Seven pages of comments at mtbr.com, a forum for mountain bikers. Some folks were actually out riding on Monday when the fire started. Coe does cause people to go insane. UPDATE: I found a cool Flickr photo gallery from somebody…

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Somebody at a hunting club nearby was burning something in a barrel and it got out of hand. Authorities announced Wednesday that the Lick fire was started by careless behavior at a private hunting camp near a spot called Booze…

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For those who missed it yesterday, the New York Times has the, uh, poop on the absence of the privy atop the highest peak in the lower 48.

“Fire at Henry Coe State Park in California,” from the photo stream of d^b. A Flickr user flying into San Jose last night snapped this pic of the big fire burning near Henry Coe State Park. Word this morning is…

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Mike Cassidy talked to Bob this week and the honchos liked the story so much they put it on the front page. “It took a bit of doing,” he told me the other day. A bit. Like three days, a…

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From the Santa Cruz Sentinel: An evening bike ride in the Forest of Nisene Marks State Park turned perilous for a local couple Monday when the woman rode off an 80-foot cliff and her husband plummeted nearly as far trying…

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California Fire News could use a visual-appeal consultant, but the content’s there. Has tons of news headlines and weather reports (still in all-caps, the way the National Weather Service likes it).

There’s going to be hell to pay for whoever put out the gopher poison that ended up killing three dogs on a trail in Marin. From the Chron’s latest update: The reward has grown to more than $31,000 since Tuesday,…

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Bay City News reports Santa Clara County is spending 1.7 million to add showers and RV sites at Coyote Lake. Following construction, the camp area will feature 17 recreational vehicle campsites with water and electrical hookups, a shower facility, new…

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