The Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District has several ongoing projects to improve the wildfire resiliency in at-risk ...

At the turn of the century, California was attracting tourists and settlers by building eclectic Victorians found nowhere ...

Composer Marko Bajzer wrote “The Sacrifice of Prometheus,” a classical-music epic, when he was a Great Basin National Park artist-in-residence. The piece, a musical exploration of the park’s ...

PIEDMONT, Mo. (AP) — Violent tornadoes and high winds decimated homes, wiped out schools and toppled semitractor-trailers as ...

M uir Woods is known for its massive redwoods and peaceful trails, but is it really worth the hassle? Crowds, strict entry ...

Did you know San Francisco is surrounded by national park sites? That's right, plan your next national park adventure in San ...

Federal workers help maintain millions of acres of protected land — and with climate change intensifying burns, conditions ...

California transforms in spring with rolling hills of poppies and desert valleys bursting with color. Here’s where to catch the season’s best blooms.

Visitors have been able to stroll near a South San Francisco sign since 1923, when the city's Chamber of Commerce built the ...

Tired of crowded national parks, or want something new? Here are less visited national parks in California, what months to visit and what not to miss.

The San Francisco Recreation and Park Department has dubbed it "the largest pedestrianization project in California history." On Saturday, the city officially announced that the Great Highway park ...