Four years ago, fire ravaged 97% of Big Basin Redwoods State Park in the Santa Cruz Mountains. Today, a hike on the Redwood ...

Spending time surrounded by gigantic redwoods is a must when in California, and what better way than by embarking on a ...

On day 323 of the transect, in Jedediah Smith Redwoods State Park, I dropped over a log 18 feet in diameter into an abyss of giant botanical pickup sticks, deadfall that had piled up amid the ...

Hidden on California's coast, this quaint New England–style beach town is a gorgeous getaway and offers premiere access to ...

Big Basin Redwoods State Park is California's oldest, and it was 97 percent burned in 2020, when the CZU Lightning Complex ...

Rosie Clayburn is a descendant of the Yurok Tribe, which had its territory — called O Rew in the Yurok language — ripped from them nearly two centuries ago. "As the natural world became completely ...

On a cutover California hillside thick with scrubby redwoods, Scotch broom, and poison oak, Mike Fay missed a step, started to slide, and felt a stiletto jab the top of his left foot. After ...

Even species as enduring as coast redwoods are affected by climate change. Diminished moisture stresses the trees, making them grow with less vigor. New fire dangers put them at risk, and more ...

Yet it's also a stroll in the park. The route in question is the Redwood Loop Trail, part of Big Basin Redwoods State Park in the Santa Cruz Mountains. One lap around the 0.63-mile loop and you'll ...

Big Basin Redwoods State Park, which mostly burned in 2020, has done a lot of regreening in the four years since. (Christopher Reynolds / Los Angeles Times) It's a life, death and disaster hike.

Visitors to the Santa Cruz Mountains now have miles of new hiking trails to explore thanks to a recent expansion at Bear ...