California's peerless coast redwood trees (officially known as Sequoia sempervirens) reach heights that almost defy belief — until you're lucky enough to see them in person. As the tallest trees on ...

California’s oldest state park has expanded, as part of a restorative effort after a 2020 fire ravaged the park, state park officials say. California State Parks and Sempervirens Fund — the state’s ...

Footpath through the forest Portola Redwoods State Park, San Mateo County, California - yhelfman/Shutterstock Originally inhabited by the Quiroste tribe, Portola Redwoods State Park provided plenty of ...

Nearly five years after a massive fire burned California’s oldest state park, Big Basin Redwoods, blackening groves of famous ancient redwoods and destroying all the campgrounds, the visitor center ...

BOULDER CREEK, Calif. (AP) — When a massive wildfire swept through California’s oldest state park last week, it was feared many trees in a grove of old-growth redwoods may have finally succumbed. Some ...

Mendocino in northern California is positively packed with beautiful state parks. There's the fern-filled waterfall wonderland of Russian Gulch and Van Damme State Park, home to a unique pygmy forest ...

Late afternoon sunlight illuminates the base of a coast redwood along the Redwood Grove Loop Trail at Henry Cowell Redwoods State Park in Felton. The coast redwood (Sequoia sempervirens) is the ...

A 153-acre site in the Santa Cruz Mountains that gained national notoriety as an unauthorized junk yard is now part of one of California’s most storied state parks. The wooded landscape, located near ...

BOULDER CREEK — California State Parks is expanding its presence in the Santa Cruz Mountains in a big way. The state agency announced Thursday that it acquired the 153-acre NoraBella property in ...