KCET Heads For Dramatic Coastlines of Northern California In Third Season of Web Series CALIFORNIA COASTAL TRAIL
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New Season Showcases San Francisco Bay Area, Marin County and Sonoma County With Social Media Videos, Historical Narratives and Cultural Points of Interest Plus Camping and Hiking Guides
CALIFORNIA COASTAL TRAIL Kicks Off KCET’s “Summer of the Environment”
CALIFORNIA COASTAL TRAIL
Premieres Friday, July 7 online at kcet.org/coastaltrail
Burbank, Calif. – June 8, 2017 – KCET, the nation’s largest independent public television station, announced today a new season of the digital series CALIFORNIA COASTAL TRAIL. The web series, produced by Rigler Creative, aims to raise awareness about the California Coastal Trail; its past, its present and its future through a series of historical narratives, camping and hiking guides, as well as articles about important cultural points of interest along the Trail. Now in its third season, the online series is in support of KCET’s “Summer of the Environment” initiative, and will premiere six new video segments (one video per week) at kcet.org/coastaltrail starting just after the long holiday weekend on July 7 at kcet.org/coastaltrail. The series will also be available on Roku and Apple TV.
The new season will head north passing through Marin and Sonoma County, looking at spots along the coast like Lands End in San Francisco tracing the legendary Sutro Baths and a newly restored wetland habitat on the site of a former army base at Marin Headlands. We’ll relive California history with a group of schoolchildren at Fort Ross, a former Russian outpost to supply hunting and whaling efforts in Alaska during the early 1800’s. We’ll celebrate with the Kashia Band of Pomo Indians as they take back land and trail on the coastline originally inhabited by the Kashia people. Season 3 concludes with a visit to The Sea Ranch, the iconic architectural experiment by the Bay Area’s finest 1960’s era designers and landscape architects, now a living sustainable community.
CALIFORNIA COASTAL TRAIL debuted two summers ago and followed the trail from San Diego to San Luis Obispo County, while last summer’s episodes continued up the trail to the north to Monterey, Santa Cruz and San Mateo.
The California Coastal Trail, which got its start in a 1972-approved ballot measure, will be some 1,200 miles long once it is completed and always be within sight, sound or scent of the ocean along the state's coast between the Mexican and Oregon borders.
Partially funded by The California Coastal Commission, and presented in partnership with Rigler Creative, CALIFORNIA COASTAL TRAIL will share the state’s picturesque coastlines designed for a wide variety of audiences, including visiting tourists, casual vacationers and seasoned California outdoor enthusiasts.
“Summer of the Environment,” is a three-month initiative (June-August) on KCET and Link TV offering audiences a robust library of content on multiple platforms intended to ignite compassion and action for helping to save and heal the planet.
Join the conversation on social media using @KCET and #myCAcoast where dedicated social media videos will post to Facebook, Twitter and Instagram
ABOUT KCET
On-air, online and in the community, KCET plays a vital role in the cultural and educational enrichment of Southern and Central California. KCET offers a wide range of award-winning local programming as well as the finest public television programs from around the world. Throughout its 50-year history, KCET has won hundreds of major awards for its local and regional news and public affairs programming, its national drama and documentary productions, its quality educational family and children's programs, its outreach and community services and its website, kcet.org. KCET is a donor-supported community institution. For additional information about KCET productions, web-exclusive content, programming schedules and community events, please visit kcet.org. KCET is a part of the KCETLink Media Group. Select original programming from KCET is also available for streaming on Hulu, Apple TV and Roku platforms.
ABOUT THE CALIFORNIA COASTAL COMMISSION
The California Coastal Commission was established by voter initiative in 1972 (Proposition 20) and later made permanent by the Legislature through adoption of the California Coastal Act of 1976. The Commission is committed to protecting and enhancing California’s coast and ocean for present and future generations. It does so through careful planning and regulation of environmentally sustainable development, rigorous use of science, strong public participation, education, and effective intergovernmental coordination.
ABOUT RIGLER CREATIVE
"Rigler Creative is a full-service, Emmy-nominated production company that hand-crafts television, film, social media, websites, books and campaigns. On assignment for the State of California, Rigler Creative is covering the California Coastline for the public television series The California Coastal Trail. Now in its 7th year, Rigler Creative’s multi-platform awareness campaign ‘Every Body Walk’ for Kaiser Permanente has won more than 25 national PR awards and their Emmy-nominated public television series ‘City Walk’ returns for its third season this fall, while expanding into an internationally distributed broadcast franchise in 2018.”
