Big Sur, California, is one of those places that will take your breath away and leave you wondering why you didn’t plan a trip here sooner. Located along the iconic Pacific Coast Highway, Big Sur ...

From the north to the south and everything in between, these are the best things to do in California. California's 17-Mile ...

For the better part of the past half-century, Baja California has beckoned to surfers from across the globe, offering peeling point breaks without crowded lineups to those willing to travel and camp ...

Humpback whales frequent the deep waters of Big Sur, typically from late April through early December. One of the most ...

On a spring day in Santa Cruz, visitors have a perplexing opportunity: to see a city thriving and shrinking, all at once. The thriving is no great surprise, really: Santa Cruz sits on a handsome perch ...

I recently moved from a beach town in San Diego to a neighborhood in the South Bay Area. In other words, I went from daily strolls by the sea to suburban sidewalks. It's been a … transition, to say ...

David Farley is an alumnus of University of California, Santa Cruz. Once, Santa Cruz was a sleepy, somewhat conservative beach town. That changed in 1965 when the University of California flicked on ...