Life Outside

Can’t Make It to the Superbloom? Now You Can See It from Space

Everything’s coming up poppies.

Multiple Injuries and Deaths at Santa Anita Park Raise Flags About Safe Racing Conditions

The most recent incidents forced the postponement of two major events.

Does All This Rain Mean the Golden State Will Get Some Relief This Coming Fire Season?

The short answer … who knows?

The Largest of Three Islands in Humboldt Bay Will Be Returned to Its Native Tribe

The 280-acres was once home to two Wiyot villages.

Life Outside, Music + Culture

Free Solo Takes the Best Documentary Prize at this Year’s Academy Awards

A beautiful film that’s only second to seeing El Capitan in person.

50 Years Ago This Santa Barbara Oil Spill Helped Awaken the Nation to Environmental Policy

At the time, it was the largest oil disaster in U.S. waters.

Why This California Golf Course Is One of the Best in the Country

Not a bad position for a 90-year-old legend.

Life Outside, Music + Culture

California’s Iconic Surf Culture Shakes Hands with the South Bay’s Evolving Art Scene

Take a look inside Jon Mangiagli’s surf factory in Hermosa Beach.

A Superbloom Is Coming to the Desert … and We’re All About It

This is the second time in two years we could see this kind of color.

All That January Rainfall Did a Lot of Good to Our State’s Reservoirs

Will a “normal winter” curtail summer shortages?

This Sierra Nevada Foothills Town Will Hire Goats to Prevent Future Fire Disasters

Seeking insatiable herbivores.

We’re Counting Stars in These Prime California Gazing Spots

Four of the 65 “Dark Sky” locations are in the Golden State.

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