Mel Woods is an award-winning Vancouver-based writer, editor and content creator. They are a senior editor at Xtra Magazine.

In the 1930s, workers bored a 13-mile tunnel beneath Mt. San Jacinto. Here's a look inside the engineering feat that carries ...

Splashes were a key element of Matt Drudge’s success. At The Drudge Report, a few short words written in all-caps font ...

California wolves are on the comeback. And no matter how hard wildlife officials try to direct them toward their natural prey ...

IT’S $15 AT THE DOOR AND IT IS OPEN TO THE PU A California lawmaker is pushing for legislation that would give people more leeway in defending themselves against a mountain lion. Senate Bill 818 ...

The killing of 21-year-old Taylen Brooks by a mountain lion ... it makes little sense to remove one of nature’s most efficient control mechanisms. California voters understood this and more ...

Visiting tiny towns is a bit of a civic duty that maybe wasn’t written into the curriculum or taught in lesson plans before we exited into the real world.

This hotel is designed like no other hotel in Northern California and ... cascading down Cobb Mountain and feeding into the greater Putah Creek watershed. If a little creek scrambling isn ...

Lawmakers weigh public safety and wildlife conservation in controversial proposals targeting bears and mountain lions.

The store, which is located at 1238 W. El Camino Real, is closing on May 11 due to “business-related” reasons, according to ...

High pressure dominates the start of the work week. Temperatures peak on Monday across the valley in the upper 70s. Tuesday through Thursday, temperatures will hit the low to mid-80s.