California is home to three of the best national parks in the country, according to Lonely Planet. The travel guide recently combed through all 63 protected nature destinations in the contiguous 48 ...

In these seven postcard-worthy state parks, you can marvel over similarly stunning vistas and find hiking, biking, rafting ...

Yosemite National Park will implement a new reservation system in 2025 to manage crowds and protect resources, according to a version of a National Park Service press release provided to SFGATE by a ...

The most highly trafficked area in Yosemite National Park is also the most likely to experience rockfalls, according to over 150 years of data. In February, park ...

Planning to visit Yosemite this year? After recent delays, campground reservations for summer 2025 will now begin opening on ...

Sharp turns, narrow lanes, and unexpected traffic make this drive more intense than most people expect. We took the trip and ...

Who really likes national parks anyway? Who really likes visiting forests? Good thing you don’t, because thanks to Trump’s ...

More than a week after a massive rockslide cut off access to one of the main entrances into Yosemite National Park, a key stretch of Highway 140 is poised to reopen. As of Tuesday, a 4.5-mile section ...

Caltrans says they expect at least one-way traffic control to be restored soon along Highway 140 after a large rockslide ...

Farrington noted that another rock slide closed Highway 120 into Yosemite National Park last year. In fact, many of ...

On Feb. 14, the newly formed Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) announced a slew of budget cuts, including layoffs of ...

We’re nearly done scraping snow off our cars, and the cold temperatures of winter are finally leaving us. Spring is here, and ...