Kelly has a bachelor’s degree from the University of San Francisco and will complete a Master of Fine Arts degree in May at the University of New Orleans, where she's been an art instructor since 2021.
"It would be hard for me to pin down a favorite spot along the Lost Coast, but the lighthouse is definitely a favorite destination, because I can make it out there and back in a day. It is all so dramatic and wild.”
Currently, there are at least 25 breeding colonies along the Pacific coast of the United States, and the largest is in Southern California’s Channel Islands.
Early Saturday, a massive landslide collapsed onto a beach west of Ferndale. The fall above Fleener Creek Beach halts public access to the recreation area and highlights the precarious nature of the road used by residents in an area known for being one of the fastest eroding bluffs in California.