Crab-fishing gear intended to pose less danger to whales has been approved for the first time for the commercial Dungeness crab industry by California wildlife officials.

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.

Sheriff's officials found Shahanur Alam, 46, floating near an underwater gate in a canal four miles away from where he disappeared while fishing at a canal near Mountain House.

In an unprecedented heat wave, we check in on the newts, the bears, the mussels, and all those flowers that just woke up for spring.

Fishing report compiled by California Outdoors Hall of Fame member Dave Hurley and edited by Roger George.

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 ...

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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 ...

With only one renovation permitted on the bluffside site, architect Benjamin McGriff and design firm Chroma created a boatlike retreat for a family of six overlooking Monterey Bay ...

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

Chilean fishing company FoodCorp, which is owned by Norwegian firm Austevoll Seafood, has announced it will take legal action ...