2+ day, 18+ hour ago   (198+ words) The sea lion rolling in the surf at Seacliff State Beach was not playing. It was seizing. KYMA carried an NBC report from Aptos this week on a sharp rise in sick and dying sea lions along the Santa Cruz…...

4+ day, 16+ hour ago   (245+ words) Some of the best salmon habitat in California isn’t a wild river at all. It’s a rice field outside Sacramento in the dead of winter. Research from the UC Davis Center for Watershed Sciences has shown that when Central Valley…...

4+ day, 15+ hour ago   (232+ words) Tahoe gets the postcards, but a lake fed by Yosemite snowmelt is quietly stealing some of its thunder. Travel outlet Islands is telling boaters to skip the crowds at Tahoe and point their trailers toward Lake McClure instead, calling the…...

4+ day, 16+ hour ago   (193+ words) Labor Day boaters may have noticed a little more shoreline than last year, but NorCal’s water picture is still miles from crisis territory. New California Department of Water Resources data from September 6 shows Shasta Lake holding 2.51 million acre-feet, about 55 percent…...

4+ day, 16+ hour ago   (227+ words) That crisp morning air that had NorCal dreaming of flannel season? Gone. The region’s so-called fake fall has officially ended, and triple digits are knocking on the door. After a Labor Day right around the seasonal norm of 90 degrees, a…...

5+ day, 8+ hour ago   (228+ words) Some of California’s rarest coastal habitat is losing ground to an invader from Europe, and the people fighting back could use more hands. The Redwood Parks Conservancy, working with the North Coast Redwoods District of California State Parks, is recruiting…...

5+ day, 8+ hour ago   (235+ words) Active NorCal Lake Tahoe draws millions of visitors every year, fills up Instagram feeds, and anchors one of the most recognizable mountain landscapes in the country So why isn't it a national park? The question has floated around for a…...

5+ day, 9+ hour ago   (158+ words) The main western artery into Yosemite is carrying traffic again. Highway 140 reopened over the weekend after the Colorado Fire forced days of closures along the Merced River canyon, restoring the most direct route into Yosemite Valley just as holiday crowds…...

5+ day, 10+ hour ago   (170+ words) A stretch of calm water at the beach might last 20 minutes, and then a wave surges 150 feet up the dry sand with enough force to knock an adult off their feet. The National Weather Service has a beach hazards statement…...

5+ day, 18+ hour ago   (250+ words) If you see smoke rising off Angel Island this week, take a breath before dialing 911. It’s supposed to be there. California State Parks, working with Cal Fire and the Marin County Fire Department, plans to burn up to 260 acres of…...