April 22, but an incoming winter storm…
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Stories
The Story Behind the Giant Gold Miner Arch That Once Welcomed Visitors to Grass Valley
A photograph from Grass Valley’s past tells quite a story about how the town once welcomed its visitors. In 1901,…
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News
California Has Opened 24 Wolf Investigations in 2026. Most of the Confirmed Kills Are in One NorCal County.
Gray wolves are active across parts of Northern California this spring, and the livestock losses piling up in Siskiyou County…
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Wildlife
Venomous Snake Bite Kills Mendocino Woman in What’s Becoming a Deadly Year in California
A 78-year-old woman died earlier this month after being bitten by a venomous snake while walking on a rural property…
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Shasta Cascade
This Legendary Waterfall Doubles as One of California’s Rarest Bird Nesting Sites
Most people pull over at McArthur-Burney Falls for the waterfall. The 129-foot cascade in Shasta County is one of the…
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Tahoe
Palisades Tahoe Just Had Its Snowiest April Since 2022 as Another Round of Snow Hits
Despite a dissapointing winter overall, April at Palisades Tahoe is shaping up to be one for the books. A storm…
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Cannabis
What a Decade of Legal Cannabis Actually Looks Like in California
California has spent the past decade building one of the most aggressive cannabis regulatory systems in the country, and the…
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Stories
Two of America’s Oldest Lakes Are Right Here in Northern California
Northern California has a quiet claim to geological fame that most residents don’t know about: two of the oldest lakes…
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Weather
Yosemite Under Winter Storm Warning as 75 MPH Gusts Headed for the Mountains This Week
A winter storm warning is in effect for several major Sierra Nevada destinations, including Yosemite, Kings Canyon, Sequoia National Park,…
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Tahoe
The Rat Pack’s Favorite Lake Tahoe Hotel is Set to Reopen in 2027
The Cal Neva Lodge at Lake Tahoe is turning 100 this year, and for the first time in a long…
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Cannabis
How a Group of High Schoolers Coined the Term “420” in Northern California in the 1970’s
The number 420 is the international number associated with cannabis. At 4:20 pm, marijuana aficionados are likely consuming their favorite…
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Bay Area
Gray Whales Keep Dying Along the Northern California Coast and Researchers Are Searching for Answers
An unsettling pattern has been developing along the Northern California coast. Gray whales have been washing up dead in and…
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News
Bass Lake Claimed a Truck This Weekend and the Photos Say It All
A truck ended up at the bottom of Bass Lake last week after a boat ramp mishap that probably made…
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Shasta Cascade
The Mount Shasta Fish Hatchery Is Hosting Free Kids Fishing Days This Summer
Two summer dates are now on the calendar for one of Northern California’s most beloved youth fishing traditions. The Mount…
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