The number of monarch butterflies spending the winter in the western United States dropped dramatically this year even as ...

Santa Cruz, California, is a coastal city located in Northern California. Known for its beautiful beaches, laid-back ...

Things to Do in California - Seasonal Highlights . California's diverse array of landscapes – beaches, lakes, forests, mountains and deserts – make it one of th ...

A winter storm was on a track to sweep through Texas and Louisiana, across the Gulf Coast and deep into Florida, significant ...

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Singers and scribes have waxed poetic for decades about the best beaches in California—here, find our favorites.

Flood watches are in effect in the Northern California Coastal Range and in the Sacramento Valley. A general 5 to 10 inches of rain is expected to fall, with slightly less in the lower elevations.

Some houses have sea walls, others do not. The California Coastal Commission has been slow to issue private property permits for sea wall construction. David Middlecamp dmiddlecamp@thetribunenews ...