Peter Santenello - 2024-12-07
California's coastline is one of the most beautiful in the world. There is a section where the coastal HWY 1 goes inland and leaves a part of this rugged coastline and communities on their own. Join me today as we road trip through one of the most beautiful parts of the world and meet up with some fascinating locals who call it home.
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Thank you everyone so much for all the donations to the Mountain Of Mercy ❤️ I was extremely nervous to be a part of this video but God told me to do it and now I get to see Gods work! We all send so much thanks and appreciation to @Peter Santenello for making all of this possible and to all of you for the blessings! God bless you all!
Thank you Stephanie for sharing your story! It’s powerful and helpful to many people that need to see that there is hope at the other end of addiction. Keep up the amazing work out there!
@@PeterSantenello thanks for your outstanding videos Peter much appreciated viewing from Australia 🇦🇺
God bless thank you for sharing ❤
God's light shines through you, Stephanie! We can all see it! Keep up the great work! Congrats on your sobriety! 🎉
Congratulations on your progress and here’s to many more milestones ahead.
Thank you so much for making this video and interviewing stephanie at the Honeydew store!!! We are so proud of her and she is such a blessing to the Mountain of Mercy. My husband and I run the Mountain of Mercy and we greatly appreciate everyone who has donated to our mission. We are now able to pay our gas bill! God bless all of you! ❤️
It's so amazing what you and your husband are doing out there from how highly Stephanie spoke of Mountain of Mercy.
@@Kaybe23 They have a website. Search Mountain of Mercy.
@@Kaybe23The link to their website is in the description
Keep up the Great Work you folks are Truly warriors in these tragic times of drug abuse! Bless up Ms Stephanie and her journey....
I hope the general store girl watches this and realizes that we all have her back. Stay clean and clear! You got this!
Roger that! She is a strong woman and a great example that the scourge of fentanyl can be beat!
I pray they’re able to help thousands more who are lost to that deadly chemical!
you mean you support her struggle.. you don't have nobodies back keyboard warrior
I was a heroin addict for 25 years and I dont even know what this comment means. Got her back how? Trust me if she or I was in the middle of our addiction 99% of society does not have her back. If you're a true 1 per-center, thats impressive but I doubt you are. Don't worry most people arent.
Bless her soul 🙏 Such an inspiration. This whole fentanyl epidemic is just crazy. I wonder what's all behind it and why they're not fighting the source in some places. Basic law & order needs to be restored. California is such a beautiful place. As shown in this video. This is liberalism at it finest, but it totally lost it's meaning in the grand scheme. That one sign was telling. Reject socialism. Fight for your freedom. I'm afraid California will never change. The big cities and their politicians will keep this state in a chokehold. But I'm glad there are still common sense people around there living their lives in freedom 🙌
Many prayers going up for the precious young lady
Those 2 humans at the mill deserve so much success. Share share share!
Honestly, I would give up my engineering job at a certain defense contractor that you may know for a chance to work there.
Peter's Youtube channel is better than 175% of what you can find on broadcast TV
Amen!
300%
Agree.
YES
Yup
As a sober herion addict I can say we do recover! 7 years going strong ❤
Brilliant mate X
Amen dido
Wow that'a amazing.
25 years without a needle up my arm or a drink. Good work buddy!!
That’s amazing you’re a miracle
Congratulations to the girl that's going through recovery 🙏🏻
Amen to that
I hope she gave the donation to the rehab
Prayers for the young lady in recovery. 🙏👍
There is such beauty in life to unfold. Love to hear the story of recovery. Peace !
I don't if you mean the ones who froze the dog to death. WTF is wrong with those crackheads?
Old school media is defunct. Peters style is on point. He has a genuine interest, a thirst for knowledge, and allows people to truly get the real story across. Just a man and his camera! This is true community media.
Jim Groeling is an amazing guy. Him and his crew taught me how to do carpentry out in Petrolia about 20 years ago. One day I told Jim that I wanted to start an organic farm at some point and he offered me a piece of land he owned on the spot. "I've always wanted to be part of a farm!" he said. He bought a little tractor, helped me put in an irrigation system, gave me wood for a farm stand and for a few awesome years I ran a little farm right there close to the Petrolia store. He made it happen and I am super grateful.
Such a Great Story , Thank you For Sharing it ......I love it
It's so refreshing to hear your story in the midst of the daily news cycle. Truly wonderful.
This is some of the best documentary journalism across all platforms. When life throws me hard times I feel like I'm alone but all of Peter's videos make me realize there are a lot of people like me pushing through day to day and they keep going.
Should be careful about saying making money tax free as that is also a federal crime!
I am a Humboldt native, being originally from Loleta. I had always hoped Peter would visit, but never expected three videos here! Thank you, Peter, for profiling this forgotten corner of the world. That said, we want it to STAY forgotten.
I went to college there and LOVED it. Wish I had stayed. It is beautiful and should stay forgotten. Long live the values of my youth growing up free in California during the 60s
I love the country
Well said! Love from McK neighbor ❤
Love from Fortuna ❤
exactly @annalorres. while many of us that don’t live there are interested and appreciate this peek, seems the absolute LAST thing most residents of the area would want is to blow up the place by having this sort of video posted to youtube
John’s story brought tears of hope. His life leading up to, during and post prison is a story worth telling. Thank you for taking the time to let him tell us a heart wrenching but hopeful story. He should write a novel. Talk about an unassuming man.
His story should be a feature film, someone needs to get all those memories documented 💕
No doubt
We've been sober for just about 2yrs, my wife and I from meth and we're doing excellent, everyday is a blessing.
kudos to both,ALL the best to both of you from bottom of my heart.THANK YOU for sharing.
That is wonderful!
Awesome job
Keep it up, it is worth it. Praying for both of you.
Seriously, as an European i find this video's highly educational. Since we most learn from US movies, it is a relief to experience somewhat of the real USA.
Never been there, sure want to go someday.
Keep it up Peter.
Yeah, when seeing those landscapes it looks so surreal to me. Just the sheer distances everywhere. Amazing
Indeed. We promise most Americans are not like the insanity you see in our politics and television/movies. You would be Very Welcome anytime! Its a stunningly beautiful and vast area, full of unique people, animals and stories.
We actually get a solid amount of Europeans in Humboldt. The ones that backpack mostly as we have the lost coast trail. Hope you make it out here someday :)
@@GSP96 Yeah, I met some Germans in Lost Coast when I was traveling there from Southern California. Fun times
Yes, you will be rewarded handsomely if you venture into NorCal and Southern Oregon. I've driven most of these roads, and seen so many sites: deep river canyons, various small town museums with pioneer and Chinese histories. I've been to the Honey Dew store 3 times, and it's just quirky enough to bring me back again. There are several Redwood stands close by. Very easy for my imagination to see dinosaurs running to and fro in these forests. You can talk to locals who actually heard some of these trees fall.
In Southern Oregon, there is the Rogue River and the Umpqua river their wild and scenic views, Both rivers lead to one of my most awesome sights in the world: Cater Lake. Throughout my life, I've been to this Blue Wonder 50 times. Throughout both states there are multiple places to learn Indian history. Also with cool small museums. These are just some of those things you can experience. Blessings.
I think that the most poignant moment for me with this video was the young lady who was addicted to fentanyl, and has been clean for a year and a half. I'm so glad she was able to overcome the overwhelmingly strong addiction, and that she DID find life on the other side. She is an inspiration to others who think there is no hope. There is ALWAYS hope. 🙏🙏
This was huge. Thank you to the young lady from sharing.
that was my favorite part of the video
Stats say she'll most definitely use fentanyl again. Opiod long term recovery is less than 5%. She fucked herself.
Praise our Lord 🙏🙌🏽
And Savior Jesus Christ
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Yeah she's awesome.
I love that last guy.. God bless him for the rest of his days.
No doubt... he was my fav as well, gracious and humble good ol' boy from the hills of BEAUTIFUL Humboldt.
When people ask why I eschew cable in favor of YouTube, this, this is why. These videos rank up with the best “human interest” stories I’ve seen.
But wouldn't you rather see Jake Tapper or Sean Hannity talk about important problems in our nation?!?!
Amen to that.
Wild. I grew up between Petrolia & Honeydew, left for college, dropped out and moved back. Been here since and know just about every one of the locals featured in the video. Rad to see Peter get so fired up over Jim's woodwork. My dad's been building with Jim for 40 years and I'm currently working on a house with them for our friends out here in Petrolia. Awesome video and gives me great perspective from the outside. Thanks Peter
Then you must know John, what an angel of a person, you're fortunate to know such wonderful people.
Miss you, as well, weed Jesus.
That is so cool! Good for you! All the best!
Hell yeah! We used to go camping around Petrolia for 4th of July. The Beef N Bean Cookoff is unreal!! Love it up there.
Did the Lost Coast get hit as hard as some are saying since the last shaker we had? Hope you're all ok there. That has to be my favorite place in Humboldt, sadly I don't get there as often as I used to.
At 68yrs old my wife and I are now Parents to our 13yr grandaughter and 9 yr old special needs grandson because our daughter can't get off meth and fentanyl, Our grandkids have been living a horrific life till DHS finally took them. Listening to stephanie share her story brought tears flooding of HOPE that someday our daughter could have the same story.
As people of faith its our 4:30 am daily morning prayer for the last 10 yrs.God Bless her and your gift to get people to share there heart with you. I love your storys they are making a difference.
Sending you a lot of love and hugs! 🤗
💔😢
Just do the work..And thank you Jesus ❤
God Bless you, your wife & those children @stevewilliams🙏💖
Wow I am not the type of person to get emotional but reading this story made me cry, I will be praying for you and your family. It’s hard but it helps to try to have total resignation to God’s will and remember He can and will bring good out of even the worst situations.
One of your best videos because your compassion for humanity and addicted ones are so touching to see. Keep these stories coming! ❤
There is NO ONE on YouTube with better content covering lands and the people living on them day to day than you Peter. This is my favorite channel, and I can’t thank you enough for your fair and honest coverage always . You possess a very approachable personality and style that brings out the best in your content and contacts. I hope to personally meet you one day.
THAT is something to be very proud of! Stay strong!
😅😊😊
3 am.. got up to pee, and just finished watching. Im a carpenter, pot smoker, surfer, 74 years of memories just flashed by listening to these beautiful people. God Bless California ~ ✍️)))
Young picture 38 is how I still feel.
Just turned 73 - Know what you are saying
I'm 76 and feel the same way.
76 and definitely not as nimble as I used to be, but I'm sure damn happier and healthier ❤
12-23-50 Right behind ya girl, just not surfing anymore. That I miss. SMOKE! Ah, the memories. They keep coming. Stay on the saddle !
I'm turning 60 & I truly love celebrating 🎈🎉 you & others same mindset, & feelings 💖
Top notch Peter. Listening to John was choking me up. What a humble human that lost not only his freedom but also time with his loved ones. everyone on this had a positive from a negative. keep em comin Peter.
I agree the best part of this video was the man who went to prison and stayed positive
Yes. I understand.
But why not grow something that isn’t a drug?
Marijuana isn’t necessary for life- water, shelter, nutrition, relationship, sun, and sleep is necessary.
If people ‘need’ marijuana, alcohol, whatever to get by I think that they should get the help they need to enjoy life without having to drug up.
💯 A solid person
@@fishhuntadventureit is not equivalent to alcohol in the slightest. It is medicinal and helps so many in chronic situations, not toxic or addictive nor does it have horrible physiological or psychological side effects, which is why it is so highly necessary.
@@fishhuntadventure Well, people don't need Youtube videos either but here we are! I'm not a cannabis user and, while I get your point, we all have things which bring us joy and peace, and I believe your solely utilitarian understanding of humanity is unrealistic. There are far greater 'crimes' that remain entirely legal and which, despite being completely unnecessary to life (indeed, harmful to it), yet go unpunished. I hope that you can find a way to channel this righteous and productive energy into protecting life in all its forms from greater evils than a small-scale cannabis farmer.
You know what was super cool? That darn clould during 3300 to 3342 ....wow. plus those tables where cool as well.
As a mother that lost her son to fentanyl poisoning, thank you for bringing light on our national tragedy. Like a lot of grandparents, am raising a grandchild by myself. I wouldn't have it any other way as she is a blessing ❤❤❤
May Abundant blessings find you always 💖
Mr Santenello, you are a national treasure to your country! Discovering America through you is such a breath of fresh air!
You sure do know how to hold space for people to tell their stories. It is a great talent. Thank you, Peter.
This was awesome! One of the truest representations of NorCal I've ever seen. Thank you.
I hope that young lady is a spokesperson for survivors of fentanyl, she’s inspiring.
a lot of times, those just fresh from recovery speak way more from the heart, then those with lots of years.
No doubt
I can honestly say these videos of rual California is making me see California in a very positive light 🫶🏽
This is 95% of California. When people talk badly about us we know they have never traveled our state. We are like our own country. Our economy alone carries the majority of the US if not the world.
Dude this is what most of the state is like it’s woods and farm land it’s not just the Bay Area and los Angeles
If you can find them check out an old TV series by the now deceased Huell Howser . He travelled all around small town California seeing the beauty of it and it's people . He had more than one but one of the series he had was called " California's Gold ." Anyone who has an opinion of California without seeing these really needs to .
@@AAWGASHTADS I always loved watching Huell, he was such an affable, kind hearted man.
@@VerticalGastricSleeveSuccess Exactly how I feel about Oregon and Washington states !!! The vast beauty and amazingly friendly people, along with ALL the beautiful natural spaces is SO much more than what's happening with our inner cities (every big city is in bad shape with homelessness, mental illness, and drug use)
Getting out and seeing the reality makes a great difference 🤩
Guy Fieri from Diners, Drive Ins and Dives was born and raised in Ferndale. He started out in food operating his own pretzel cart there as a kid. He hasn't forgotten where he came from either, still involved in the local community and gives a lot back.
ya, he always shows up at the summer fairs here :)
I remember doing coke with him in the early 2000’s. Nice guy
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@@blissmagnateyeah he also was at the rodeo in Fortuna I got a picture with him very cool dude
I grew up in a small town in Tennessee and at 17, went to LA. in '65. I did the Hippie scene, grew up, and raised a family. In 2000 we moved to Idaho where, at 77, I'm watching this amazing video. One of my sons still grows medical marijuana near Santa Barbara. Thank you for airing these stories.
Man i hope you stay in California for a while longer, these last few videos have been my favorites.. California is the most beautiful place in the world imo.
So true. Wish the government hadn’t become so invasive and high-taxing. Other than that, and that’s a huge impact on our lives, it’s beautiful! The people are awesome up there.
You haven’t been to other places in the world if you think CA is the most beautiful out of the entire world.
@@ggrace1133beginnings of change are in the wind…
@GlobalTossPot That’s what I’m saying. I’ve been to California many times and it’s beautiful, but not the most beautiful place in the world.
@@GlobalTossPot yeah honestly I haven’t been around much lol. I’m from Georgia, never really been far outside of where I’m from. I did go to San Francisco for a couple days a few years back.. maybe “most beautiful in the world” is a stretch lol, but just from videos and movies and stuff that I’ve seen, I’m just drawn to California for some reason, living on east coast my whole life, the west is calling me lol. And yeah I got problems with the politics and stuff like others mentioned, I just meant strictly aesthetically.
Peter, thank you for educating the rest of the country on California. I’m tired of people thinking the whole state is Los Angeles or San Francisco. Hopefully my California license plate will make me less of a road rage target when I visit places like Idaho, Utah and Texas
Yes, we are decidedly NOT just LA and Frisco (I'll call it what I want)! Life up here is hard and folks make sacrifices to be able to be here. Thanks for showing Humboldt in an honest light. Did you miss the 7.0 or were you here?
🤣 I can imagine .
And in fairness, San Francisco and Los
Angeles are vastly different places in and of themselves. As are San Diego and Sacramento. And within those places you have far more diversity than Humboldt, a very VERY liberal county in comparison to SF.
Yes. People truly have no idea how, dare I say, “diverse” we are.
Sadly that is true in many states. I rarely mention on social media that I am from Illinois. My car has been vandalized when I've been in Wisconsin.
So many great storylines in this video. The weed farmer who did 10 years is so humble, forgiving, and gracious that I want to drive out there and buy a pound of weed from him… and I don’t even smoke.
Send it to ne i need it for pain relief feom a car accident in 2013.
I tried legal pot drops and it did nothing to help me and cost! 60 to 100 buck's a bottle.
I used entire thing AND NOTHING !.
DID SOMEONE REPLACE WITH BONG WATER !??
No doubt... dude is so humble.
Peter's channel is in the top 3 of my youtube subscriptions. This channel is GOLD🏆🎗🏅
Insane. I'm from Sweden and yesterday I read about the lost coast and Ferndale. Never heard of them before. And now you're dropping a video from there. The world works in mysterious ways. Great video. Thank you Peter😀
Come see us!
Sounds like a mystical sign to me! Come visit the enchanted North Coast!
But why were you reading ab the lost coast?
String theory
If you read an article online, bought a book online, spoke the name out loud where you phone could hear, etc., it could be automated AI recommending what it thinks you may be interested in.
John’s story is heartbreaking, so sorry.
I was an undercover police officer in the 1980’s, I put many people away for dealing in Marijuana!
Today I live in a 55+ community, we have a cannabis shop right across the street, and everyone around me is smoking cannabis or taking gummies!
It’s difficult for me to wrap my head around this.
I put people away for something that is not only legal today but is helping so many with their medical ailments!
GOD Bless you John.
It especially boggles my mind that our government knew about all the benefits of cannabis and didn’t pursue it many years ago.
They knew it would destroy their profits of pharmaceuticals and the other industries the damage of those medicines create. It's a never ending sick cycle
Part of the "war on drugs" Need to get rid of mandatory minimums
That is called CORRUPTION! So much evil out there !
Sounds like a lot of bureaucracy BS getting in the way of this beautiful wood working business
Thank you for your service as well...
Peter, it blows my mind you made it to Whitethorn! These are parts for California, as a native, we hardly ever talked to outsiders about. What John said about outlaws, that's what we all called ourselves, never criminals. I cried listening to him, the people who paid that kind of price for our lifestyle. It amazes me you're really showing Northern California for what it is. There was a real back to the land movement for a few decades, it will come back to the north. Thanks again for doing us justice.
Still tearing up thinking about John’s story. Amazingly articulate story teller
John is a true outlaw,thanks for sharing your experience.
This was a very enjoyable video. Good folks on the lost coast. Wish them all much success & Happiness.
I’m English but fascinated by the frontier mentality of places like this. Making it on your own. Starting a new life and working together. England, and Britain and Europe in general, lost so many of these minded people who went to America and the mentality is still embedded in these people now.
As an american, I've never actually thought about things like that. I suppose our country does hold a lot more enterprising of a population...
Peter!! I’m so glad you were able to connect with so many dear friends! The Lost Coast was my home for many years before the government arrested me, took my land there and sent me to prison for 5 years for growing a plant!! I’ve only been back a few times but last summer I played the Roll On The Mattole music festival at the Mattole Grange!!! The live outdoor footage with my band at the end of the music video for Humboldt was from that show on the Lost Coast! Jim Groeling is the woodworker/architect who designed the bad ass barn doors that Eric Hollenbeck built for our Cider barn at Crazy River Ranch. Johnny Casali from Huckleberry Hill farms has a tragically similar story to mine and has been a huge supporter of my music. Some of our very finest!! Thank you for spending so much time with the good people here in Humboldt! It was truly a pleasure!!! ❤❤❤
Wow! 👏🤗
Please. You may be talented, and you may have now taken on a role as champion of the little Humboldt guy. Great. But it was not just "a plant" and you are not a poor innocent "local farmer." Pure financial ambition fuels someone showing up from the Midwest to raise a plant that fetched, at the time, literally almost 1000 times what local organic vegetable farmers got for their products. All of us who grew pre-legal weed have been aware of the choices: grow little, keep it low key, and maybe make a little money, enough to get by; or grow a lot, try to make a bundle of money before it's too late, and take a chance on going to jail. You chose the latter, the far end of the benefit/risk spectrum. Fine, that's your choice. But it's tasteless to boo-hoo "...the government arrested me, took my land there and sent me to prison for 5 years for growing a plant!!" when you knowingly gambled, upped the risks as the black market dollar bills danced in your eyes, and paid the price. Now you're still milking that, as it apparently sells. Ambition is a helluva habit.
Thanks for sharing your story. You’ve been through a lot and I’m pleased to read you’ve come out the other side.😊
@@lauracooskey9481 ouch
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Dear Laura,
A war on a plant doesn’t change the fact that it is and was indeed “just a plant.” Cannabis has been cultivated for thousands of years and will likely be cultivated for many more. I am truly grateful you were never sent to prison for growing weed. By the standard of the antiquated law any amount could have landed you in jail.
I’m honestly not sure why you make it a point to publicly criticize nearly every news article, video or musical endeavor I am a part of but I sincerely hope you can forgive what ever wrong doing you feel I am responsible for. I know first hand how resentments can lead to a bitter and lonely life. If I ever see you again, I’ll offer you nothing but kindness and respect. I’ve been a patron of your store and always appreciated how you serve the community.
Wishing you peace.
Sincerely,
Brett McFarland
Hello from Ukraine (im on a Frontline)!
Its incredible stories + wonderful nature landscapes. Cool slow success of local business. I think a lot from now about my future. After this war i want to leave the city and move to the village area.
Its a good way to be happy. I will try it if I stay alive.
Thank you for this super true emotions. Its magical
Best of luck my brother, if you’re truly a human and and not a bot, I’ll pray for u.
Thank you for putting your life on the line, your blood ,sweat, tears for your people
We love you, Ukraine. USA
Im so sorry you have been sold a LIE by the US, UK and your own psychopathic monster. These "wars" aee bankers wars and the rebuild of Ukraine will cost all of us taxpayers NOT the governments.
You still have lots of support from people in the US. I hope you realize your village dream. Slava Ukraine!
Congratulations for the girl ❤ for being clean for a year and half . Wishing her success life. 🎉. A lot of people are good and need support systems 😊
🤯Thanks! The realness and clarity exposed for honest people trying to scratch out an existence, then be both punished and over regulated is mind expanding and mind-blowing. As a green activist, I need to rethink long and hard about what I support and the potential negative impact on those trying to make life better. Thank you for what I consider your best vlog yet!
Thank you Eric!
Thanks for showing this Peter, I am 32yrs old and am leaving Los Angeles in a few years and going back to the land to have kids and steward the forest and grow my own food in Modoc. I am proud to be a part of the new back to the land movement that is silently happening again.
If Peter wants to continue with the theme of remote California, Modoc would be a good video.
Modoc: high, dry mountain land; gorgeous and amazing! Regards from far north California
@@elizabethjohnson475 yeah but I'm drawn to the coast and the ocean so I prefer the Lost Coast to Modoc
I've listened to John Casali's story one hundred times, and I still get teary eyed watching his face as he runs through his emotions. A great human being :)
Real people, real stories, true journalism. Thank you for letting people share their stories, Peter.
It’s absolutely great that she recorded this before the 7.0 earthquake. I hope all the people and all the little businesses survived unharmed. Thank you for your work Peter, it’s really important because some of us are still anchored down to life, and we’re unable to travel, so you provide us a traveling experience that some of us otherwise would never have. Some people can’t leave their homes due to illness, or family responsibilities, and these videos make homebound lives so much more enjoyable thank you
Exactly!
Petrolia got it hardest but thankfully it was a roller and not a massive impact quake.
Earthquake didn’t harm anyone
@@SupremeWillisthey never do
Agreed
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@dertythegrower - 2024-12-07
Cheers Peter, thanks for showing the north part of cali aka the good part
@glorymanheretosleep - 2024-12-07
California is really beautiful, but you can see how politics has successfully ruined the state. Too much taxes and not a lot of it goes back to the people.
@brianwalkosz9567 - 2024-12-07
Come through Comptche !
@soaring1 - 2024-12-07
While you were filming the folks at the Whitethorn Construction Company there was a giant spaceship cloud hanging over the place for quite a while. Thanks Peter, it'a always an eye opener and a pleasure.
@sachingutte3685 - 2024-12-07
Love from India 🇮🇳 ♥️ ❤️ 💕 💗