California Travel

The Golden Gate Bridge is turning 75 this year. And what a historic span it's been. Big, bold and orange, the bridge is a beloved symbol of San Francisco and one of the most instantly recognizable landmarks in the world.

Stand on the Beverly Hills Hotel's red carpet, leading into its chandeliered lobby, and you can't help but visualize a century's worth of celebrities, royalty, politicians, musicians and actors who have stayed there, from Marilyn Monroe and Elizabeth Taylor to ...

On a drive home from Northern California, my husband and I stopped in Edna Valley, near San Luis Obispo, an area known for growing chardonnay and pinot noir grapes.

The Golden Gate Bridge is turning 75 this year. And what a historic span it's been. Big, bold and orange, the bridge is a beloved symbol of San Francisco and one of the most instantly recognizable landmarks in the world.

The Presidents Gallery by Madame Tussauds is adding a figure of Lady Gaga to the Washington wax museum.

A guide to local gardens you might not know about: Conejo Valley Botanic Garden, Ojai Taft Garden, Gardens of the World, Charles L. Honn Botanical Garden, Seaside Gardens and the future Ventura Botanical Gardens.

A brief power outage at a Southern California airport's air traffic control tower on Sunday forced controllers to use portable radios to communicate with pilots and caused several flight delays, the Federal Aviation Administration said.

The United States offers no federal financial support for its Olympians. However, the privately funded, nonprofit U.S. Olympic Committee has three U.S. Olympic Training Centers: In Colorado Springs, Colo.; Chula Vista, and Lake Placid, N.Y., where athletes get free housing, ...

Visitors flying out of San Francisco will find waiting for a flight a bit less stressful this spring.

In California, there is no waiting period for a marriage license. You just make an appointment at the county clerk’s office, get your license and, bingo, you are good to go.

For many years, by sheer coincidence, I left on a business trip the Monday morning following the Grammy Awards. I stood in the American Airlines first-class check-in line at LAX, surrounded by scruffy looking people trying to convince the ticket ...

I was at work, imagining an escape for a short getaway that didn't require an airport, hours of driving or any snow, when my reverie was cut short by a telephone call from my friend, Maura.

From around 1910 to the late 1920s, the silent film industry dominated Los Angeles. The movies were filmed everywhere, from Hollywood to bustling downtown to what was then a nearly barren valley area, on the other side of the Hollywood ...

Disney officials say a new area called Cars Land will open in June at Disney's California Adventure in Anaheim.

You like chocolate. You like warm baths. But are you ready for a milk chocolate bath for two?