Keystone plants and trees like the Coast Live Oak and California lilac are key players in the health of your garden.

With construction near homes, schools and businesses, a growing call for more limits on key renewable technology ...

Committing to a landscaping project can dramatically upgrade your home's curb appeal and boost its property value — it's an investment absolutely worth making. And you can do it in stages to suit your ...

In extreme conditions, no amount of brush clearance can guarantee protection. Indeed, too much clearing can in fact leave ...

The Karuk of Northern California are one of many Native peoples with a long tradition of burning their ancestral lands. These practices are key inspiration for an annual prescribed fire training ...

As it recovers, Altadena finds inspiration in other wildfire-devastated communities that have replanted lawns, gardens, and ...

With California's often tenuous water supply continually a topic of debate, a state Senate bill would ease restrictions on ...

Gasoline prices rose slightly in the Bay Area in the wake of an explosion and fire that knocked an East Bay refinery offline.

Expansive lava flows in the Sáttítla Highlands was captured by satellites ahead of the recent designation of the area as a national monument.

Tucson isn’t Los Angeles, and the patchy saguaro scrubland of the Sonoran Desert isn’t the combustible coastal chaparral of Southern California ... desert plants, carpeting the landscape ...

A 1,517-acre patch of coast redwood forest in Sonoma County, considered a haven for native plants and wildlife, is set to be protected following a purchase agreement announced ...

If your flower beds need a little something extra to fill them in, check out these ground covers that can make great ...