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submitted by Julia Leigh for team Outdoor news 17 weeks 6 days 1 hour 29 minutes ago
A 51-year-old blood donor was discovered to have the West Nile virus during a routine screening, becoming the Bay Area's first reported human infection this season.
The Vacaville man, a regular donor, learned he had the virus last week after giving blood at a Blood Centers of...(more)
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submitted by Lisa for team Outdoor news 8 weeks 3 days 13 hours 39 minutes ago
Thousands of dead carp in Clear Lake in California have Lake County residents holding their noses.
Officials are testing the fish for disease to try to determine the cause of the die-off, which began about a week ago and has littered the lake's shores with carcasses.
Lake County...(more)
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submitted by Lisa for team Outdoor news 12 weeks 23 hours 58 minutes ago
The best hike is the climb to San Pedro Ridge and to the Montara Mountain Summit, the best bike ride is the 11-mile route on the Bay Ridge Trail from Highway 92 to Sneath Lane in San Bruno, and the best fishing and boating is from...(more)
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submitted by Lisa for team Outdoor news 82 weeks 1 day 26 minutes ago
The exhausted, naked woman who was pulled out of the bay early today after a ferry passenger spotted her floundering off Tiburon was apparently suffering from a psychotic episode, the Coast Guard said today.
The woman, whose name was not released, told a doctor that she had...(more)
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submitted by Jenna for team Outdoor news 83 weeks 3 days 1 hour 49 minutes ago
A blind British adventurer touched down in Sydney Monday to end an epic 13,500-mile flight by microlight aircraft from London.
Miles Hilton-Barber braved snowstorms, freezing temperatures and torrential downpours during his 59-day journey under the supervision of sighted co-pilot Richard Meredith-Hardy.
"It's the fulfillment of an amazing dream,"...(more)
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submitted by Christopher for team Outdoor news 83 weeks 3 days 9 hours 52 minutes ago
AFTER 22 years as an open space park ranger, Brian Sanford thinks he's seen it all.
He's used a doughnut to catch an escaped pig near Cemetery Marsh. Broken up the camp of a man who enjoyed sprawling naked on a fire road near Fairfax and kept...(more)
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submitted by Grace for team Outdoor news 2 weeks 3 days 13 hours 42 minutes ago
The sudden rash of "black panther sightings" this fall at Bay Area parks has given new spark to the region's greatest wildlife mystery:
Are the sightings cases of mistaken identity, as wildlife scientists believe?
Or is there another explanation?
Scientists say they have no proof of black panthers in...(more)
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submitted by Julia Leigh for team Outdoor news 60 weeks 4 days 4 hours 29 minutes ago
Thirty-five Pasadena ninth-graders get a taste of sea drama as their schooner takes on water. 'They want to go back,' the captain says.
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submitted by Lisa for team Outdoor news 56 weeks 3 days 12 hours 36 minutes ago
Standing in the shade of an ancient sequoia almost as tall as a football field and wide enough to play hide-and-seek with an RV, I can't imagine anyone saying, "Hmm, this looks like a good place for a movie theater and a mini-golf course."
Those did not...(more)
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submitted by Gretchen Wright for team Outdoor news 24 weeks 1 hour 38 minutes ago
If you see it here, it has passed a grueling test. All year long, we've been testing gear on trips from the canyons of Capitol Reef to the heights of the Himalayas. After narrowing the field to 25 potential winners, nine editors descended on Colorado's Great...(more)
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submitted by Christine for team Outdoor news 21 weeks 1 day 1 hour 46 minutes ago
A 20-year-old climber died shortly after reaching the top of North America's highest peak, just days after another adventurer became the first known person to die at the summit, park officials said Tuesday.
Pungkas Tri Baruno, 20, of Jakarta, Indonesia, died Monday night while descending Mount McKinley,...(more)
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submitted by Grace for team Outdoor news 2 weeks 3 days 13 hours 46 minutes ago
In one scene, a small bobcat crouched on a one-inch perch, appearing to gather the courage for a 10-foot leap over a stream to an equally tiny landing spot.
In another, a large mountain lion crept along a creek, searching for a way across without getting wet.
Then...(more)
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