Post Updated on April 13, 2016 Thanks to the plentiful El Niño rains, in early April, Lexington Reservoir was at 69% capacity. That’s compared to 23% in February of...
In terms of leaving a signature mark on the landscape the Egyptians built the pyramids, the Romans built straight roads across Europe, the Chinese the great wall. Here in...
The 25th anniversary of the Loma Prieta earthquake is tomorrow. The Loma Prieta earthquake was a major quake, with a magnitude of 6.9 on the Richter scale. Sixty three de...
The Salton Sink was a dry lakebed in 1904. In 1905 it accidentally began a new life as one of the modern world’s largest inland seas and California’s largest lake....
Did you know that California’s famous “golden rolling hills” are a relatively new landscape? Spanish missionaries caused significant changes to the landscape...
Cover photo by imtnbike. Most people in California don’t think much about Mount Lassen. You can only kind of see it as you drive up Interstate 5, Mount Shasta is bigger a...
If you have been to the beach along the west coast of the US lately, you will have seen a brown pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis). You might see them flying in large V-sha...
Updated March 15, 2016 with new photos from Richard Beal, author of Highway 17: The Road to Santa Cruz. Living in Santa Cruz and driving back and forth over Highway 17, I...
Cover photo by Matt Walker, NRB Photography. Whales, dolphins and porpoises are divided into two groups: toothed and baleen. Baleen whales, such as gray and humpback whal...
Seagulls are by far the most common bird along the coast near Santa Cruz, California. There are dozens of different seagull species, and you need a keen eye to tell them...
