Yosemite placed fourth in a 2026 ranking of the best national parks for hiking, with 298 trails and an average rating of 4.6.

A 14,179-foot volcano, a spring-fed river source and a walkable downtown earned Mount Shasta a spot on a national list of ...

A $235 million rebuild of Oroville Dam's river valve outlet system is done, restoring the deep cold-water releases Feather ...

A Delta levee repair bill passed with zero no votes. Newsom vetoed it, saying $170 million already in the state budget makes ...

Bonetti Road cuts through a mix of private timberland and forest near the edge of the Eldorado National Forest, in the remote ...

California's wolf packs had at least 42 pups this year. A new law restores the state's wildlife conflict team and locks in ...

The Klamath dam removals get the headlines, but some of the most convincing evidence that pulling out barriers works is ...

New federal data details the animals killed in California last year, as the state revives a program built around nonlethal ...

California has roughly 62,000 bobcats, the population is holding steady, and for the first time since hunting them was banned ...

State Parks wants to rename Fremont Peak State Park, citing John C. Fremont's 1846 massacre of Wintu people near Redding.

Wind gusts pushed Yosemite's Dome Fire past 6,300 acres. The park is open, but Glacier Point Road is closed and hot, dry ...

More than 96% of the Mendocino Coast's bull kelp is gone. A five-day festival this week celebrates the divers and scientists ...