On a clear spring day, my partner and I relaxed in camping chairs beside the Trinity River and marveled at a flock of western sandpipers. There had to be 50 of the little birds, all soaring together ...

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Another year, another summer of the same closure on Highway 1 near Big Sur, meaning you still can’t drive all the way from San Francisco to Los Angeles along this iconic stretch of California coast.

Backpacking and camping isn’t for everyone, and that’s OK. Maybe you don’t like sleeping on the ground. Maybe you’d rather have a real bathroom nearby — or perhaps you just want to cook in a full ...

California’s repeated run of atmospheric river storms has left "major" damage behind at two of Big Sur’s most beloved state parks.The damages at Pfeiffer Big Sur State Park and Andrew Molera State ...

The fine for illegal camping along California's Big Sur coastline quintupled last month, as local officials hope to crack down on the people who set up tents and sleep in cars on pullouts along ...