# northern california (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 3 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover northern california. Page: Feed: --- ## [Gender Identity In Emerald Triangle Cannabis](https://theemeraldtriangle.substack.com/p/gender-identity-changed-everything) _2026-08-21 · NorCalWeedGal · Inside The Emerald Triangle_ How women are leading (and co-leading) significant success in the Emerald Triangle's cannabis industry, much like sinsemilla (also female) did in the 1970s. ## [Lake Oroville Has Dropped 35 Percent Since May. Here’s What That Means for Boaters.](https://www.activenorcal.com/lake-oroville-has-dropped-35-percent-since-may-heres-what-that-means-for-boaters/) _2026-08-20 · Active NorCal · Active NorCal_ The annual shrinking of Lake Oroville is officially underway, and it just claimed its first boat ramp casualties of the season. State Parks closed the upper ramp at the Loafer Creek boat launch as water levels continue their summer slide, shifting launches to the lower stage two ramp. The Enterprise ramp shut down earlier this … The post Lake Oroville Has Dropped 35 Percent Since May. Here’s What… ## [The Feds Want to Scrap the Roadless Rule, Opening 4.4 Million Acres of California Forest](https://www.activenorcal.com/the-feds-want-to-scrap-the-roadless-rule-opening-4-4-million-acres-of-california-forest/) _2026-08-20 · Active NorCal · Active NorCal_ Some of Northern California’s wildest backcountry could soon be open to chainsaws and bulldozers. The U.S. Forest Service formally proposed scrapping the Roadless Rule this week, a 2001 regulation that has kept road building and commercial logging out of nearly 45 million acres of national forest for a quarter century. What’s at stake in California? … The post The Feds Want to Scrap the Roadless… ## [This Soggy Patch of Grass is Quietly Keeping Lake Tahoe Blue](https://www.activenorcal.com/this-soggy-patch-of-grass-is-quietly-keeping-lake-tahoe-blue/) _2026-08-19 · Active NorCal · Active NorCal_ Lake Tahoe’s famous blue owes a debt to a soggy stretch of grass most visitors drive right past. The Upper Truckee Marsh, tucked between the Tahoe Keys and Regan Beach in South Lake Tahoe, is the largest remaining wetland in the Tahoe Basin, and it functions as the lake’s kidneys. The Upper Truckee River, the … The post This Soggy Patch of Grass is Quietly Keeping Lake Tahoe Blue appeared first on… ## [Whiskeytown’s $405,000 Tech Grant Now Includes Digital Rangers and Smart Trash Cans](https://www.activenorcal.com/whiskeytowns-405000-tech-grant-now-includes-digital-rangers-and-smart-trash-cans/) _2026-08-19 · Active NorCal · Active NorCal_ Whiskeytown’s tech upgrade just came into sharper focus. The recreation area is putting its new $405,000 grant toward digital rangers, automated sensors, and possibly the end of the fee envelope as we know it. The funding come from the National Park Foundation, which Whiskeytown will spend over the next two to three years as one … The post Whiskeytown’s $405,000 Tech Grant Now Includes Digital… ## [California Now Has Satellites Watching for Wildfires From Orbit](https://www.activenorcal.com/california-now-has-satellites-watching-for-wildfires-from-orbit/) _2026-08-19 · Active NorCal · Active NorCal_ About half the wildfires that start in California are now found by a machine before a single person picks up a phone. That statistic comes from Cal Fire’s own control rooms, where a network of more than 1,200 artificial intelligence enabled cameras called ALERTCalifornia scans the horizon for smoke around the clock. The system works … The post California Now Has Satellites Watching for Wildfires… ## [The Teen Lifeguard From That Viral Santa Cruz Rescue Just Went to the White House](https://www.activenorcal.com/the-teen-lifeguard-from-that-viral-santa-cruz-rescue-just-went-to-the-white-house/) _2026-08-19 · Active NorCal · Active NorCal_ The last time most of NorCal saw Ryder Williams, he was disappearing under crashing waves at Seabright State Beach with an iron grip on a drowning boy. On Monday, the 16-year-old lifeguard was sitting in the Oval Office. President Trump hosted Williams and 10-year-old Nathaniel Rai, the boy he pulled from the surf, at the … The post The Teen Lifeguard From That Viral Santa Cruz Rescue Just Went to… ## [Lake Tahoe’s Boat-In Campground Puts You in Emerald Bay After the Crowds Leave](https://www.activenorcal.com/lake-tahoes-boat-in-campground-puts-you-in-emerald-bay-after-the-crowds-leave/) _2026-08-18 · Active NorCal · Active NorCal_ Most people experience Emerald Bay from a packed overlook on Highway 89, snapping the same photo as everyone else before circling for parking. A lucky few get to wake up inside it. Tucked on the bay’s north shore at the site of the old Emerald Bay Resort, the boat-in campground offers 20 lakefront tent sites … The post Lake Tahoe’s Boat-In Campground Puts You in Emerald Bay After the Crowds Leave… ## [A Monster El Nino Could Be One of the Wettest Northern California Has Ever Seen](https://www.activenorcal.com/a-monster-el-nino-could-be-one-of-the-wettest-northern-california-has-ever-seen/) _2026-08-18 · Active NorCal · Active NorCal_ Every conversation about NorCal weather eventually lands on the same question these days: how big is this El Nino going to get? The latest answer from the world’s top forecasting model is a doozy. Climate scientist Daniel Swain shared new projections from the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts describing a genuinely extraordinary to extreme … The post A Monster El Nino Could Be One… ## [A NorCal Scientist Found That Mountain Lions Slash Deer Crashes by 67 Percent](https://www.activenorcal.com/a-norcal-scientist-found-that-mountain-lions-slash-deer-crashes-by-67-percent/) _2026-08-18 · Active NorCal · Active NorCal_ Mountain lions have a public relations problem in Northern California. Between livestock conflicts and the occasional too-close encounter, the big cats mostly make headlines for the wrong reasons. New research suggests they deserve credit for something unexpected: safer highways. Scientific American reported on a study, published August 5 in the journal Current Biology, showing that … The post A… ## [Ship software peacefully (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/IZa9Oouh1Jq5) _2026-08-18 · **Sponsored**_ Deploy apps from your repo with auto-config, instant previews, scaling, and monitoring. ## [PG&E Is About to Crank Up the North Fork Feather River for Whitewater Weekend](https://www.activenorcal.com/pge-is-about-to-crank-up-the-north-fork-feather-river-for-whitewater-weekend/) _2026-08-18 · Active NorCal · Active NorCal_ The Feather River Canyon is about to get loud. PG&E will crank up water releases on the North Fork Feather River this weekend, transforming a normally mellow stretch into serious whitewater. Higher flows will hit the Rock Creek Reach, an 8.3-mile section of river in the Plumas National Forest between Rock Creek Dam and the … The post PG&E Is About to Crank Up the North Fork Feather River for… ## [Ed Rosenthal On The Emerald Triangle](https://theemeraldtriangle.substack.com/p/ed-rosenthal-on-the-emerald-triangle) _2026-08-14 · NorCalWeedGal · Inside The Emerald Triangle_ My afternoon sesh with the Guru of Ganja. NorCalWeedGal and Ed Rosenthal at his home in Oakland, miles from the Emerald Triangle, yet so wise to our challenges. ## [Why I Trademarked The Emerald Triangle®](https://theemeraldtriangle.substack.com/p/why-i-trademarked-the-emerald-triangle) _2026-08-07 · NorCalWeedGal · Inside The Emerald Triangle_ Trinity, Humboldt, and Mendocino will retain their renowned world title as the authentic Emerald Triangle region where it was born in Northern California. ## [Required reading, "Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail 72," and other musings.](https://arestlesstransplant.substack.com/p/required-reading-fear-and-loathing) _2026-08-02 · Foster Huntington · A RESTLESS TRANSPLANT_ The text messages always go, “Hi, it’s Blank from X State, and I’m running for Congress. ## [THE BERMUDA EMERALD TRIANGLE](https://theemeraldtriangle.substack.com/p/the-bermuda-emerald-triangle-24e) _2026-07-31 · NorCalWeedGal · Inside The Emerald Triangle_ How and Why People Disappear in the Emerald Triangle. A deep dive into the history of missing people in the Emerald Triangle of Northern California. ## [“Advice is like belly buttons or assholes—everyone has them, but some stink worse than others.”](https://arestlesstransplant.substack.com/p/advice-is-like-belly-buttons-or-assholeseveryone) _2026-07-26 · Foster Huntington · A RESTLESS TRANSPLANT_ and things I tell people thinking about being an artist. ## [It's Weeducation Week!](https://theemeraldtriangle.substack.com/p/weeducation-week-inside-the-emerald) _2026-07-24 · NorCalWeedGal · Inside The Emerald Triangle_ Interesting and educational cannabis information...the difference between hemp and marijuana, about human endocannabinoids, and Emerald Triangle fun facts. ## [The World Cup](https://arestlesstransplant.substack.com/p/the-world-cup) _2026-07-18 · Foster Huntington · A RESTLESS TRANSPLANT_ an apology for my absence, notes from the Argentina vs Egypt game and my love letter to the best sporting event in the world. ## [Criminal or Crusader? 24 Years In Prison For Humboldt Weed](https://theemeraldtriangle.substack.com/p/criminal-or-crusader-24-years-in) _2026-07-17 · NorCalWeedGal · Inside The Emerald Triangle_ Director Seth Ferranti’s Convict Story of Fortitude and Humlove and his production company, Outlaw Films, highlighting America's undernoticed and misunderstood. ## [A DEADLY NIGHT IN DENNY](https://theemeraldtriangle.substack.com/p/a-deadly-night-in-denny-89b) _2026-07-10 · NorCalWeedGal · Inside The Emerald Triangle_ On a brisk February night in Denny, California, the heart of the Emerald Triangle, a mountain murder took place between neighbors. A truly crazy crime story! ## [Real SIMs for AI Agents (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/BnqgYOQELqM9) _2026-07-10 · **Sponsored**_ Pass 2FA and verifications with real carrier numbers via our API. ## [How Humboldt Hippies Changed Federal Raid Laws](https://theemeraldtriangle.substack.com/p/how-humboldt-hippies-changed-federal) _2026-07-02 · NorCalWeedGal · Inside The Emerald Triangle_ Operation Green Sweep, Part 2: The Reaction, Backlash, and Lawsuit from HW Bush's illegal martial law in Humboldt, using the military for marijuana eradication ## [The Time Armed Soldiers Invaded The Emerald Triangle](https://theemeraldtriangle.substack.com/p/the-time-armed-soldiers-invaded-the) _2026-06-26 · NorCalWeedGal · Inside The Emerald Triangle_ Operation Green Sweep was a military-on-civilian conflict from 7/30-8/5/1990, when nearly 300 military, state, and local gov't soldiers invaded Humboldt County ## [War on Drugs Timeline: Historical Snapshot](https://theemeraldtriangle.substack.com/p/war-on-drugs-timeline-historical) _2026-06-19 · NorCalWeedGal · Inside The Emerald Triangle_ Inside The Emerald Triangle and the United States from 1930s-2020s ## [Breaking The Stoner Stigma](https://theemeraldtriangle.substack.com/p/breaking-the-stoner-stigma) _2026-06-12 · NorCalWeedGal · Inside The Emerald Triangle_ How 420-friendly is winning against fear & ignorance, with the medical discovery of the human endocannabinoid system and changes after recreationally legal weed ## [10 Thousand Miles in with my Ballin' On a Budget Ford Transit Build.](https://arestlesstransplant.substack.com/p/10-thousand-miles-in-with-my-ballin) _2026-06-11 · Foster Huntington · A RESTLESS TRANSPLANT_ Tomorrow, between 7 and 8 am, I'm going to brave the Portland i5 traffic and head south towards Mendicino on my 4th trip to Northern California Since building the van in April. ## [Andy Heller's 1.9 TDI swapped Toyota 4x4 Camper that he's planning to drive to South America](https://arestlesstransplant.substack.com/p/andy-hellers-19-tdi-swapped-toyota) _2026-06-05 · Foster Huntington · A RESTLESS TRANSPLANT_ A few weeks ago I stopped by Fit Garage on my way down to Northern CA to link up with Lloyd Kahn , Mike Idell, and Kate to go hunting for pigs. ## [Searching for pigs with Lloyd Khan on his first hunt at 91.](https://arestlesstransplant.substack.com/p/searching-for-pigs-with-lloyd-khan) _2026-05-30 · Foster Huntington · A RESTLESS TRANSPLANT_ The thigh-high brown grass made the ridges and rolling oak hills of northern California look foreign and exotic. ## [The Overlanding Industrial Complex and It's Consequences Have Been A Disaster For Car Camping](https://arestlesstransplant.substack.com/p/the-overlanding-industrial-complex) _2026-05-22 · Foster Huntington · A RESTLESS TRANSPLANT_ I noticed the red Tacoma with a black contractor canopy parked in the parking lot of the convenience store in Lyle, Washington, as I pulled off Highway 14. ## [My love letter to the Big Lebowski](https://arestlesstransplant.substack.com/p/my-love-letter-to-the-big-lebowski) _2026-05-16 · Foster Huntington · A RESTLESS TRANSPLANT_ My first recollection of The Big Lebowski was in the winter of 2002/2003. ## [Fodder for my day dreams of being in the woods](https://arestlesstransplant.substack.com/p/fodder-for-my-day-dreams-of-being) _2026-05-08 · Foster Huntington · A RESTLESS TRANSPLANT_ and more critters from my trail cameras from Spring 2026. ## [Daily plans, scheduled by AI (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/9F8977LwzoCs) _2026-05-08 · **Sponsored**_ AI-made daily plans that schedule tasks and protect focus time. ## [Film Scans from Spring](https://arestlesstransplant.substack.com/p/film-scans-from-spring) _2026-04-30 · Foster Huntington · A RESTLESS TRANSPLANT_ The first hints of spring start in mid-February when the temperature gets above 50 for the first time and I strip off a layer to sit in the mid-afternoon sun. ## [Ballin' on a Budget Van Build Pt 2](https://arestlesstransplant.substack.com/p/ballin-on-a-budget-van-build-pt-2) _2026-04-23 · Foster Huntington · A RESTLESS TRANSPLANT_ A modular Sleeping Platform and must Haves for a simple road tripping set up. ## [Ballin' on a budget Van Build PT 1.](https://arestlesstransplant.substack.com/p/ballin-on-a-budget-van-build-pt-1) _2026-04-17 · Foster Huntington · A RESTLESS TRANSPLANT_ Insulation, Electrical, Solar, Exhaust Fan and Sheeting ## [Van Philosophy](https://arestlesstransplant.substack.com/p/van-philosophy) _2026-04-09 · Foster Huntington · A RESTLESS TRANSPLANT_ Ramblings about inspiration and experiences that led me to a short-wheelbase, low-top work van as the basis for my budget road tripper. ## [I followed my own advice and bought a van.](https://arestlesstransplant.substack.com/p/i-followed-my-own-advice-and-bought) _2026-04-02 · Foster Huntington · A RESTLESS TRANSPLANT_ Starting a new series about building out a Budget Roadtrip Vehicle. ## [The first roll of film from my Olympus XA and some tips for getting into shooting film](https://arestlesstransplant.substack.com/p/the-first-roll-of-film-from-my-olympus) _2026-03-28 · Foster Huntington · A RESTLESS TRANSPLANT_ When I first got into shooting film in 2011, one of the first cameras I bought was the Olympus XA. ## [Metal roofs, banning hunting and fishing and other aesthetic decisions made in the name of the Environment.](https://arestlesstransplant.substack.com/p/metal-roofs-banning-hunting-and-fishing) _2026-03-19 · Foster Huntington · A RESTLESS TRANSPLANT_ I grew up forty-five minutes east of Portland, in the foothills of the Cascades, in a place caught between its past as a string of logging communities on the Columbia River, and its future as a recreational area and second-home destination for crunchy outdoor types. ## [Confessions of a Marketplace Day Dreamer](https://arestlesstransplant.substack.com/p/confessions-of-a-marketplace-day) _2026-03-12 · Foster Huntington · A RESTLESS TRANSPLANT_ and what vehicles I recommend for roadtripping. ## [DIY Wild Boar Prosciutto](https://arestlesstransplant.substack.com/p/diy-wild-boar-prosciutto) _2026-03-06 · Foster Huntington · A RESTLESS TRANSPLANT_ Dry-curing meat from an animal that most people deem a pest and a revulsion requires a bit of fortitude and an open mind. ## [The case for provincialism and creativity.](https://arestlesstransplant.substack.com/p/the-case-for-provincialism-and-creativity) _2026-02-26 · Foster Huntington · A RESTLESS TRANSPLANT_ Ideas, especially new ones, need controlled environments to grow. ## [The one night road trip](https://arestlesstransplant.substack.com/p/the-one-night-road-trip) _2026-02-18 · Foster Huntington · A RESTLESS TRANSPLANT_ My ode to unsung hero of travel.