Bodega Bay News

Foes of plans to charge the public an $8 day use fee at more than 20 North Coast beaches gathered in Bodega Bay on Thursday night to plot strategy for California State Parks has applied for county permits to install self-pay stations at 22 beaches in Sonoma and Mendocino counties as a way of generating more revenue.

"You have to get your feet in the right position," said Mike McWilliams, the instructor at the Shearing School held this week at the University of California Cooperative Extension research station in Hopland.

An 85-year-old Southern California man was struck and killed on his bicycle Thursday as he rounded a hairpin curve on Highway 1 near Bodega Bay, authorities said.

A bicyclist was struck and killed on Highway 1 near Bodega Bay on Thursday afternoon in a collision with a Ford Focus, the CHP said.

Tonight, a special Eye On The Bay: we follow in the footsteps of legendary director Alfred Hitchcock, tracing three of the landmark films he shot in the Bay Area.A It's a must-see show for road trip buffs and Hitchcock fans.A We'll talk about his work with his granddaughter, Tere Carruba.A We'll trace the maze of Hitch's "Vertigo" shoot through the ... (more)

"You have to get your feet in the right position," said Mike McWilliams, the instructor at the Shearing School held this week at the University of California Cooperative Extension research station in Hopland.

California State Parks is planning to charge for day use at 14 popular beaches on the Sonoma Coast, 20 years after a similar effort sparked months of furious protest that ultimately forced the state to rescind the fees.

A young gray whale, spotted by sightseers entangled in crab pot lines, has been freed after a four-hour rescue operation staged by Sausalito's Marine Mammal Center and the Coast Guard.

One of California's hottest car events, the California Mille celebrated its' 22nd birthday last week.

The U.S. Coast Guard, along with a group of H.U.S. Marine Mammal Stranding Network and the North Coast Marine Mammal Center spent hours chasing down the creature so they could untangle the lines from the whale.

Missed this when it first hit the wires, but thank you to the AP 's Jason Dearen and Marcus Wohlsen .

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Northern California is home to some of the most varied landscapes in the state. The Pacific Ocean in northern California is filled with rocky shores and crashing waves in communities like Crescent City and Bodega Bay.

Motoring closer he saw a gray whale tangled in a large fishing line. It was the same whale, officials determined later, that was first spotted hundreds of miles south off the Orange County coast April 17, dragging several buoys attached to a net.

A pair of jet skiers hanging on to their vessels from the bay was rescued from the choppy waves of Bodega Bay Friday, officers said.

This image provided April 17, 2012, by Capt. Dave's Dolphin and Whale Safari shows a gray whale entangled in netting in the waters off the coast of Southern California April 17, 2012.

This image provided April 17, 2012, by Capt. Daveis Dolphin and Whale Safari shows a gray whale entangled in netting in the waters off the coast of Southern California April 17, 2012.

A gray whale that got tangled up in a nylon line off Orange County's coast was freed today, according to the Pacific Marine Mammal Center in Laguna Beach.

A gray whale that swam from southern California to the Monterey Bay while tangled in buoys was found and rescued in Bodega BayA by a ship captain and his crew, officials said Friday afternoon.

It seems that a gray whale that was entangled in a fishing net off the coast of San Onofre, two weeks prior, is one lucky whale.