Matt LaFever
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North Coast Contributing Editor @SFGATE | Publisher @MendoFever | Freelance @KymKemp & @KMUDNews| Digging deep in NorCal’s wildlands—where stories take root.
Mendocino County
Joined December 2013
In working-class Kihei, a new kind of gathering place is reshaping the rhythm of Maui.
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This low-key Kihei oasis is serving more than food — but good luck finding it.
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Crescent City's harbor sustained major damage after tsunami waves battered California's North Coast.
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California's tsunami magnet just lived up to its name.
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Del Norte County's Josephine Ophiolite reveals a cross section of Earth usually buried miles below.
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You are, quite literally, driving through Earth’s mantle.
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RT @PPICWater: Great @SFGate article on the complexities of taking down the dams on the Eel River, via @_MattLaFever. For more on the issu….
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A dam is coming down. And Northern California is tearing itself apart.
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As Ukiah eyes expansion, a battle over land use ignites in small-town Northern California.
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The city calls it planning. Residents call it a power grab.
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In California's Emerald Triangle, KMUD's rebel radio signal faces its greatest threat yet.
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Deep in the California redwoods, one radio station is fighting to stay on the air.
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For $7 million, you can buy the Mendocino Coast view that locals were denied.
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One local fears "we're becoming kind of a Disneyland for rich people."
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RT @SFGate: A California town of just over 15,000 residents in Lassen County is lamenting the loss of its 78-year-old baseball grandstand.….
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Frank Ernaga Field was the center of Susanville's baseball cosmos.
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When a local coach saw the grandstand engulfed in flames, he "burst into tears."
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Why did a Thai food icon choose Mendocino County? The owner said because 'it's special'.
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One of the owners said, "This is the quickest I've ever acquired a restaurant."
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A 6,000-foot tunnel could give Crescent City the 'safe and reliable' infrastructure it needs.
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Yosemite will no longer have the longest tunnel in California.
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A professor said the practice is 'a religion of sorts'.
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A professor said the practice is "a religion of sorts."
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After 28 years of serving burgers in the Mendocino County town of Willits, the owner said, 'I'm very lucky'.
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After 28 years of serving burgers, the owner said, "I'm very lucky."
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A spokesperson called the allegations 'unacceptable’.
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A spokesperson called the allegations "unacceptable."
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NorCal's rural right pushes back on GOP plan to privatize public land.
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NorCal's rural right is pushing back on a GOP plan to privatize public land.
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Lesner Noe Velasquez Cardenas has disappeared, and his case is full of contradictions.
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Lesner Noe Velasquez Cardenas's case is full of contradictions.
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The Hendy Hermit's last known address was a 'hollowed out tree stump' in a Mendocino County redwood grove.
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The Hendy Hermit's last known address was a "hollowed out tree stump."
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Despite everything, the husband and wife say their love for the outdoors remains intact. While they don’t plan to return to waterfall hiking anytime soon, Shea added: “We’re not scared. We’ll do it again.”.
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The wife of the hiker who fell at Camp Creek Falls recounted the dramatic rescue.
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The real estate agent said properties like this 'don't come around very often'.
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The real estate agent said properties like this "don't come around very often."
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