Crab-fishing gear intended to pose less danger to whales has been approved for the first time for the commercial Dungeness ...

The California Department of Fish and Wildlife said Friday that commercial and recreational Dungeness crab fishers can no longer use conventional traps in parts of the California coast.

OROVILLE — Clad in camo waders and a Filson fly-fishing cap, Dennis Baxter spent an early March afternoon fishing for steelhead in the Feather River near downtown Oroville. He describes his style as ...

The IJ is reprinting some of the late Beth Ashley’s columns. This is from 2010. On an impulse one recent Sunday, we drove to West Marin. I wanted to show my new husband how amazing ...

The National Park Service, in conjunction with the California Coastal Commission, has developed an outstanding program that allows people to borrow a beach wheelchair and enjoy some of the Golden ...

The great white sharks of False Bay – once so abundant that film crews from around the world came to document them, have all ...

BLM wants to open up areas for drilling near beloved Bay Area parks and wild spaces. We break down how likely that is.

This is the first in an occasional series of stories. After dealing with my husband’s reoccurring cancer in the winter of 2025, followed by a busy summer, we got back on the road in the fall with a ...

Continuing our series of articles from The Astorian’s 1973 special edition celebrating our own centennial, this is legendary editor Fred Andrus’ interpretation of city history up to ...

This is about Country Joe McDonald, a Bay Area music legend who created some of the best protest songs of the Vietnam War. But it’s also about the other half of the duo “Country Joe and The Fish,” ...

So when Gov. Jerry Brown had started letting lifers out before leaving office, my mother believed she had a real chance to ...

Shows starring Renee Zellweger, Helen McCrory and Colman Domingo you need to watch ...