California Travel

The spot where Jimmy Stewart saved Kim Novak in "Vertigo" is at Fort Point, just under the base of the Golden Gate Bridge. A few miles down the bay is Alcatraz, where Nicolas Cage and Sean Connery prevented missiles from ...

If you're looking for a chance to walk through history, you could hardly do better than Southern California's latest tourist attraction — the battleship USS Iowa, a vessel with a World War II pedigree as well as a rich history ...

The spot where Jimmy Stewart saved Kim Novak in "Vertigo" is at Fort Point, just under the base of the Golden Gate Bridge. A few miles down the bay is Alcatraz, where Nicolas Cage and Sean Connery prevented missiles from ...

Are you a fan of classic Western films? Want to tour some authentic Western movie sets and meet some old-time Western movie and television stars? How about viewing the strange rock formations in the scenic Alabama Hills?

Reveling in the lush green canopy above and savoring the fragrance of eucalyptus trees as we pedaled through the Golden Gate Park Panhandle, we paused for a few moments to take in the scene: San Franciscans young and old wandering ...

It's not easy being Oakland, existing in the shadow of glamorous San Francisco. But this is no ugly stepsister of a city. It's true Oakland has some big-city blues, including a perennial struggle with crime; this is one of those ...

Reveling in the lush green canopy above and savoring the fragrance of eucalyptus trees as we pedaled through the Golden Gate Park Panhandle, we paused for a few moments to take in the scene: San Franciscans young and old wandering ...

With ponds of koi fish, a newly installed ceremonial teahouse and sloping bridge, the reopened Japanese Garden at the Huntington Library in San Marino is celebrating its 100th anniversary this year after an extensive, yearlong renovation.

They were the stuff of another America: Tom Joad in "The Grapes of Wrath." George and Lenny in "Of Mice and Men." Lee Chong, Doc and the delightfully larcenous Mack and the bums in "Cannery Row." Danny and Pilon in ...

I recently visited a quaint, chalet-style village nestled deep in a forest overlooking an alpine lake. No, it wasn't Geneva, Switzerland. It was Lake Arrowhead in the San Bernardino National Forest.

McGrath State Beach reopens to the public Saturday with free admission and parking.

Disney is done with its do-over of Disney California Adventure.Wednesday marks the end of a five-year, $1 billion-plus overhaul to correct problems at the park. The venue, which was supposed to turn the Disneyland Resort into a multiple-day destination like ...

Which 'bots are in, and which are out? That's the question the special-effects gurus at Universal Studios and Industrial Light and Magic, as well as "Transformers" director Michael Bay, first asked themselves five years ago when they started developing a ...

The first phases of a re-imagined Fantasyland at Florida's Walt Disney World, the new Cars Land at California's Disneyland based on the "Cars" movies, and Universal Studios Hollywood's new Transformers ride top the list of new attractions at theme parks ...

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 ...