While there are different ways to map climates, USDA Plant Hardiness Zones are based only on the minimum average temperature. Using this scale, California spans from zone 5a, where average annual ...

The health benefits of avocados are numerous, and there is no need to be afraid of the fat, writes Rainer Hoenicke, a UC ...

Southern California’s five most populous counties saw the size of the very-high fire zone grow to more than 812,000 acres in the latest update, up from just over 644,000 in the previous maps ...