Winter is a great time to try and see pods of dolphins within the Monterey Bay in Coastal California. The bottlenose dolphins are year-round residents, but there are also...
Many towns have rivers running through them. Often, the river has been integrated into urban planning and is a vital resource used and loved by the community. In some tow...
It is winter, so King Tides are here again. “King Tide” has become a popular term recently to explain an especially high tide. King Tide is not a scientifically meaningfu...
When you think of floral decorations for the Christmas holidays, one main plant comes to mind—the poinsettia. Today’s large lush poinsettias, saturated with e...
Art Deco and Art Moderne were popular architectural styles from 1920 to 1940. One of California’s most renowned icons, the Golden Gate Bridge, has design elements o...
Every December my Dad and I would drive the ten minutes up the road to trudge uphill in the snow through wavering lines of spruce, fir and pine. Dad and I would search ti...
The intrinsic beauty of northern California’s San Lorenzo River camouflages the challenges and efforts of maintaining the health of the river ecosystem. The river h...
The Awaswas*, the native people indigenous to the Santa Cruz area of coastal California, could recognize hundreds of plant species and knew a variety of uses for each one...
The UC Santa Cruz campus and much of the adjacent Pogonip land was originally part of Cowell Ranch. Henry Cowell bought the land in 1865 for its extensive lime and timber...
Saratoga Gap is located in Northern California’s Santa Cruz Mountains at the intersection of Skyline Boulevard (Highway 35) and Highway 9. Today, the gap is a popul...
