California’s coastline is dotted with seafood restaurants ranging from white-tablecloth establishments to paper-plate shacks, but few achieve the perfect balance of quality, atmosphere, and ...

There are a million places you could travel to this summer, but there is just something about California that calls out to us ...

Guided trips are ideal for diving into not just the region's contemporary charms, but its foundation and evolution.

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SANTA CRUZ, Calif. — The Santa Cruz Wharf, jutting half a mile into the Monterey Bay, offers a cheerful stroll past souvenir ...

Monterey County has long been known as a favorite playground for celebrities. Clint Eastwood still owns the Mission Ranch in Carmel (diners at the restaurant have been treated to his piano playing), ...

The Asian immigrants did. It wasn't until the 1920s that a German restaurant owner in Monterey "invented" the abalone steak. He made it like a schnitzel, and he served an abalone dinner for a nickel.

Monterey Abalone Company employee Ian Brown, of Pacific Grove, gets an abalone cage ready to be placed in the waters underneath the Municipal Wharf in Monterey, Calif., on Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2025.

Award-winning Southern California restaurant signs lease at Monterey's Fisherman's Wharf 13-year-old honored by Trump ran into Elon Musk at the White House and made a request Experts unpack the ...