Once a typical feature of every large estate, the walled garden is being revived – and these ones make for a perfect summer ...

For two years in a row, a city just 65 miles west of Stockton has been named the best place in the United States to raise a family by WalletHub. Due largely to "economic factors," the tech hub of ...

A Bay Area woman aims to add her name among the history makers and hopes to become the first person to swim the entire California coastline. Swimmer Catherine Breed joins Ginger Conejero Saab on ...

Ten beaches, including one in Los Angeles County, were named on the “Beach Bummer List” as part of Heal the Bay’s 35th annual report card. The list outlines the 10 most polluted beaches in ...

Aromatic branches of California Bay (Umbellularia californica) that Sandy had brought with her were then placed inside the granary to discourage pests, and the perimeter of the inside was lined with ...

The job markets in both the Bay Area and California shed thousands of jobs in February, a decline that followed losses in January in a dreary start for the statewide economy to kick off 2025.

The bay looked “like it was boiling,” said a boat captain with a whale-watching company in Monterey Bay, Calif. He captured video of the dolphins swimming off the coast.

California bay Grecian bay is, as its name suggests, endemic to Greece and the Mediterranean region. California bay, Umbellularia californica, is native to California and southwestern Oregon.

The leaf is extracted from the bay laurel tree in the Mediterranean region and it is believed that the leaf has a strong taste which is a combination of pine, clove, lavender, and eucalyptus.