Get outside the city-be it San Francisco, L.A., or San Diego-with one of these easy, drivable weekend trips around California ...

Hidden high in the White Mountains of eastern California, a gnarled, weathered tree quietly holds a staggering secret — it’s nearly 5,000 years old.

Hidden high in the White Mountains of eastern California, a gnarled, weathered tree quietly holds a staggering secret — it's nearly 5,000 years old.

Jim Jeffries knocks out Bob Fitzsimmons in the eighth round to retain the world heavyweight title. 1941 — Lefty Grove of the Boston Red Sox wins his 300th and last game, beating the Cleveland Indians ...

Three firefighters were hospitalized Friday after they were struck by a tree while battling a wildfire in Northern California.

A large oak tree limb fell on a group of kids attending summer camp, fatally injuring one young child, officials said.

The girls's family was recording a storm unfolding in their hometown of Huntington Beach when they captured the moment lightning struck a tree approximately 50 feet from their daughter.

A tree fell on a group of people who were watching a college commencement ceremony in California, leaving a dozen injured.

A professor's casual hike in the High Sierra turned into a new elevation record for California's highest tree, the Jeffrey pine, which wasn't formerly known to grow at extreme elevations.