The hiker and a companion had wandered off the remote 53-mile hiking path that follows the northern California coastline of ...

The path delivers nearly endless ocean views ... You can lose the throngs by taking side paths that deliver close-up ocean views from the rocks or on cliffs. Or, for the best experience, go ...

The Southern Ocean, which circles the globe without being ... is due to the absence of natural predators. For this reason rock lobsters have been reintroduced into the damaged kelp forests of ...

A view of the rugged coastline in Shelter Cove, the Lost Coast, where pioneers fought coastal development. (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times) ...