Just 22 miles offshore the coast near Los Angeles sits a small island that feels like arriving at another country. As the only inhabited of the Channel Islands, Catalina Island's natural ...

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All aboard the Catalina Express! Like a time machine that runs on seawater, this ferry transports you from mainland madness to island tranquility in just an hour. Photo Credit: Heidi E The whirring ...

When driving through Buellton, you might recognize the "windmill motel" (Sideways Inn) from the 2004 movie "Sideways." This small town of less than 5,000 is located in the Santa Ynez Valley ...

A powerful atmospheric river dumping feet of snow and heavy rain over the Pacific Northwest has sparked the Mount Shasta Avalanche Center to issue an avalanche warning for part of Northern California.

Western states face powerful atmospheric river, potential bomb cyclone Starting Tuesday, the Pacific Northwest could get at least 6 inches of rain, with 20-plus inches possible in the mountains.

An atmospheric river carries water vapor from the tropics and, when it makes landfall, can bring a vast amount of rain and snow; in Oct. 2021, for instance, San Francisco got 750% more rainfall ...

The airfield is known as the Airport in the Sky because of its location at an elevation of 1,602 feet on the island about 25 miles off the coast of Los Angeles. It has a single, 3,000-foot runway.