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It's an urban hike that's not just about exercise, but about seeing Los Angeles while meeting and walking with your neighbors. It's also one of the coolest experiences that you can have in this city.
North America's highest waterfall, Yosemite Falls, which is also the fifth highest in the world, can now be viewed in live snapshots thanks to a new webcam at Yosemite National Park. It is the fourth webcam offered by the...
Whether people were prepared for the sight or not, smartphones were out in force snapping away at the night sky.
Bob Inman is known for his book about L.A. staircases and the dozen or so hikes he leads on them. Now he's up to something big -- very big.
This winter's scant rainfall has given us fewer blooming flora than in years past, however there is still a rich diversity of wildflowers on view throughout Southern California.
Sometimes heat-related illness may sneak up on you unaware, or you may find yourself suddenly faced with tending to someone when hot weather has gotten the better of them.
The showing of wildflowers was definitely down, but for a year light in rain, the display of California poppies and grape soda lupine near Figueroa Mountain and Catway roads still had that "wow" factor
Perhaps the most intense display in full bloom right now is just outside Yosemite National Park in the Merced River Canyon.
If you're on the wildflower hunt, Figueroa Mountain is having a great bloom despite lack of rain this winter.
2012 has been a lousy bloom year through most of the California Desert. But if you get out to the Desert Lily Sanctuary in the next week or two, you'll find a little patch of color to match some of the best bloom years ever.
There was a new moon this week and that means the weekend is full of star parties.
That $5 permit to access certain parts of national forests in Southern California could soon be a thing of the past, thanks to a recent ruling by the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals.
Each year hundreds of thousands of monarch butterflies flock to several small groves up and down the state's beachside communities. In turn, locals and tourists come out in droves to witness this wintering spectacle.
A perusal of ski resort Facebook pages up and down the state are showing some common ground: pure excitement and an adulation for the weather gods.
Already? Didn't fall color just end? Yes and yes; and before you get too excited, let's just say that this first batch might only be for the hardcore. Still, this is a slightly early bloom--you can probably thank that early...
With the Santa Ana winds blasting the southland, it looks like fall color spotting is coming to an end.
Veronique de Turenne said it best: "I'm baffled when I hear people talk about the lack of seasons in LA. What they're really saying is they're just not paying attention."
If the seasonal Santa Ana winds are light, the leaves in SoCal stick around a little longer.
Need something to push you over the edge and start planning a hike of the 211-mile John Muir Trail?
An early November ski season opened today in the San Gabriel Mountains.
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