With all that natural beauty, it’s no wonder that California has nine national parks—more than any other state—and around 280 ...

Nestled at the base of the Sierra Nevada foothills, Porterville offers the kind of small-town charm that’s becoming ...

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Planning a California road trip? These 11 small town stays will inspire your route as you meander through the Golden State.

Just outside Dunsmuir, Mossbrae Falls cascades down mossy cliffs in ethereal curtains of mist, a natural wonder that should ...

The Main Trail is the crown jewel of this woodland wonderland – a gentle 1.5-mile loop that delivers maximum awe with minimum ...

If you’re itching to explore our state, and you have a library card, you can check out a free pass to over 200 state parks ...

Even with these additions, the maps badly need updating, according to Cal Advocates, which represents ratepayers before the California Public Utilities Commission. A proposal from the agency would ...

Weeks after deadly fires swept through Los Angeles County, the state regulator in charge of overseeing utility companies declined a request that would have required California’s largest utilities to ...

So far, though, that hasn’t been the case. The Mercury News analyzed reports of crashes from the California Highway Patrol’s Statewide Integrated Traffic Records System from January 2018 to ...