A Central Coast beach town offering a quick escape from the Bay Area or Los Angeles (and famously name-dropped in an iconic 1990s movie) was just crowned the coastal small town of the year. On ...

California Central Coast, with its rugged cliffs, pristine beaches, and charming towns, offers a captivating escape if you a looking for a perfect blend of natural wonders and coastal culture.

The risk of damaging flooding from a major tsunami may be greater than many realized along stretches of ... sections of Redwood City and Burlingame. To the south, some coastal communities along ...

rural towns by the water, like these five favorites. Avila Beach, California, is a charming community along California's ...

The combination of California’s political makeup and terrible governance has led to coastal Democrats forcing the Central Valley to bear the brunt of every poor policy decision. California has a ...

Streams along the central California coast and in the San Francisco Bay Area may support both winter-run anadromous steelhead and resident rainbow trout forms. Their diverse life histories have ...

A new bill in Congress proposes banning new offshore fossil fuel drilling along the coast from Monterey to Mendocino County, U.S. Rep. Jimmy Panetta, D-Carmel Valley, said this week.