On a misty morning in Hidden Valley, a lone rider mounted a small horse and entered an arena nestled below an oak-studded hillside. Calm, patient and sure-footed, Cochise, a 19-year-old gelding, ...

On a bright, warm California day, a couple dozen botanists gathered in a valley on Santa Cruz Island for a group picture. Instead of saying cheese, they each shouted out their favorite native plant ...

The swell was pushing in from one side then bouncing off the cliff walls and ricocheting back, making our kayak bounce around like we were in a washing machine. Our group of four kayaks was more than ...

The morning started somewhat foggy as Laureen and I climbed aboard the large passenger boat operated by Island Packers out of the Ventura Harbor. “Rather foggy this morning,” I said while grabbing ...

You don’t have to travel to the South Pacific to entertain dreams of desert islands. There’s a chain of uninhabited islands — Santa Cruz, Anacapa, Santa Rosa, Santa Barbara and San Miguel — just off ...

SANTA CRUZ, Calif. -- Several victims of a boat fire that occurred near the Santa Cruz Islands in Southern California have been identified as Northern California residents. From Santa Cruz to Fremont, ...

A fishing vessel ran aground Thursday morning at Santa Cruz Island, prompting the U.S. Coast Guard to launch oil cleanup operations, the agency said. The 60-foot Speranza Marie ran aground around 2 ...

Because there are so many different kinds of passenger vessels, the critical topic of passenger safety can sometimes appear as a set of niche topics, each one just distantly connected to another.

A modern remotely operated vehicle sits among historical exhibits at the new Chrisman California Islands Center. It’s been used off Catalina Island to hunt for Spanish explorer Gaspar de Portola’s ...