For a California adventure that feels like summer camp, head to a dude ranch
Growing up in a ranching community on California’s Central Coast, I reaped the benefits of being surrounded by vast landscapes — hikes in the nearby…
Prep baseball: West Ranch defeats Mater Dei for Division 2 title
It was a night when gnats came out by the hundreds at Cal State Fullerton’s Goodwin Field. Fans swatted them away. Players endured.“In my ears,…
Prep sports roundup: Hunter Manning strikes out 12 in West Ranch win
Hunter Manning lives so close to the West Ranch High baseball field that he can hear sounds of balls being hit in the batting cage…
Inside the L.A. ranch holding horse sound baths for L.A. fire victims
After telling me to close my eyes, the voice instructs me to notice the sounds around me. I hear the drone of Tibetan bowls mixing…
On Catalina, you can now ride a horse on rolling hills to scenic cliffs
Catalina Island, which has plenty of horses in its history but stopped offering rides to visitors in 2008, is bringing trail rides back.The fledgling, Avalon-based…
Homey yet sophisticated, Santa Ynez is a rural paradise
Before the classic 2004 film “Sideways” made the Santa Ynez Valley the Central Coast’s wine capital, these rolling hills were very much horse and cowboy…