How a forgotten California border town became a hip hideaway
The first two surprises, as you roll up Old Highway 80 into this dry and silent Sonoran Desert town, might be the steam and the…
The first two surprises, as you roll up Old Highway 80 into this dry and silent Sonoran Desert town, might be the steam and the…
One Sunday morning in March 2019, I asked my wife to get in the car and go on a road trip with me. I decided…
Approaching Laguna Beach on the hike from Newport Beach to San Clemente. (Tom Courtney) This charming stroll will transport you back to the 1930s, through…
I grew up in a rural place with minimal light pollution. When I looked up to the night sky, I could see layers of stars…
BISHOP, Calif. — Just after dawn on Thursday, I pointed my car up a long, steep hill outside Bishop and climbed through the high desert scrub…
Howdy! I’m Jaclyn Cosgrove, an outdoors reporter at the L.A. Times. I write about the best trails, bodies of water, campgrounds and more that you…
Four years after the Bobcat fire and subsequent floods tore through Angeles National Forest, the pristine mountain wonderland of Big Santa Anita Canyon near Sierra…
I used to believe that the last thing I wanted to do on a hike was pull out my phone. That’s one of the reasons…
It was early morning in mid-December when I awoke to the sounds of steady rumbling while lying in the top bunk in my 9-by-5-foot family…
A week before Los Angeles shut down in spring 2020, my two friends, wife, dog and I hiked the Bridge to Nowhere. Setting off into…
One day in the late 2020s, if the people at Brightline West deliver on their promised fast train between Southern California and Las Vegas, you’ll…
From an early age, Christina Najjar, better known by her moniker Tinx, recalls the grip that “Sunday scaries” had on her household. “I remember my…
I was drifting to sleep in my tent, soothed by the crisp night air, when I heard one word that jarred me back to reality.…
Redding doesn’t get talked about much as a travel destination. That’s because what makes Redding worth a trip is everything else that surrounds Redding. The…
I’ve never enjoyed walking into a gym. Growing up as a fat kid, I have enough traumatic memories around exercise to fill several therapy sessions.…
Hiking in and around L.A. can often feel like its own mini-vacation. Our local public lands offer many different types of escape, whether you want…
Just five hours north of Los Angeles sits a national park that should be on your outdoor bucket list. It features a valley carved millions…
SANTA YNEZ, Calif. — Hours after delivering a swan-song speech to a roaring crowd at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, President Biden was relaxing…
I’ve never regretted getting up early for a hike.I had that realization on my favorite trail near Pasadena last week, as I breathed in the…
My coworkers and I were deep in conversation when we all gasped. We’d crested a hill in Griffith Park, and rising just as we did…