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FILE: Cliffs at Drakes Beach at sunrise. Will Marona couldn’t imagine a better way to spend New Year’s Eve: out on the water near Drakes Beach...
FILE - Water flows in the LA River on Friday, Jan. 3, 2025. Despite recent rounds of winter rain and powerful waves that pummeled the coastline,...
At the turn of the mid-1960s, people knew they had landed at ground zero of an evolving San Francisco if they fell down the right rabbit hole and...
A view of the Seal Rock Inn In San Francisco's Outer Richmond neighborhood, circa 1960s. The nearly 50-year-old restaurant facing out toward San...
Persistent rain, cloudy skies and 30-foot waves may finally come to an end in the San Francisco Bay Area, but a cold air mass is forecast to deliver...
As he peered over a secluded cove off the coast of San Francisco, Gerry McChesney couldn’t believe the scene that was unfolding in front of him. ...
A sign for Sand Hill Road stands against a blue sky in Menlo Park, Calif., on Aug. 25, 2016. “Sand Hill Road” has been used as a metonym for the...
Despite its outsized reputation as a place of scorching temperatures and endless abandonment, Death Valley National Park is actually fairly...
FILE: Lake Merritt in Oakland. Last week, an unexpected discovery washed up on the shoreline of Oakland’s Lake Merritt: several dead Chinook...
Ken Werner stepped into the darkness of the brisk October night, a battery pack strapped to his waist, a Minolta 35 mm camera dangling from his...
As the sun set over Chase Center on Sunday night, a Muni driver stared at the crowd swelling around the sold-out arena, looking bewildered. ...
Aerial view of Simi Valley. The two-story Simi Valley home made famous for its appearance in the 1982 cult classic “Poltergeist” sold for nearly...
People at Crissy Field near the Golden Gate Bridge during a heat wave on July 11, 2024. As the San Francisco Bay Area enters the seventh day of a...
A Nutria caught in a trap placed by biologists with the California Department of Fish and Wildlife, at the China Island state wildlife area near...
The DayGlo ads facing out toward San Francisco’s Mission Street beckon like neon signs on the Las Vegas Strip: Glitter fabrics $2 per yard!...
FILE - A cyclist rides past electricity pylons at a park during a heat wave on September 5, 2022 in San Mateo County. Record-breaking highs were...
The northwest ridge of Eagle Peak in Yellowstone National Park. The search for a 22-year-old Yellowstone employee who disappeared after calling a...
FILE: People enjoy warm weather at Crissy Field near the Golden Gate Bridge on July 11, 2024. A heat advisory was issued for the Bay Area. ...
Lisa Tarpley and her friends were kayaking on Tomales Bay when they came across a strange sight. The surface of the water on Tomales Bay was calm...
FILE: Competitors take part in a Tough Mudder obstacle course in Sonoma on Aug. 28, 2022. Last August, Evan Goldsmith woke up to find rashes and...