Black Sands Beach stretches like a ribbon of midnight against the churning Pacific, a place where nature decided to flip the script on what a beach should look like. Nature’s color inversion at its ...

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Steve McQueen and Kim Novak were already known to hang out in Big Sur, but Taylor and Burton made the area even more famous ...

Holland America Line unveils three expert-led cruises to view the 2026 total solar eclipse from prime locations at sea.

The Gifford Fire in San Luis Obispo County has surged past 100,000 acres, reaching “megafire” status and becoming the largest wildfire in California so far in 2025, according to Cal Fire .

A 19-year-old man was killed and a 17-year-old boy was injured in a shooting early Monday morning in Stockton, officials said ...

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The most intriguing coastal town, in the opinion of Oregon specialist Helen Burns Sharp, is Yachats, a little beach town with ...