A new report ranks the 10 best state parks in 2025 for camping, hiking, wildflowers, kid friendliness and more.

California is celebrating its 4th annual State Parks Week, June 11-15, with over 170 different events around the state. The public is invited to attend various programs, both virtual ...

California State Parks Week kicks-off June 11, bringing special events along the Central Coast and throughout the state.

(KRON) — California State Parks, which manages more than 340 miles of California’s coastline, is asking the public not to collect any sea glass, agates or other rocks found at state beaches.

“How lucky we are in California to have this coastline that’s so protected and so accessible,” the foundation’s executive director, Rachel Norton, told SFGATE on Wednesday. “It’s ...

A beach with mysterious tidal pools, a hike where your dog can happily pad around? The California State Parks Foundation is here to help with its recent report, “Best of California State Parks ...

The California State Library Parks Pass program offers library card holders free, day-use entry to over 200 different California State Parks. This includes Sutter’s Fort State Historic Park ...

A surfer was not injured after a shark bit into his surfboard during an attack off a beach in San Mateo County over the ...

Hundreds of U.S. Marines are headed to Los Angeles due to ongoing anti-ICE protests, as state officials vowed to sue over the ...

California State Parks officials reopened Montara State Beach Monday after a surfer’s board was bitten by a shark on May 31 ...