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Support for the removal of four Klamath River hydroelectric dams is gaining steam. In January 2019, the Hoopa Tribe won…

View this post on Instagram DISCLAIMER: Sgt. Dellinger took this photo from a safe distance in his patrol car, away…

Cody Blue is a YouTube personality who mostly discusses filmmaking and photography. He also happens to live in the beautiful…

Recently at Yosemite National Park, a visitor came across a seemingly abandoned fawn in the wild. Hoping to help, the…

Photo: CDFW In 2017, the California Fish and Game Commission voted to include the Cascades Frog on the California Endangered…

Photo: Pixabay It’s July in Northern California, which means if you’ve been lucky to drive through Woodland, Davis or Dixon…

Photo: Mammoth Mountain For many of the ski resorts in the United States that were able to stay open late…

She began to film as a big black bear approached her Tahoe cabin. It seemed like a once in a…

My last bike ride in Yosemite after working there for 4 months – set to Sleep On The Floor by…

As the snowmelt from the crazy winter of 2019 continues to flow into Lake Tahoe, water levels are rising at…

Joe Gamez of Golden State Sportfishing has made a living catching sharks in the San Francisco Bay for the past…

Farralon Islands In the 1800’s, seal hunters would make the 27-mile boat trip west of San Francisco to the waters…

Trail Camera of the Lassen Pack The Lassen Pack, California’s only known wolfpack, has grown recently with the announcement of…

It was a story that captured the hearts and minds of Northern California when a family of Redding eagles were…

You’ve most likely driven past the signs for Granzella’s off Insterstate 5 in Williams, California. In fact, you’ve probably been…

Fires erupt all over San Francisco in the earthquake of 1906 On January 27, 1700, a six-hundred-mile-long wave struck the…

The NorCal coast near Petrolia. Flickr/J M There has been a ton of geological activity in California lately. Following the…

The Friends of Redding Eagles recently noticed an odd situation at the nearby eagle’s nest when baby red-tailed hawk had…

We don’t take the designation of “Best View in NorCal” lightly. Northern California is full of beautiful destinations, and Mount…

Sitting in the the tippy-top of Northern California is one of the most beautiful, historical parks in all of California.…

Photo: State of Jefferson Brewfest The State of Jefferson Brewfest is returning to Dunsmuir on August 3rd and Discover Siskiyou…

The winter of 2019 in Northern California was historic on many fronts. Many ski resorts, including Squaw Valley and Mammoth…

High water in the South Yuba River at the old CA-49 bridge in January 2017 With the temperatures increasing and…

Top off your Fourth of July in Mt. Shasta City by attending the third annual Shasta Mountain Art, Wine and…

Flickr/Don Graham Yosemite’s Tioga Road, the only route in the area over the Sierra Nevada, opened to the public on…

Secret Cove. Photo: Flickr/ray_explores Secret Cove, located just south of Sand Harbor on Lake Tahoe’s east shore, has been Tahoe’s…

The high water levels on Shasta Lake are a welcomed sight following years of drought, but with the fast-rising water…

Photo: NOAA Weather extremes have been palpable in Northern California the past seven years, with wildfires from drought and flooding…

California’s 2018 wildfire season was the most devastating on record, with the state’s largest and most devastating fires ever occurring…

Photo courtesy of Tahoe Fund The Tahoe Regional Planning Agency is planning to build trails around the 70-mile shoreline of Lake…

The enormous job that CalTrans takes on every spring to open Tioga Pass in Yosemite National Park is incredible. On…

Sierra Nevada, Northern California’s biggest a most successful craft brewery, has recently tripled down on its allure to outdoor adventurers,…

Photo: Micki Fedan Micki Fedan and Robert Ferko were having an average evening fishing on the Sacramento River Delta on…

It’s officially the summer season in Lassen Volcanic National Park! Park officials announced the early opening of Highway 89, which…

Flickr/Steven Miller Officials from the Butte County Environmental Health have issued a warning to avoid the water in Bidwell Park’s…

View this post on Instagram That face you make when you realize the floating steps are spring loaded! 😳 Woah!!…

Photo: League to Save Lake Tahoe A recent Lake Tahoe beach cleanup organized by the League to Save Lake Tahoe…

View this post on Instagram A fawn was rescued Sunday afternoon after it was spotted swimming in the middle of…

At 8:53 on Saturday night, a 5.6 magnitude earthquake struck off the Northern California coast just southwest of Eureka, near…

Photo: NOAA The California Fish and Game Commission voted unanimously Wednesday to begin the process of listing Northern California summer…

After the National Weather Service announced a Fire Weather Watch in Northern California, they have since upgraded that designation to…

Flickr/daveynin When it comes to some of the best camping in the United States, Outside Magazine knows its stuff. That’s…

The Lumgrey Fire, which began at 6 pm on Monday night near Highway 96 in Siskiyou County, doubled in size…

It was Father’s Day in the Sierra Nevada on Sunday, and while offspring were celebrating their fathers, it seemed like…

Tyler Silvestri was driving through the Heavenly Ski Resort parking lot on Monday when he saw a big bear wandering…

The Mt. Shasta Ski Park is back with another summer season on the mountain, which once again includes a mountain…

Selah Schneiter is no stranger to rock climbing. She first touched a boulder at 3-days-old, and has been climbing for…

Thunderstorms have been prevalent throughout Northern California this week, and no area has seen more threatening weather activity than the…

Photo: Rancho Adobe Firefighters The National Weather Service issued a Red Flag Warning for fire risk in Northern California this…

Tim Humphries is a professional snowboarder located in Tahoe and while everyone is preparing for summer activities, he’s still getting…

Increasing winds and low humidity has resulted in a Red Flag Warning for areas of Northern California on Friday afternoon…

Colusa National Wildlife Refuge. Photo by U.S. Fish and Wildlife. The federal government announced a major expansion of hunting and…

Yosemite National Park officials have reinstalled the cables on Half Dome, officially opening the hiking season to the top of…

There was another car burglary in Tahoe on June 5th and, like most other car burglaries in the area, the…

Photo: Shasta Bike Challenge The Shasta Bike Challenge, presented by Healthy Shasta, is now over! The final results including the winning…

Lassen Volcanic National Park announced Thursday that it has temporarily closed Manzanita Creek Trail due to bear activity. The bear…

Hopes were high following the reopening of Brandy Creek beach last week following a 10-month closure due to the Carr…

Photo: US Bureau of Land Management The initial investigation of the largest fire in California’s history has been completed and…

The Placer County Sheriff’s Office continues the search for a young male who was swept down the American River just…

View this post on Instagram It's what we've been waiting for. As the snow melts and the sun comes out,…

The Railroad Days festival returns to Dunsmuir on June 8th and 9th for a fun-filled weekend of with vendors, food,…

It took a little bit longer than usual, but summer has finally arrived in Northern California. A heatwave is descending…

Thunderstorms have been prevalent throughout Northern California the past week and a stunning video captured in the Lassen Park’s Kohm…

View of Lake Tahoe over Eagle Falls. Photo by Joe Parks A young woman was taking photos at the overlook…

The California Department of Water Resources has announced plans that it may use the Oroville Dam Spillway next week. The…

Following a 10-month closure at Whiskeytown National Recreation Area due to the Carr Fire, park officials today reopened the lake’s popular…

A rare sight was gifted to visitors of Humboldt Bay today when a pod of killer whales were seen cruising…

Although many of us know Mt. Shasta as a utopia for outdoor adventure, it’s estimated that 50 percent of tourism…

As the month of May nears its end and Northern California residents long for sunny weather, the beginning of June…

Photo: Wild Waters Fly Fishing When it comes to fishing, there aren’t many areas in the world like Northern California.…

Photo via Jalopnik In November, a Tesla engineer bought a 2000 Jeep Cherokee but not long after it was purchased,…

As the long winter of 2019 finally comes to a close, the wildflowers of Northern California will be coming later…

With the many warnings from weather forecasters last week, we knew we were in for some inclement weather in Northern…

A group on a boat found a baby deer longing for help in the Lake of the Pines in Auburn…

Typically, Memorial Day sits as the ceremonial beginning of summer for Northern California. That won’t be the case this year.…

We all knew a storm was heading our direction for Memorial Day Weekend, but on the night of Friday, May…

The historic winter of 2019 just refuses to quit as Mammoth Mountain has now recorded its snowiest May on record,…

What a Friday night in NorCal! We all knew a storm was heading our direction for Memorial Day Weekend, but…

It’s time to prepare for summer in Northern California, meaning we put away our rain coats and boots and switch…

The sun is shining and the heat is beginning to roll into NorCal which means it’s almost time to spend…

Photo: Kimberly Mosey There have been a lot of big catches on Northern California waterways this month. On May 8th,…

Clouds over Bridge Bay on Shasta Lake Sheesh, what a bummer. Although Memorial Day isn’t the official first day of…

With the volcanic eruption of Kilauea in Hawaii last year, geologists are on high alert for the other volcanoes located…

Photo: California Department of Fish and Wildlife In December 2018, the California Department of Fish and Wildlife pleaded with the…

Memorial Day Weekend is upon us, which means it’s time to gather with friends and family and enjoy a nice…

In December, the Mount Shasta Rotary constructed pens in Lake Siskiyou to house and grow “trophy-sized” rainbow trout to release…

Many resorts in Northern California have a team of ski patrol dogs who are highly trained to find and rescue…

Shasta Lake At the beginning of May, Northern California reservoirs were already sitting at historic levels. Then came the unexpected…

On May 9th, Frank Gentle went to Clear Lake looking to catch some fish in the lake known for its…

Held every Memorial Day weekend at the base of Mt. Shasta in the historic lumber town of McCloud, the McCloud…

Northern California is a biking utopia. From road biking to mountain biking to even snow biking, there’s an adventure for…

View this post on Instagram WHALE WATCH: A tour group of kayakers were taken aback when they suddenly encountered a…

With the rare May storm that is currently hitting Northern California with unseasonable snow in the mountains, winter driving conditions…

Sitting in in the middle of the Humboldt Redwoods State Park is the Avenue of the Giants, a 31-mile two…

Following a series of storms that brought historic rain to the Northern California valley and nearly two feet of snow…

Flickr/Robert Couse-Baker These storms that have been slamming Northern California the past week have brought heavy precipitation, with inches of…

During the winter or springtime at McCloud Falls, the flows become heavy enough for death defying kayak stunts. Although the…

The rare rainy weather in May is causing issues for what’s otherwise sunny weather during the Shasta Bike Month. Unfortunately,…

After the historic winter of 2019 that singlehandedly brought Northern California out of a 7-year drought, some were hoping for…

For the past month, bears have been awakening from their winter hibernation to return in droves to the Tahoe area…