Especially when that backyard happens to be California. Palomar Mountain State Park sits like a crown jewel in San Diego County, a verdant paradise that seems almost out of place amid Southern ...

Kelli Saam counts down Thursday's Top 5. The Butte Meadows community is lobbying to prevent the closure of the Colby Mountain ...

The Butte Meadows residents are seekig help from Rep. Doug LaMalfa and the community to keep the Colby Mountain Fire Lookout ...

This week’s hike takes us back to the wooded and serene trails at Palomar Mountain. It also marks my 100th hike for this ...

A petition to ask the U.S. Forest Service to save the Colby Mountain Fire Lookout was among the ideas coming from a community ...

This roughly 4-mile easy hike located in Palomar Mountain wraps up a three-part series about many of the trails in the state ...

If you enjoy getting outside and taking in breathtaking views, Oregon’s Cascade lookouts offer some of the best spots to do ...

Investigators say last year’s destructive Mountain Fire in Ventura County was likely sparked when powerful winds reignited hot tire debris from a week-old tractor blaze — a chain of events similar to ...

SOMIS, Calif. (KABC) -- It's been a year since the Mountain Fire tore through Ventura County, burning nearly 20,000 acres and destroying over 100 homes. Investigators say they now know what caused it.

Tara Massouleh McCay is the Senior Travel and Culture Editor for Southern Living. A writer and editor with 10 years of experience in producing lifestyle content for local, regional, and national ...

A fire that burned nearly 250 homes in Ventura County was a rekindling of an earlier fire that officials failed to fully extinguish, according to an investigation by Ventura County fire officials and ...

It's been a year since the Mountain Fire tore through nearly 20,000 acres in Ventura County. Jim Hill, who survived the fire, continues to reel from the wildfire. After evacuating, Hill watched his ...