One of nature’s most spectacular springtime demonstrations has begun, and an abundance of migrating birds are now heading our way. Right now, and for several weeks to come — is a great time ...

Walking helps older adults boost both their physical and mental health, and the Bay Area offers widespread accessible trails.

The Channel Islands are home to rocky cliffs, sandy beaches, wildlife – and very few visitors, finds Ellie Seymour ...

More communities than previously thought could be impacted by a tsunami resulting from a large earthquake off the California ...

Nan Shepard’s classic of nature writing and memoir is an education in how to reorient one's attention to a landscape and its ...

A map of the evacuation zones is available here. The Santa Cruz Wharf and Capitola Beach will be closed until Saturday morning as a precaution. The County of Santa Cruz has opened emergency severe ...

Yahir Leon of Coyote Bait and Tackle in Morgan Hill reported bank fishing has been best with jumbo minnows, anchovies, blood ...

T he Palisades Fire burned its way through Jennifer Champion’s life. It started in the hills where her family liked to hike ...

In many places, changes in the hazard maps were relatively modest. Some — like in Newport Beach ... to Santa Barbara’s waterfront, the Monterey Bay Aquarium and a swath of Santa Cruz.

A new map of cosmic expansion suggests that dark energy evolves over time, hinting that the universe doesn’t work the way we ...