Siskiyou County is famous for its spectacular shows in the sky in the form of lenticular clouds, often over Mount Shasta. On ...

An imposing and prominent peak, this active volcano in the Cascades has been responsible for spawning otherworldly stories ...

It was a case of the "fast and the furriest," reported Mount Shasta Police, who caught a black bear in the driver's seat of a car, honking the horn. As many as four bears paid a nighttime visit ...

Smoke billows from the mouth of Mt. Shasta like a thunderous cough. Within moments, clear skies turn gray, and the sun vanishes behind thick, shifting layers of volcanic gas and ash. Visitors snap ...

While some volcanoes like Mount Shasta haven't had major eruptions in thousands of years, others like the Salton Buttes have erupted more recently. The likelihood of future eruptions varies for ...

Fed from glaciers on Mount Shasta’s majestic slopes, Mossbrae Falls cascades out of lava tubes and down mossy cliffs into the Sacramento River in ethereal curtains of mist, sending rainbows ...

Near the southern flank of Mount Shasta, springs and snowmelt converge to form the McCloud River. This Sacramento River tributary, held sacred by the Winnemem Wintu tribe, teemed with Chinook ...