A pair of bald eagles stood, a wobbly, days-old chick between them, in a nest on Santa Cruz Island off Ventura this week. The small, downy raptor hatched on March 14 at Sauces Canyon on the island ...

You can also stop in to the Santa Cruz Surfing Museum along your stroll, which is stationed inside the Mark Abbott Memorial Lighthouse. Recent travelers and locals said West Cliff Drive is a must-do.

A bright yellow bloom fills a field south of the Pigeon Point Lighthouse in San Mateo County as Año Nuevo Island is visible, at top, rising above the Pacific Ocean.

Chan was on a weekend trip in Yosemite when he received the call that his job at the Channel Islands National Park had been terminated in the name of “increasing efficiency.” After five seasons ...