Jason Mandly, a meteorologist from Chico (Butte County), had a simple dream: map every single hiking trail in the state of California. This is not as easy as it sounds. In this age of satellite ...

A new interactive map from the state shows the trail is about 70% complete. (Photo by Paul Bersebach, Orange County Register/SCNG) A cyclist uses the California Coastal Trail in Huntington Beach ...

California’s decades-old dream of building a coastal trail that covers all 1,230 miles from Mexico to Oregon is about 70% complete, but that accomplishment comes with good news and bad news.