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- Heavenly, in South Lake Tahoe; Northstar, in Truckee; and Kirkwood, outside South Lake Tahoe, have lined up their dates for the upcoming ski season. By Gregory Thomas
- The fire broke out around 2:30 p.m. Saturday between Owl Creek Road and Lost Ranch Way, CalFire said. The fire is 0% contained and several structures are threatened, but officials could not confirm how many are at risk. By Emma Talley
- The fire caused by lightning strikes picked up momentum over the weekend. By Kellie Hwang
- It’s nice to be reminded that a quaint, classy town like Carmel still exists, while Muir Woods provides a necessary respite from the struggles of city life. By Carl Nolte
- Nneka Ogwumike, a Stanford alum and president of the WNBA Players Association, brought more attention to the league’s fly-commercial demand by detailing the night she and her teammates spent in a Washington, D.C., airport. By Marisa Ingemi
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New river cruise out of S.F. Bay will tour Northern California for 8 days, with prices as high as...A new cruise will soon pamper passengers on a unique river journey from San Francisco to Stockton, Sacramento, Napa and back — with prices topping out at nearly $12,000 per person. By Jessica Flores
- The complicated, precious nature of the state’s water supply is inspiring some Californians to embark on what are known as “water walks” — the practice of journeying along a waterway from the source to its outlet. By Gregory Thomas
- With little end in sight for the housing and affordability crisis gripping Tahoe and other Sierra mountain towns, employers are using last-resort options to house workers, some of whom travel tremendous distances to work. By Rachel Swan
- A guide to the best restaurants to stop at for food on the road between San Francisco and Los Angeles, taking Highway 1 or I-5. By Caleb Pershan, Soleil Ho, Jess Lander, Cesar Hernandez, Mario Cortez, Janelle Bitker
- More European visitors are flying into SFO than their counterparts from Asia, a reverse of the pre-pandemic norm. By Chase DiFeliciantonio and Yuri Avila
- Western Hills Garden in Sonoma County is a world-renowned pocket of horticultural history known for its hundreds of exotic plant species. The garden’s new owners have big plans to turn the 63-year-old nursery into a preservation nonprofit. By Gregory Thomas
- A federal judge in San Francisco ordered the Biden administration to develop new rules for allowing entry of those whose visa applications were denied under the previous administration. By Bob Egelko
- A controversial plan to build out the Olympic Valley ski area in North Lake Tahoe with a new ski village, hotel and condominiums was shot down in court, dealing a blow to plans to create an expansive, full-season vacation destination in the... By Gregory Thomas
- At the turn of the 20th century, a Yosemite mountain peak was named after a celebrity chef. His story is one piece of the national park’s abundant Chinese history. By Chasity Hale
- After a brutal two-year stretch interspersed with periods when San Francisco was all but devoid of visitors, the city appears to have finally turned a corner. By Gregory Thomas
- A guide to some of the reasons San Francisco was recently named a premier travel destination.
- A 2,000-year-old redwood in Sonoma County is at the center of an impassioned dispute over how best to care for California’s iconic, old-growth coast redwoods. By Gregory Thomas
- After more than a month cranking their rowboat across the Pacific 24 hours a day, a team of four California women just completed a record-fast row from San Francisco to Hawaii, a 2,400-nautical-mile voyage. By Gregory Thomas
- California’s largest wildfire of the year has cast a pall of smoke over Yosemite Valley and much of Gold Country and Lake Tahoe — all at the height of tourism season. By Kurtis Alexander and Michael Cabanatuan
- Despite all its woes, San Francisco still has its charm - at least, according to Time magazine, which named it one of the “World’s 50 Greatest Places of 2022,” and the New York Times, which recently recommended it as a travel destination. By Jessica Flores
- State Supreme Court rejects DMV appeal of a ruling overturning rules on license suspensions of drivers accused of DUI — rules allowing the same DMV officer to advocate for suspension and preside over the hearing. By Bob Egelko
- Officials at California Department of Fish and Wildlife debunked “speculative media reports” that described the shark as “one of the world’s biggest.” By Rachel Swan
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What can San Francisco learn from other world-class cities? Residents share ideas from global travelClean streets, less homelessness, more bike lanes and far better public transit. Chronicle readers share what they saw on recent trips abroad and how it compared to San Francisco. By Heather Knight
- Mexico's Valle de Guadalupe is one of the most exciting, burgeoning wine regions in the world. Jess Lander has tips on how to plan a visit. By Jess Lander
- On vacation in London, columnist Heather Knight rode the subway system’s new Elizabeth Line. That project took about the same amount of time to build as San Francisco’s Central Subway line despite being far more expansive. By Heather Knight
- Smoke and road closures from the major wildfire burning across the southwest corner of Yosemite National Park is hurting tourism destinations across the Sierra, in a sadly familiar pattern for locals. By Gregory Thomas and Dustin Gardiner
- Under-the-radar destinations such as Stockton and Chico want Bay Area residents to visit, and they’re finding new ways to highlight their appeal. By Gregory Thomas
- Experts say most of the turbulence around delays and cancellations has been largely due to a continuing labor shortage and bad weather. By Jessica Flores and Annie Vainshtein
- The Mariposa County sheriff condemned the Michigan man’s decision to venture into the Hites Cove/Savage Lundy Trail, where Ellen Chung, 31, husband Jonathan Gerrish, 45, the couple’s 1-year-old daughter, Miju, and dog Oski were found dead in... By Lauren Hernández
- A vegetation fire was burning near a Highway 101 off-ramp on Thursday prompted door-to-door evacuations. By Lauren Hernández