In the heart of California, the Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks are home to some of the tallest trees on the planet.

Find Firehouse.com’s full coverage of the 2025 California Fire Storm ... extending toward Interstate 5 on the west and south of Sanberg to the north. More than 19,000 people were ordered ...

As winds across the Southern California area are calmer than their peak and firefighters are making progress, the threat to ...

Scientists are grappling with a stark population decline of the western monarch butterfly after the species’ numbers hit a ...

While studying the volcanic landscape of the Cascade Range north of the California border ... irrigation and hydropower to much of the American West. The aquifer’s existence beneath volcanic ...

Did somebody say "baby elephant seals?" Steve Gorman and his wife, Edie, take a weekend away at Morro Bay State Park and stop by the Piedras Blancas Elephant Seal Rookery. Check out these pictures of ...

A nearly 6,000-year-old forest is once again seeing daylight after millennia hidden under ice in the Rocky Mountains ... be part of the reason why the West is becoming drier and will continue ...

A tiny California town ... downtown attractions. Bishop, a small city with a population of 3,800 people, is nestled in between the Sierra Nevada mountains to the west and the White Mountains ...

A new fire that erupted Thursday, the Kenneth Fire in West Hills ... 70 mph possible in the mountains. Relative humidity could drop to as low as 5% for Southern California. Because of the dry ...

Isolated gusts could top 100 mph in mountains and foothills ... drilling in most U.S. coastal waters, including in California and other West Coast states. The plan is intended to block possible ...

From magical theme parks like Anakeesta in Gatlinburg to scenic drives and hiking trails in Great Smoky Mountains National ... 4-mile path that follows the West Prong of the Little Pigeon River.

Where to stay: The Delamar West Hartford hotel ... Katie Hearsum is a freelance writer based in the Rocky Mountains who specializes in off-the-beaten-path destinations, activities and experiences.