Four years ago, a raging wildfire burned through California’s oldest state park, Big Basin Redwoods, charring 97% of the landscape and destroying every building and campsite, leaving ruins where beloved …
Tests show avian botulism caused the death of dozens of ducks at Fairmount Park in Riverside, city officials said this week. Low levels of algae blooms were found in the …
The winds howled and the waves crashed 100 feet below as J.P. Pelletier, a burly union ironworker from Buffalo, New York, inched his way out onto dizzying scaffolding near the …
Planning a getaway in the great outdoors? If you’re looking to hit the trails, expert sources at Tripadvisor, Travel+Leisure and AllTrails have compiled lists of popular hiking spots across the …
Hannah Fry | (TNS) Los Angeles Times Grace Rohloff was an athlete who had traversed precariously narrow trails leading up to Angels Landing in Zion National Park, hiked the Grand …
The death of 1,000 fish in Fremont’s Lake Elizabeth shocked residents and drew widespread news coverage this month. But in reality, the problems at the city’s 83-acre lake go much …
RICHMOND – After years of failed planning and legal fights, some of which are ongoing, Richmond’s Point Molate could soon become part of the East Bay Regional Park District following …
SAN FRANCISCO — Wildlife officers shot and killed three coyotes at the San Francisco Botanical Garden over the weekend after a coyote attacked a 5-year-old girl, authorities said Monday. Two …
As intense heat sweeps through the Bay Area this week, some parks are closed due to high fire risks. The National Weather Service issued an excessive heat warning for the …
160 years ago on July 7, 1864, President Abraham Lincoln granted Yosemite Valley and the Mariposa Grove to the state of California “for public use, resort and recreation.” “I have …