Native Americans press Biden to designate national monuments in California
A Native American-led coalition is pressing the Biden administration to designate three new national monuments in California, with some fearing the chance to protect these…
Project 2025 calls for downsizing national monuments again
They are sprawling lands of seemingly endless vistas and soaring plateaus. The red canyons are sprinkled with ancient rock art and historic Indigenous settlements. Normally…
Paso Robles goes chic: 17 new things to do this fall
In the last 100 years, Paso Robles has been a hot springs retreat, a cattle ranchers’ town and a haven for upstart winemakers. And now,…
California nears ’30×30′ conservation goal
Four years after unveiling an ambitious plan to conserve 30% of California’s lands and coastal waters by 2030, state officials on Monday announced that they…
17 of the best L.A. trails for every type of visitor
Rock Pool and Century Lake Trails is a relatively easy hike in the Santa Monica Mountains that’s fully loaded with all of nature’s bells and…
‘Southern California is ready to burn’: Sierra fire scorches Fontana
Nearly 200 San Bernardino and Riverside County firefighters responded Sunday to a blaze that had consumed hundreds of acres and threatened buildings in Fontana —…
Newsom backs tribal land return amid dam removal project
More than a century has passed since members of the Shasta Indian Nation saw the last piece of their ancestral home — a landscape along…
The magical California state park that doesn’t allow visitors
SUTTER BUTTES, Calif. — About 60 miles north of Sacramento, the Sutter Buttes rise starkly from the floor of the Central Valley, the remnants of…
A new national monument would protect a swath of California’s desert
Thomas Tortez Jr. leads a group across a gravelly wash in Painted Canyon, at the spot where his Cahuilla tribal ancestors once lived in a…
PG&E hit with $225 million lawsuit over Dixie Fire damages
A coalition of timber companies has filed a lawsuit against Pacific Gas & Electric Co. seeking roughly $225 million in damages from a 2021 fire…
Oregon tribe’s casino bid sparks furor over what land they call home
YREKA, Calif. — It was midafternoon at the Rain Rock Casino in this faded Gold Rush town, and Jody Criner had just won $47 on the…
Bruce’s Beach. Santa Monica. Chavez Ravine. Why return stolen land?
With polls continuing to show the public’s deep dislike of reparations, it’s easy to forget that it was only three years ago that elected officials…
Future of rebuilt race track in Fontana remains up in the air
The history of the auto racing track located some 50 miles east of Los Angeles, known colloquially as just Fontana, is rich with the biggest…
Republican leading Hunter Biden probe has his own shell company
WASHINGTON — Rep. James Comer boasts of being one of the largest landholders near his rural Kentucky hometown, and he has meticulously documented nearly all of…
Their stolen land was given back. Now they’re ready to heal
As far back as 9,000 years ago, the Acjachemen and Tongva people hunted, fished and foraged for nuts and berries at Bolsa Chica Mesa. This…