Visiting Southern California’s archipelago takes planning and an adventurous spirit, but it’s worth the effort.

Cozumel is a popular vacation destination. But what's really so great about it? I live here and have a local's perspective on what makes Cozumel ... Cozumel.

Volunteers joined representatives from Santa Barbara Channelkeeper, Island Packers, Santa Barbara Adventure Company, and the ...

Without planning, a landscape of California native plants can feel a little drab, especially in late summer when many go ...

Activists in Santa Cruz, California called for “kindness" in a Saturday beach protest against President Trump, then wrote “86 ...

Part of the 85-mile barrier island that’s affectionately known as the Crystal Coast or the Southern Outer Banks, Emerald Isle ...

Around 1,000 people gathered Saturday morning at Santa Cruz Main Beach to spell out the word “Resist!” The event, organized ...

There are so many things to do in Santa Cruz; it just might be our favorite city in the state! With miles and miles of ...

In the afternoon, under an emergent and beneficent sun, I set off exploring, digging out my mask, snorkel and flippers and heading down, on foot, to the beach ... out to Santa Cruz Island ...

The cornflower blue sky was clear, and the sapphire-colored sea was remarkably calm as the Island Explorer catamaran set out from Ventura Harbor toward Santa Cruz Island, the largest and most ...

Whale sightings in the Channel aren’t guaranteed – this experience was a bonus of my trip to Prisoner’s Harbor on Santa Cruz ... island adventure began in Ventura, a lesser-known beach ...