Microscopic algae blooms have turned the ocean off Ventura into a sort of brown soup in recent weeks but may not stick around much longer. Caused by tiny phytoplankton, they are two of several that ...

These bacteria-ridden beaches failed to meet state health standards for recreational waters, the Surfrider Foundation says.

A strong earthquake with a magnitude of 6.1 on the Richter scale occurred off the coast of Japan's Hokkaido island. - The ...

Firefighters continue to battle a brush fire that broke out Friday evening in Pala. The Henderson Fire was reported at 5:42 p ...

Sunday in that bleak pandemic summer of 2020, the air near central California’s Big Basin Redwoods State Park felt muggy, almost tropical. Weird, thought naturalist Christian ...

A Bay Area woman aims to add her name among the history makers and hopes to become the first person to swim the entire California coastline.