MOUNT DIABLO — A historic beacon on top of one of the Bay Area’s most prominent peaks will shine brighter and crisper on Pearl Harbor Day this Saturday after an extensive overhaul by volunteers.

“In every direction the country is full of beauty, and presents a most luxuriant and cultivated appearance,” famed landscape gardener Andrew Jackson Downing wrote of Mount Beacon in 1835. Today, the ...

A start-up player in Florida’s home insurance market, Mount Beacon Insurance Co., is going out of business and about 22,000 of its policies have been transferred to Florida Specialty Insurance Co., ...

While hiking enthusiasts throughout the Hudson Valley likely traversed Mount Beacon in the City of Beacon at one time or another, it was two men from New Hampshire who envisioned the potential for a ...

The body of a drowning victim was recovered in Dutchess County Wednesday, according to Town of Fishkill police. Police say they received a call around 9:20 p.m. Tuesday, and the caller said their ...

A climb up Mount Beacon gives a bird’s eye view of the Hudson River and Newburgh. The venerable arts institution Dia Beacon opened here in 2003 in a former Nabisco box-printing factory and is renowned ...