SANTA CRUZ — Santa Cruz County Supervisor Justin Cummings’ tenure on the powerful California Coastal Commission will be short-lived after California Assembly Speaker Robert Rivas selected a ...

Following two banner crop years in California’s San Joaquin Valley, cherry yields are projected to decline by as much as 50% ...

Montara State Beach is one of the cleanup sites for California Coastal Cleanup Day. Photo by Devin Roberts. Nearly 40 years ago, the California Coastal Commission organized its inaugural statewide ...

Our list of the best botanic gardens in Southern California spans Santa Barbara to San Diego and includes gardens everyone ...

It’s the most active undersea volcano closest to California. • It could erupt by the end of the year. A mysterious and highly active undersea volcano off the Pacific Coast could erupt by the ...

One place in California makes the cut, and it might not be the one you expected – San Luis Obispo. The writer praises the Central Coast’s balanced wines that benefit from a cool Pacific ...

Wildflowers may have largely dried up in most areas of San Diego County, but in cooler coastal enclaves such as Cabrillo ...

“One of the major things about plants is people want color. So, perennials that have longer bloom periods or reblooming periods, and flowers are big and bold.” These blooming rods distinctly ...

The volcano, known as Axial Seamount, is more than 4,900 feet beneath the Pacific Ocean and 300 miles off the Oregon coast. In relation to California, it is about 700 miles northwest of San ...