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History
Who Was Jim Beckwourth? A Life as Big as America
How do you take the measure of a man? It usually begins with facts documented and witnessed by credible sources.…
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Stories
A Guide to Cutting Down Your Own Christmas Tree in the Northern California Wilderness
It’s that time of year again. With the holiday season upon us in Northern California, it’s time to knock the…
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Stories
20 Horror Movies That Take Place in Northern California
Laurie Strode had a Northern California family reunion with her psychopathic brother Michael Myers in Halloween H2O Northern California is…
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History
Remembering the Great Flood that Put Northern California Under 30 Feet of Water
If you take a look at Northern California on a map, it will show a large valley right down the…
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Stories
50 Years Later, this Bigfoot Footage Filmed in Northern California Keeps the Legend Alive
Bigfoot remains one of the most popular legends and mysteries in the United States. Thousands of sightings and the never…
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Outdoors
How NorCal’s Outdoor Opportunities Stack Up Against Yellowstone National Park
Photo by Steven Cordes I gotta admit, I’m torn on this one. I’ve recently returned from a fishing trip to Yellowstone…
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Sacramento
The Largest Corn Maze in the World Sits Right Here in Northern California
In Dixon, California sits a 63-acre fall utopia with a pumpkin patch, hay rides and the largest corn maze in…
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History
Remembering the Deadly 75-Foot Tidal Wave that Leveled Crescent City in 1964
Beginning in Northern California and running all the way up to Alaska in the Pacific Ocean sits multiple fault lines…
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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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Stories
Why Does Whiskeytown Lake Stay Full of Water Year-Round?
With Northern California’s lakes and rivers experiencing drastically low water levels from the historic drought, there’s one lake you can…
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Stories
Famed Camp Fire Muralist Brings His Hauntingly Beautiful Art to Greenville
When the Camp Fire burned through the town of Paradise in 2018, muralist Shane Grammer decided to bring his art…
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Stories
Experience the Beautiful Fall Salmon Run on the Klamath River
Brought to you by Discover Siskiyou It’s fall in Northern California, which means the salmon who were once hatched in…
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Stories
Has Infighting Between CalFire and the Forest Service Slowed Firefighting Efforts in Northern California?
The brave firefighters battling the dangerous and fast-moving fires in Northern California put their lives on the line to protect…
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Stories
Dear Armchair Experts – This is Why We Can’t Have Nice Things
It’s the internet age. Everyone’s done their own “research” and thinks they are an expert on everything. It’s become a…
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Shasta Cascade
How to Hike Like a Local in California’s Far North
Brought to you by Discover Siskiyou Photo by Stephen Leonardi If you ask any local in Siskiyou County, there’s no better…
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Stories
Journal of a First-Time Home Brewer – Part 1: Overcoming Anxiety and Finding a Recipe
I never knew there was such a thing as “brewer’s anxiety,” until it smacked me in the face. While it…
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Tahoe
Palisades Prognostications: Why Squaw Valley Got it Right with its New Name and Logo
We’ve deliberated for more than a decade about whether Squaw Valley should change its name. Today, the right decision was…
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Stories
How the Grizzly Bear Became the Symbol of California
The California Bear Flag (the official state flag of California) hardly gets any love despite flying over virtually every government…
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Uncategorized
Could Parts of Northern California Become Uninhabitable?
Like a whole lot of people, I’ve been trying to avoid the question. Residents of NorCal tend to love where…
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Stories
Are There Frozen Bodies at the Bottom of Lake Tahoe?
Sitting at 6,225 feet elevation as the largest alpine lake in North America, there is plenty to be fascinated with…
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Stories
An Inside Look at the UC Davis Master Brewers Program – One of the Most Prestigious in America
Photo: Gregory Urquiaga/UC Davis Residents of NorCal love their beer. But how many knew the oldest and most prestigious Master…
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History
Jedediah Smith’s Travels Through Northern California – Part 2: Strong Was His Middle Name
Every time he visited California he got arrested. When a grizzly bear chewed off his hair and ear, he had…
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History
Jedediah Smith’s Travels Through Northern California – Part 1: The First White Settlers of NorCal
There is little doubt the standards have changed for what it means to qualify as a “bad dude.” NorCal has…
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Stories
Man Claims to Have Recently Visited with Lemurians Inside Mount Shasta
Since diving deep into the legends of Lemurians in Mount Shasta (and posting my findings on this website), I have…
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