Spring has rolled out a carpet of golden flowers across the Carrizo Plain, merging with a bright, blue sky on the horizon. The breeze carries a hush across the landscape — stirring tall, dense stands ...

Carrizo Plain National Monument in eastern San Luis Obispo County is one of California’s most iconic wildflower viewing areas, but is this year’s display worth the 150-mile drive from L.A.? If you’re ...

The possibility of another spectacular superbloom in San Luis Obispo County this year is getting smaller and smaller with every passing sunny day. Thanks to this winter’s significantly dry conditions, ...

Certain sections of the Golden State can seem pretty go-go-go 24/7, but there remain sizable regions of our state that have a finger in quieter, calmer times, those stillness-centered spaces that seem ...

One of the more short-lived weather events across the Carrizo Plain is snow. Usually, a couple times each winter a light dusting of snow falls on the Caliente Mountains and Temblor Range. Storm clouds ...

Driving slowly on Soda Lake Road, I stopped every time something caught my eye, and with my binoculars scanned the horizon for various signs of life. After coming up empty on every occasion, something ...

San Luis Obispo County, CA -- Nestled about 50 miles east of California's central coast is Carrizo Plain National Monument. It's the states largest, last remaining native grassland frozen in time. The ...

Driving 140 miles to the remote and glorious Carrizo Plain at the end of April, we entered a vast dome of blue sky with surrounding low mountain ranges creating a magnificent “bowl” effect below and ...

A lack of rainfall across the Golden State and the Central Coast is limiting blooms and leaving some tourists disappointed about what's missing at Carrizo Plain National Monument. Aside from ...

Hours past midnight, a family of curious foxes scurried about on the Carrizo Plain. A trail camera captured a group of San Joaquin kit foxes at their den site at the national monument in San Luis ...

Geologists are storytellers. Whether searching for resources, identifying hazards, or siting structures, answers lie in millions, and sometimes billions of years of geologic activity. For most people, ...