We wrote a post a few weeks ago about the hills “yellowing up” with wild mustard. Indeed they are, but there has been some confusion about distinguishing wild...
California’s Bonny Doon Beach is home to wide-open sands, a creek that runs through it, and even a clothing-optional section to the right of the chunk of Santa Cruz...
What will people hundreds of years from now think of American culture when they rummage through our trash? Especially in the absence of written records, a culture’s trash...
Looking out over Silicon Valley, the airstrips of Moffett Field and its three gigantic hangars are a defining feature. The airfield is a bastion of open space surrounded...
Right off of California’s Highway 35, Alpine Road passes Russian Ridge Open Space Preserve and Skyline Ridge Preserve on its route from the San Francisco Bay to the Pacif...
The next time you are standing in line to mail a package or renew a passport in the downtown Santa Cruz, California post office, look at the four murals high on the walls...
Named for a local business owner and seamstress from the early 20th century, Lulu Carpenter’s, is the oldest building on Pacific Avenue in downtown Santa Cruz. Built in 1...
Although it is easy to spot many different plants growing along Pilkington Creek in Santa Cruz, California, it’s harder to spot animals, especially large ones. When the n...
Sempervirens Point is located off Highway 9 about two miles southwest of the Skyline Boulevard (Highway 35) junction. On a clear day, the view of Monterey Bay from Semper...
Thanks to the plentiful El Niño rains, the hills of California are greening up. But in many places, they are yellowing up, too. This is thanks to wild mustard, whi...
