Run away with your other half to these romantic getaways for Valentine's Day, from ski towns and beaches to national parks ...

Singers and scribes have waxed poetic for decades about the best beaches in California—here, find our favorites.

A minor earthquake shook the coast of Santa Barbara late Thursday night. The tremor, measured at a magnitude of 2.8, was reported by the United States Geological Survey (USGS) to have occurred at ...

How are local governments in Santa Cruz County preparing for an estimated sea-level rise of up to 7 feet by 2100?

The Nature Conservancy’s role as banker and broker of the ranch buyouts, and the National Park Service’s pivotal entreaty to ...

On Thursday, invertebrate conservation group the Xerxes Society released the results of their 28th annual Western Monarch ...

Discover the 10 Best U.S. Destinations for Whale Watching, where you can catch awe-inspiring views of humpbacks, orcas, and ...

The Crab Cooker in Newport Beach is like the Ferrari of seafood shacks—if Ferraris were bright red, smelled of garlic butter, ...

These 11 hidden gems in California serve up mouthwatering dishes that are worth discovering—and savoring. Tucked away in the ...

Offshore Santa Ana winds will continue to diminish on Thursday. The winds fueling fires in Southern California are beginning to relax, but the forecast calls for their return next week.

A group got an “extremely rare” sighting of a sea creature off the coast of California, officials said. A white orca, ...

Juliet is your community news reporter covering the South Coast of Santa Barbara County. At Hendry’s Beach near Santa Barbara, 16-year-old Pyp Pratt says he’s been picking up trash at weekly ...