Memorial Day weekend is considered the unofficial kickoff to summer for those too eager to wait for the solstice June 21. Here are nine ways to spend the long weekend.
Read MoreDazzling displays of wildflowers are blanketing vast areas of California, often in places where aficionados say they haven't seen them before. Now, Northern California residents are getting a glimpse of the colors of spring.
Read MorePickleball has exploded in popularity across the country, and Silicon Valley is no exception. Here's how you can get in on the action.
Read MoreThe Peninsula is flush with large-scale gardens like Gamble Garden, Filoli and Montalvo, but there are many gardens hidden in plain sight that are there for you when you need them.
Read MoreAfter finding a jar of pickled steelhead from the 1890s, Dr. Richard Lanman of Los Altos set out to discover local wildlife history. Now he and his colleagues have published groundbreaking findings confirming the past existence of local populations of Chinook salmon, American beavers and Tule elk.
Read MoreHidden off of Big Basin Way near downtown Saratoga, Hakone Estate and Gardens feels like a secret oasis in the Santa Cruz Mountain foothills.
Read MoreThe Six Fifty checked out three gardens on the Growing Natives Garden Tour and spoke with participants about what motivated their decisions to garden with native plants and advice they'd give people who are considering doing the same.
Read MoreWhile the rain may not be done with us yet, spring's arrival on March 20 ushers in the return of more outdoor festivals and seasonal events and brings us that much closer to the long, warm days of summer. Here are 15 events this spring we have circled on the calendar.
Read MoreBritt Wray, a Stanford postdoc who lives in the Santa Cruz Mountains, talks about her book "Generation Dread: Finding Purpose in an Age of Climate Crisis," which discusses the mental health impacts of the climate crisis, especially on young people who are increasingly agitated that the planet is facing unprecedented threats due to the actions of previous and current generations.
Read MoreFour local environmental organizations are taking on a new threat: climate change, working to evolve along with the threats that could damage the environments they worked so hard to save.
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