Reports of sharks swimming near a jetty over the weekend at a California beach ended up with the discovery of an unusual type ...

Beachgoers in the San Francisco Bay Area encountered a rare hoodwinker sunfish washed ashore on a beach on Sept. 7.

Regular beachgoer Stefan Kiesbye, an English professor at Sonoma State University, wasn’t sure what he was seeing at Doran ...

Tourism is back in a big way. In 2024, visitors spent about $2.4 billion here, supporting more than 22,000 jobs and ...

Southwest Airlines has tapped a small airport serving California wine country as its newest destination. The flights to Santa ...

California’s beaches are legendary—hundreds of miles of sun, surf, and sand that draw millions of people every year. Along with all the zen vibes and glamor of the West Coast, though, is the ...

This now gives Southwest a strong presence at Sonoma County Airport, a facility mostly overlooked by larger airlines. Alaska Airlines and American Airlines currently operate a handful of services to ...

Madeira House is a new boutique hotel in west Sonoma County, California, just 80 miles from San Francisco. The former fisherman's cabin overlooks the Russian River Valley and rugged coastal bluffs, ...

A rustic cabin in Sycamore Canyon, a converted 1900s house in San Francisco’s Mission District and a private retreat in Sonoma County.

Nyegaard identified the Mola tecta, or hoodwinker sunfish, as a new species in 2017. “This is a very rare sighting for our coast,” officials said. Park officials said Mola tecta are “often mistaken ...