These are the seven best state parks in California.

In the 1930s, workers bored a 13-mile tunnel beneath Mt. San Jacinto. Here's a look inside the engineering feat that carries ...

An artist, whose paintings are held in many museum collections, Marin resident Jeffrey Long has backpacked the mountains of the West and hosts the blog Konocti Post. His art can be seen at ...

Calico Ghost Town, just a short drive away, offers a preserved silver mining town that hits the sweet spot between ...

Nestled at the base of the Sierra Nevada foothills, Porterville offers the kind of small-town charm that’s becoming ...

In the fall of 1949, the City of Palm Springs dedicated 308 palm trees in an official ceremony. The community had worked diligently to acquire and plant the palms along the drive at the entrance to ...

My friend Kirk saw me putting baby powder on an outbreak of tiny ants on our patio and asked, “Do I see an article idea here?

The number of conifer trees dying in New Mexico’s forests from bark beetle attacks more than doubled last year to 70,000 acres, especially near burn scars left by wildfires in ...