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The weather looked ominous the day that a German man planned to pop the question to his girlfriend in Yosemite. The photographer he hired to capture the moment suggested they postpone. But he insisted. The result made the photographer's jaw drop.

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Marilyn Monroe would have turned 100 on June 1, and there are global plans for exhibits, film screenings, and parties to celebrate the Hollywood icon.

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One theory behind the origin of the nickname “the Golden State” cites the golden hue of California’s hills. But a drone photographer based in Minnesota paid a recent visit to the Bay Area and shot scenery that could double as an Irish countryside.

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Riverside sheriff is ordered to halt election probe // Bay Area hills draped in resplendent green Good morning. It's Thursday, April 9. Riverside sheriff is ordered to halt election probe. Anger simmers over exorbitant Olympics ticket prices. And

_Anger simmers over exorbitant Olympics ticket prices.
_Riverside sheriff is ordered to halt election probe.
_And photos of Bay Area hills draped in resplendent green.
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Each year, on the day before Easter, people are invited to bring their pets to the “Blessing of the Animals” on Los Angeles’ Olvera Street.

The festival, which dates back more than 800 years, was originally aimed at farm animals.

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Glen Horn ran a surf shop in San Diego in the 1970s. He worked hard for about a decade, then at around 38 years old he walked away from everything to become a surf ascetic, living out of a van in Baja California.

Now 67, he’s still at it.

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On the lonely backroads of California, one rediscovers the pleasures of driving. Josh Jackson recently wrote a vivid account of his trip up Highway 127, which spans the desert between Baker and the Nevada border.

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How a miserable man led to the creation of Silicon Valley Silicon Valley began with a bad boss. In 1956, the physicist William Shockley opened Shockley Semiconductor in Mountain View, recruiting some of the

Silicon Valley began with a bad boss.

In 1956, the physicist William Shockley opened Shockley Semiconductor in Mountain View, recruiting bright young engineering minds.

But Shockley, a winner of the Nobel Prize in physics, was by many accounts a lout.

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It's hot. Need a swimming hole?

Mendocino County’s lazy Gualala River, the Red Rock pools of the Santa Ynez Valley, and “the most beautiful pool you’ve ever seen” in Big Sur. The authors of “Places We Swim California” shared their favorite swimming spots.

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A lush ravine lined with ferns and redwoods in Mill Valley.

A loop along brilliant wildflowers and waterfalls in Morgan Hill.

And a spiraling path along headlands with stunning ocean views.

Here are the 10 best easy trails in the Bay Area.

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In the Westside of Los Angeles, home to the largest concentration of Iranians outside the motherland, the war in Iran remains popular nearly two weeks after the bombing began on Feb. 28. A view from Tehrangeles.

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When the photographer Larry Sultan visited a porn shoot in a rented San Fernando Valley home in 1998, he was riveted by the clash of vice and domesticity.

His new photobook “The Valley" focuses on the strange suburban mundanity of America’s smut capital.

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The 2026 wildflower bloom is already dazzling folks across California.

Here's an interactive forecast map using observational data from past seasons to recommend where and when to catch the bloom.

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Someone leaked a purported guest list for the ultra-secretive Bohemian Club, a faux druidic retreat that gathers the rich and powerful every July in the Sonoma County redwoods.

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In the spirit of Palm Springs’ 2026 Modernism Week, happening now, Architectural Digest created a list of “the 16 best Palm Springs Airbnbs for old Hollywood vibes and desert views.”

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Enlisted to identify the 11 most beautiful hikes in U.S. national parks, outdoors columnist Graham Averill knew Yosemite would make the cut. But picking the hike was agonizing.

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A recent whale-watching group on Monterey Bay saw a dolphin “tail walking,” a very rare activity that involves leaping vertically from the water and briefly skipping across the surface on its tail.

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A chic bungalow in Venice Beach.

An architectural stunner in Yucca Valley.

And a cabin hideaway in the redwoods near Mendocino.

Condé Nast Traveler named the 41 best Airbnbs in California, based on guest reviews, location, amenities, and other factors.

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Only one palm is indigenous to California: the California fan palm, identifiable by their “petticoats” of dead leaves. Native Americans ate their dates and wove their fronds into sandals, baskets, and roofs.

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‘March for Billionaires’ planned in San Francisco. Is it satire? New group is advertising a "March for Billionaires" in San Francisco. Their language closely mirrors real tech executives’ rhetoric.

"Organizers say the effort is very real."

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