Make Sure You Bring: A good map. While the main hiking trail from Piedra Blanca due east tends to lead to crowded ...

Cities with first-time fire zone designations include Santa Monica, La Cañada-Flintridge, South Pasadena, Alhambra, ...

In Riverside County, Oswit Land Trust was awarded $1.5 million for 642 acres in the foothills of the San Jacinto Mountains, preserving healthy coastal sage scrub, grasslands, and other habitats ...

Berkeley’s Southside, home to thousands of UC Berkeley students, lacks essential grocery stores offering a variety of fresh ...

A new species of sunflower, Ovicula biradiata, has been identified in Big Bend National Park, Texas. This discovery, made by ...

Cond é Nast Traveler identified a total of six California colleges as worthy of praise. California Institute of Technology, ...

The Cactus to Clouds ascent just outside Palm Springs, Calif., is grueling, but natural treasures, and a speedy trip down, ...

A desert native, and high school biology teacher is on a mission to connect her high school students with the beauty and ...

Antiquities Act gives the president the authority to establish national monuments on federal lands. During its nearly ...

As the BLM opens the public comment period on Redhawk's Copper Creek project, community groups are organizing to protect to ...

Beyond the saguaros, an intricate web of life flourishes. Mesquite and palo verde trees provide shade and sustenance while blooming ocotillo and prickly pear cacti attract pollinators like ...

The nearest city of any size is Bend, about 100 miles away. This isolation means that nobody stumbles upon the Cowboy Dinner ...