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We continue exploring California’s historic “gold country” this week, meaning those areas of the Sierra Nevada foothills that were well trod by the…

Today we head up the road to Mono Lake, an ecological marvel on the eastern side of the Sierra Nevada.Nothing at Mono Lake looks all that impressive, at…

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…