From Arizona's canyons to Utah's buttes and beyond, our national parks columnist shares the most adventurous Southwest ...

Yosemite National Park's El Capitan and Cathedral Rocks with the Merced River on Feb. 1, 2021. (Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times) ...

Merced, CA (February 5, 2024) – A man lost his life after being struck by a vehicle on Highway 99 near Yosemite Parkway on Monday morning, according to the California Highway Patrol (CHP). Authorities ...

The Pacific Coast highway (PCH) reopened Monday morning after being closed for nearly a month due to the devastating Palisades Fire. The route now has one lane in each direction and limited speed ...

Mono Lake, located in California near Yosemite ... of North America's oldest lakes, over a million years old. Its unique environment is defined by extreme salinity — 2.5 times that of ocean ...

The enchanting dunescape stretches over 43 miles (70 km) along the coast and over 30 miles (50 km) inland. Lençois translates as "bedsheets" in Portuguese and refers to the rolling white dunes that ...

Things to Do in California - Seasonal Highlights . California's diverse array of landscapes – beaches, lakes, forests, mountains and deserts – make it one of th ...

An American Airlines jet with 60 passengers and four crew members aboard collided Wednesday with an Army helicopter while coming in for a landing at Ronald Reagan National Airport near Washington ...

According to a town statement, the incident happened at about 9:30 a.m. at the complex along State Road A1A north of East Ocean Avenue. Ladner said the employee was operating a wood chipping ...