Here is what I recommend if you choose to do a second hike: The turquoise waters around Santa Cruz Island are perfect and ...

On a predictably foggy morning in May, I boarded a ferry toward Santa Cruz Island, hoping for sun and eager to spend the day kayaking through sea caves. The sun didn’t show, but a calm, glassy ocean ...

and the importance of island scrub jays on Santa Cruz and Santa Rosa Islands,” said Graham, a frequent Santa Barbara Independent contributor, who has been paddling and exploring the islands for more ...

A disused trailhead leads to a vista of the Pacific Ocean on Santa Cruz Island in Channel Islands National Park off the coast of Ventura, Calif. (Sam Ribakoff/CNS) SANTA CRUZ ISLAND, CALIF. (CN) — ...

If you look down, you'll see the Santa Cruz Island Dudleya between some of those rocks. RASCOE: That's Heather Schneider. She's a rare plant conservation scientist, and she helped save the Santa ...