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Black-tailed Deer

If you're on the West Coast between the Alaska panhandle and Central California, there’s a good chance that animal track you’re staring at belongs to the black-tailed deer. Apart from being the most visible four-legged creature in its region, it also has the most visible track.

Coyote

Although the coyote's scientific name, Canis latrans, means "barking dog" in Latin, the indigenous people of California had another name for these scrappy opportunists: Trickster. The coyote is the traditional symbol for the Trickster character found in many Native American myths.

Cowells

A mob of longboarders on a sunny day at Cowells surf break. Photo credit: Hilltromper

Easygoing waves on the Westside.

Capitola Bans Plastic Bags

Dec. 14, 2012—The Capitola City Council put Cuteness-by-the-Sea on track last night to become the third city in Santa Cruz County to ban single-use plastic bags. The last holdout is Scotts Valley.

Elkhorn Slough

A mass of terns (white seabirds) taking flight over a wetlands. Photo by VIcki and Chuck Rogers/Creative Commons.

A global birding destination on Monterey Bay.

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