Things can get a little rowdy at some of Monterey County's best-known attractions state parks.
Crime is on the rise in California's state parks, up nearly threefold in the last decade, according to Department of Parks and Recreation data analyzed by McClatchy Newspapers.Last year, 62,575 crimes were reported in the parks -- or about 170 a day, compared with 65 a day in 1999 -- even as crime in the rest of the state declined. Taking park use into account, crime last year reached record per ...
Daily life for Sam Watson and Allie Fishburn includes watching sea otters cruise by and spectacular sunsets.
Interest in attending the University of California, Merced, continues to climb, university officials say.
Since it opened more than a year ago, the off-leash dog park at the Arroyo Grande Elm Street Park has been a popular hangout for dogs and their owners so much so that the wear and tear to the park is readily visible.
Scientists from two of the nations top research universities announced last weekend that they agree with Mark Twain: Calaveras Countys jumping frogs should be celebrated. A year after four researchers from Brown and Northeastern universities traveled to Angels Camp in 2009 to videotape 3,449 frog jumps over the three days of the 82nd annual Jumping Frog Jubilee, the unofficial results are in.
Two candidates for seats on the Cambria Community Services District had signed up by 4 p.m. Tuesday, July 13, and the filing period only began the day before.
Desiring to live near her three children and four grandchildren, Linda Gray decided in 2004 to inhab
On Feb. 7, 2007, Excelaron, LLC, made one of the craziest bets on the Huasna Valley wagered in nearly 20 years. The company began buying up oil and gas lease rights and shortly thereafter applied in June to drill for oil within a 240-acre region of Howard Mankins ranch.
The more I explore my home ground, the more it comes alive, and I have to put to rest the illusion that I am limiting myself by doing so. Everything we need to be happy really is near at hand," Kurt Hoelting wrote in his book "The Circumference of Home." Taking cue from that, L.A.'s daily eco e-mail service Your Daily Thread recently published a nice guide to keeping it local and car free (they ...