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We head up the road this week to get outdoors during prime time for winter bird migration. And, in the process, participate—hands-on—in research that will…

We head up the road this week to remember Berkeley-born Ursula K. Le Guin, award-winning novelist, poet, essayist, and science fiction writer, who died at…

Another great place to taste Southern California’s amazing desert is 1.6-million- acre Mojave National Preserve, bordered by I-40 in the south and I-15 in…

We head up the road to California’s first mission this week, Mission Basilica San Diego de Alcalá. (“Basilica” was bestowed by the Pope in 1976, a title…

We head up the road this week in search of a suitable place to look up and appreciate the dark night sky. Winter, when the air is crisp and clear, is…

We wrap up our up-close look at California coastal access this week by coastwalking south from San Francisco to Santa Barbara—and with a timely reminder…

This week we start touring California’s gold rush history with Carey McWilliams as our guide. “California is no ordinary state,” he said in his book,…

We’ve been talking about how California’s Gold Rush of 1849 created the state we know today. In his book California: The Great Exception, historian Carey…

Today on Blue Dot, we talk with three scientists who play an integral role in the exploration of the Red Planet. Adam Steltzner, a rock star of a NASA…

This week on Blue Dot, we look at how we measure the amount of snowpack in the Sierra Nevada. We hear from Steve Margulis, a hydrology professor at the…