Geography

The laid-back lifestyle of CA’s Central Coast is all about charming towns, like San Luis Obispo, Paso Robles, and Morro Bay, hundreds of wineries, thousands of hiking trails, great restaurants,READ MORE

For many California residents, the cost of living in the state makes it practically impossible for buying a home and/or starting a family. While many areas, including the Bay Area,READ MORE

It’s really no mystery why the farming town of Corcoran, located in Central California’s San Joaquin Valley, is sinking. The ground on which the town was built has been slowly,READ MORE

The impact of climate change is far-reaching. The global impacts of climate change include higher temperatures and an increased frequency of many types of natural disasters, such as storms, floods,READ MORE

The San Joaquin River is the longest of the Central Valley rivers, flowing 330 miles from its source located in the Ansel Adams Wilderness, high in the Sierra Nevada Mountains,READ MORE

There is geologic evidence showing that incredibly massive floods, called megafloods, have occurred in California every 100 to 200 years. These floods are caused by huge amounts of rainfall fromREAD MORE

California is a wonderful place to live if you love to be outside and, since most of the state enjoys a Mediterranean climate, you can find good hiking year round.READ MORE

When considering the question of where country music comes from, it’s easy to assume it originated in Nashville, Tennessee and other places located in the Deep South, like Georgia, Kentucky,READ MORE

If you lived in the Central Valley of California some 20-30 years ago, you likely remember an unpleasant winter weather pattern called “Tule Fog.” Every year, it would appear outREAD MORE

The desert — a dry, seemingly uninhabitable region of the world. Defined as regions with less than 10 inches of annual rainfall, you would expect there to be very littleREAD MORE