The Cuyama Valley, a desert sprawl north of Santa Barbara covered in chaparral, juniper, and wildlife, is a beautiful and underrated region for visitors seeking wine, wildflowers, stargazing ...

Despite the sun, on this day there was still fog down in the valley. The towers and hills of the city seemed to float on clouds. The top of San Cristobal rises nearly a thousand feet above Santiago.

The only two specimens ever found of the dinosaur were discovered in the Panoche Hills west of Interstate ... In 1936, a Central Valley teenager made an incredible discovery.