California wildlife officials stocked 22 North State waters with trout in the 6 months leading up to the 2025 trout season opening on April 26. This trout season looks to be a good one after the wet, ...

Right now, in mid-July, hundreds of lakes and streams in the Shasta Cascade are reborn from a big winter. For vacationers, it’s a midsummer day’s dream. The end of drought in the north state means ...

From the hundreds of e-mails I'm getting these days asking for vacation tips, I'm surprised nobody has placed an ad that reads something like this: "Wanted: A beautiful lake set at the foot of a ...