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New Slide near Esalen Main Gate
These photos were sent to me by Dave Nelson. He didn’t indicate if it was north or south of the main gate, but looks like just south. Hailey Knight, whose photos are also below, confirms, just sou...
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From CalMatters...
California Salmon Fishery to be Shut Down This Year
The salmon industry, worth about half a billion dollars, is devastated. The culprits: Drought and decades of water diversions and development.
From Monterey Herald...
Rare Whale Glimpsed in Monterey Bay
A whale-watching voyage yielded photographs and video of North Pacific right whale, a species nearing extinction.
When warm storms melt snowpack early, reservoir managers must release water to prevent flooding—which sends this precious resource into the ocean.
2022 was a year that needed a lot of explaining. And California Local was there. Here are our 10 most important explanatory journalism stories from the year gone by, from immigration to cryptocurrency to wealth inequality and more.
Pam Marino here, writing after taking a brisk morning walk to see the overwintering monarchs at the Pacific Grove Monarch Butterfly Sanctuary. Mornings are the best time to see the clusters of butterflies in the trees, huddled together against the…
Lifelong surfer Jim Affinito is convinced a shark wanted to eat him for Halloween dinner.
Tajha Chappellet-Lanier, unabashed (ok, slightly abashed) eavesdropper here to write in defense of listening to our environment. Turns out, there are many interesting and valuable things to be learned by eavesdropping. In this case, the target of interest is not…
New laws banning toxicity testing on dogs and cats, and making rental housing more pet friendly are among a slate of new animal welfare legislation signed by Gov. Newsom in September.
The booming, cacophonous choir of barking, burping, and baritone squealing shocks the ears from hundreds of feet away, as the wind carries an aroma of wild marine life. The eyes have been warned of the presence of sea lions, though,…
SALINAS VALLEY — The 112th California Rodeo Salinas entertained thousands of fans last weekend at the Salinas Sports Complex, where attendance numbers surpassed those of previous years. Total ticket sales for the 2022 rodeo’s four performances, from July 21 through …
In spring of 2021, there were five failed harbor seal births among the rookeries off the coast of Pacific Grove along Ocean View Boulevard. This year, there were 23 failed births. The reason, contends veteran docent Thom Akeman, is that…
Tahoe is majestic and awe inspiring with its jagged mountain peaks, thick forests, swift-running rivers and hundreds of glacial and alpine lakes.
Animal Friends Rescue Project
