A long-running legal dispute over the fate of a small island in San Francisco Bay ended Wednesday when Point Buckler Island was sold at auction to the John Muir Land Trust, a nonprofit ...

U.S. News Insider Tip: For the 1.55-mile trek to Tortuga Bay's Playa Mansa ... Travelers visit this isolated strip of Santa Cruz's southern coastline for some quality face time with the Galapagos ...

Santa Cruz Island serves as a central base for exploration. And skirting Santa Cruz's southern shoreline along Academy Bay is Puerto Ayora. The island's primary town provides a nice spot for ...

in the interior portions of the East Bay and South Bay; and in the Santa Cruz Mountains. Around 1 to 3 inches of rain is expected across the region by Sunday afternoon, and some higher elevations ...