North Coast
All of the stories from the Northern California coastal area including Medocino, Humboldt and Del Norte counties
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Nov- 2019 -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 -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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4 April
Kayakers Surprised by Surfacing Whale on Humboldt Coast
A group of kayakers taking the Whale and Wildlife Tour from Kayak Trinidad received a once in a lifetime experience…
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2 April
Motorcyclist Killed in Crash in Avenue of the Giants
Flickr/Redwood Coast From the California Highway Patrol: On 03-30-2019, at approximately 1556 hours, Roy Werner [58, of Redway] was riding…
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Mar- 2019 -29 March
NorCal’s Dungeness Crab Season Cut Short to Protect Whale Populations
Flickr/Mike Baird This week, a legal settlement reached between state regulators, environmentalists and crab fishermen will cut the commercial fishing…
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25 March
Fisherman Dies on Humboldt Coast After Being Swept Away by “Sneaker Wave”
Luffenholtz Beach. Flickr/Jackal of all trades It was Adrew Machi’s 39th birthday when he visited the Luffenholtz Beach near Trinidad…
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11 March
Watch: Rare Albino Deer Spotted Along the Trinity River
It can be a stunning sight the likes of which many people never get a chance to see. An albino…
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8 March
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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6 March
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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4 March
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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Feb- 2019 -27 February
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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26 February
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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12 February
See the Northern California Redwoods Covered in Snow
It was a snowy weekend all throughout Northern California this weekend, with some snow levels dropping all the way down…
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4 February
Northern California’s Great Redwood Trail Gets off to a Fast Start
The Great Redwood Trail got a big kickstart last week in Ukiah, when a spillover crowd of trail advocates and…
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4 February
10 Earthquakes Hit the NorCal Coast in just 24 Hours
Off the coast of Humboldt County saw a bevy geological activity this weekend, with ten earthquakes between the size of…
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Jan- 2019 -30 January
Seals Took Over a Point Reyes Beach During Shutdown, Forcing it to Close Indefinitely
Flickr/Rick Berg When the Point Reyes National Seashore was forced to close during the record 35-day government shutdown, visitors weren’t…
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29 January
Man Captures Dangerous Rockslide on Humboldt’s Centerville Beach
A Humboldt man was walking with his wife and dog on Centerville Beach in Ferndale last week when he witnessed…
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26 January
Wiyot Tribe Reclaims “Sacred” Indian Island in Humboldt Bay
Located off the shore of Eureka in Humboldt Bay sits an island called Duluwat, better know as Indian Island, which…
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24 January
Northern California Chinook Salmon up for Endangered Species Consideration
Spring Chinook Salmon. Photo courtesy Michael Humling, US Fish & Wildlife Service The recent volatility of Northern California waterways has…
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23 January
‘Inside Edition’ Searches for the Real Story Behind Humboldt’s Murder Mountain
When Fusion TV’s 6-part docuseries “Murder Mountain” made its debut on Netflix, many locals made their opinions known to the…
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13 January
Despite Government Shutdown, Redwood National Park Reopens Using Recreation Fees
Photo: National Park Service Redwood National Park has announced that recently closed areas of the park will once again be…
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13 January
Search Suspended for Missing Hiker on the Lost Coast Trail
A 32-year-old hiker from Canada remains missing on the Lost Coast Trail in Humboldt, and officials have suspended the search…
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4 January
Netflix’s Smash Hit ‘Bird Box’ has Strong Northern California Connections
Netflix announced that it’s new thriller film starring Sandra Bullock, Bird Box, made a record-breaking debut with over 45 million…
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Dec- 2018 -16 December
Massive Waves up to 50-Feet Forecast for Northern California Beaches
Photo: Flickr/mlhradio As a series of storms make their way into Northern California, the National Weather Service has issued a…
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15 December
Fish and Wildlife Officials Seek Public Help in Humboldt Elk Poaching Investigation
Via Flickr/Terry Feuerborn The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) is seeking information about an elk poaching case currently…
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14 December
Northern California Abalone Diving Banned Until 2021
Photo: California Department of Fish and Game After prohibiting abalone fishing in 2018, the California Fish and Game Commission has decided to…
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12 December
Redwood National Park Rangers Ask for Public’s Help in Catching Burglar
Park Rangers with Redwood National and State Parks are once again asking for the public’s assistance in fighting crime in…
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10 December
Beautiful New Trail System Coming to the Grove of Titans in Jedediah Smith Redwoods
The Jedediah Smith Redwoods State Park, located in the northwest corner of California near Crescent City, is one of the most…
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Oct- 2018 -16 October
Unhealthy Air Forecasted on the North Coast this Week Due to Prescribed Burns
According to the North Coast Unified Air Quality Management District, seven different controlled burns on the North Coast may cause unhealthy…
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Sep- 2018 -30 September
Governor Brown Signs Great Redwood Trail Bill, Fast-Tracking the 300-Mile Trail
Another important step was taken on Saturday to bringing the highly-anticipated Great Redwood Trail to Northern California. The popular, bipartisan…
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27 September
Prescribed Burns Scheduled for the Redwood National Park
Redwood National and State Parks will conduct a series of prescribed burns this fall in the prairies and oak woodlands…
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26 September
Exploring the Underworld of Humboldt County’s “Murder Mountain”
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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19 September
NorCal’s Redwood Coast Named the Top Place to Visit in 2018 by Lonely Planet
Northern California locals know the Redwood National Forest as one of the great beauties on this planet. The tallest trees…
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12 September
A Beacon Of Northern California History: The Battery Point Lighthouse
A D.C. socialite, the Gold Rush, shipping lines, San Francisco, Crescent City and Battery Point Lighthouse intertwine in history to…
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7 September
How Your Selfies Are Killing Northern California’s Seal Puppies
During seal pupping season on the coast of Northern California, baby seals will be basking in the sunshine on the beach…
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5 September
Watch: Riding Down White-Water Rapids on Top of Six Rafts
Living the whitewater rafting life is fun. You get to take enthusiastic people on an exciting ride down the river…
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5 September
Watch this Massive Landslide Take Out Highway 101
The Trinity and Humboldt areas seem to have an issue with landslides and it’s becoming a big problem for Caltrans.…
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Aug- 2018 -11 August
9 Family-Friendly Camping Spots in Northern California
The insistent bzzzzzzzz of a mosquito roused me from sleep, but my eyes refused to open in hopes it would…
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Jun- 2018 -27 June
This Northern California Outdoor Utopia is Up For Sale – But It’ll Cost You
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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26 June
Secret Northern California Old-Growth Forest Will Be Open to the Public Soon
Save the Redwoods League, celebrating their centennial year as the only nonprofit organization dedicated to protecting and stewarding coast redwood…
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21 June
Humboldt Zoo Receives $1.7 Million for America’s First “Canopy Skywalk”
At a news conference on Tuesday, the Sequoia Park Zoo announced it has received $1.7 million in funding from three…
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18 June
Northern California’s Famed Giant Cow – Tallest in the World – Has Died
A dairy cow named Daniel in Humboldt, considered to be the tallest in the world, has died. The announcement was…
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18 June
Video: Ornery Deer Crashes into Motorcyclist in Trinity County
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DBU39rU-GPg&feature=player_embedded Motorcyclist Loren Turner was riding along the beautiful Highway 3 in Trinity County when she encountered a rare exchange.…
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15 June
Daytrippin’ in Humboldt – Beach Bouldering and the Lost Coast Brewery
By Ryan Loughrey With the holiday season, traffic and locales around Redding have been busy. Not to mention the heat,…
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13 June
Foreign Nationals Convicted in Northern California Plant Poaching Investigation
Three defendants caught in the global succulent poaching scheme happening in Northern California, have each pled guilty to two felonies…
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11 June
Report: Northern California Home to 7 of the 10 Most Polluted Beaches in California
Northern California beach-water quality sagged slightly in 2017-18, driven in large part by troubled beaches in San Mateo County and…
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11 June
13 Breathtaking Hikes in the Redwoods National Park
The Redwood National Park in Humboldt can provide some of the most memorable hikes for visitors. There aren’t many places in…
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7 June
Exploring Humboldt’s Illustrious Fern Canyon
By Ryan Loughrey The Northern California coast defies the stereotype of the typical Californian beach. We don’t have red swim-suited…
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May- 2018 -30 May
The 6 Best Places to Camp in Northern California
It’s that time of the year again. It’s time to pop-up your tents, put on your mosquito repellent and sleep…
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30 May
Exploring the “Lost Coast” of Humboldt County
By Ross Lawrence You’d be hard pressed to find a place more quintessentially Californian than Humboldt County. It’s a natural…
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22 May
America’s First Offshore Floating Wind Farm is Coming to Northern California
Renewable energy proponents have been imagining large farms of wind turbines sitting off the coast of California. Now their vision…
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20 May
Humboldt Environmentalists Expose “Secret Meetings” Discussing Future of Local Dams
The Friends of Eel River have discovered “secret meetings” were taking place in order on the future of the Potter Valley…
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18 May
Man Arrested in Months-Long Redwood Poaching Investigation
While on routine patrol in January, law enforcement rangers from Redwood National and State Parks (RNSP) located a redwood poaching…
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8 May
The Weirdest, Most Grueling Northern California Race You’ve Never Heard Of
Flickr/sandwich The Kinetic Grand Championship is an annual event held in Arcata, CA where championship pieces of art race over…
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1 May
Grape Fire in Shasta-Trinity National Forest Sits at 244 Acres, 40 Percent Contained
The Grape Fire, sitting in the Shasta-Trinity National Forest and the Six Rivers National Forest, began as a prescribed burn…
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Apr- 2018 -27 April
National Park Tourism Contributes $2.7B to California Economy, Tops in Nation
A new National Park Service report shows that about 40.5 million visitors to national parks in California spent nearly $2…
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23 April
There’s a Global Black Market Plant Heist Happening Right Here in Northern California
The Dudleya farinosa is a beautiful succulent that grows on the coastal range of Northern California. And they’re now at the…
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23 April
Humboldt’s Lyons Ranches Finally Listed on National Register of Historic Places
Redwood National Park Superintendent Steve Mietz is proud to announce the listing of Lyons Ranches Historic District on the National…
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20 April
Soak it Up: A Complete Guide to Northern California Hot Springs
Life is busy and sometimes you just need to unwind. There’s nothing like a relaxing weekend spent soaking in natural…
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19 April
Incredible 300-Mile Northern California Coastal Trail Approved for Development
A brand new 300-mile trail from the San Francisco Bay to the Humboldt Bay was approved with a 12-0 vote in…
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19 April
Conservationists are Saving the Redwoods…By Cutting Them Down
The environmentalists who have dedicated their lives battling loggers to protect the ancient redwood tress of Northern California are now…
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11 April
Professional Trail Runner Completes the Lost Coast Trail in Record Time
Along the longest stretch of undrivable coastline in California, there is a rugged 55-mile stretch of land that’s very popular…
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Mar- 2018 -26 March
Preparing for a Tsunami on the Humboldt Coast
*This article is a press release from the Humboldt County Administrative Office Are you ready for a tsunami? Monday, March…
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