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New lottery for Half Dome climb permits
The mad rush for permits to climb Half Dome in Yosemite National Park will be replaced with an equal-chance lottery this year. Applications for permits to hike the trail are available from March 1...
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Stunning Marin beach landslide caught on camera (Photos)
It started with the sound of a giant crack, like the Earth was coming apart. That’s because it was. In the next 10 seconds, the roar of a thundering landslide filled the air as a natural rock archway...
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Sightings: Whales, bobcat and more (15-pic gallery)
Spectacular whales sightings from shore. Surprise encounters with bobcats in the Bay Area foothills. The return of the most rare bird — the falcated duck — to roam across Northern California. These...
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Sightings: Bobcat, surfing dolphin and more (19-pic photo gallery)
This 19-picture photo gallery includes record fish, bobcats, gray fox, a coyote with prey, wild turkeys, bald eagles, a dolphin surfing and whale spouting. In short, sightings have been amazing the...
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A new home made out of Christmas trees (video)
At lakes anywhere, you can go from an underwater desert to a flourishing paradise in one easy lesson. Fish can get a new home made out of Christmas trees. For 10 years now, Pete Alexander at the East...
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Delta weeds, cash top Cal boaters’ fears
An invasive weed called water hyacinth threatens to choke off portions of the San Joaquin Delta to boating. The Recreational Boaters of California (RBOC) has put the Delta weeds as a key piece of...
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7-year-old hero appointed to Lassen park board
A seven-year-old Los Altos boy has been appointed to the board of directors of the Lassen Park Foundation for an inspirational act of giving — and to provide advice about what youngsters want at...
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Yosemite Valley’s “firefall” astounds park visitors (gallery)
For 12 minutes at dusk last Saturday, it felt like a supernatural force took over a piece of Yosemite Valley. This weekend, it might happen again. At Horsetail Fall, tucked on the shoulder of El...
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Yosemite’s 4 million visitors spent $379 million
This just in from Yosemite National Park: A new National Park Service (NPS) report for 2011 shows that more than four million visitors to Yosemite National Park spent $379 million in communities...
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Loch Lomond to close Thursday to honor fallen officers
Loch Lomond Recreation Area will be closed Thursday, March 7, in remembrance of the two fallen Santa Cruz police officers killed last week in a gun battle. The park will reopen to the public on Friday...
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410-foot Feather Falls — 25-pic gallery & video
At Feather Falls, euphoria happens. From the viewing deck, perched on a knife-edged outcrop, you can take in a full frontal of 410-foot Feather Falls. Pounding water reverberates against the high...
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Here comes spring — what sets you free?
The arrival of spring can be your gateway to nature’s paradise. It is happening right now in the Bay Area. Last week’s cool nights and light rains have given way to this week’s bright sun and...
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Quarry Lakes gets the lead out
A pilot program at Quarry Lakes, where anglers exchange their lead used as fishing weights for non-toxic metals such as steel, has collected and recycled more than 1,000 pounds of fishing lead after...
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Wildlife photos tell a story (30-pic gallery)
If a picture is worth a thousand words, then each of these great wildlife photographs taken in the past month can spin a yarn all its own. So can the photographers who contributed each one. The...
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Video: How local anglers boost salmon numbers
On the eve of the salmon season, great news arrives from the Coastside Fishing Club in Half Moon Bay: – 420,00 juvenile salmon are destined for net pens at Pillar Point Harbor in Half Moon Bay. This...
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Saturday’s salmon opener looks promising
The salmon season opens Saturday with the best outlook, fish forecast and optimism since 2005, the last decent season. The last great season was 2002. The Pacific Fisheries Management Council has...
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Golden Gate Rec Area No. 2 visited parkland in America
The Golden Gate National Recreation Area, with 14.5 million visitors, was the No. 2 most visited national parkland in America last year behind Blue Ridge Parkway. In addition, Yosemite National Park...
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Redwood National Park re-opens backcountry campsites
Campsite at gravel bar at Redwood Creek, where trail extends from coast inland for eight miles, with camping now permitted along the lower four miles of river. Photo courtesy Jeff Denny, Redwood...
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Sky Trail hiker challenge
This is a video I produced of our hike last Sunday at Sky Trail at Point Reyes National Seashore. On a wet, misty day, a small group of hikers had the chance to quit a trip – or combat two demons that...
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