The strangest, coolest and most obscure national monument in California just got less strange and a whole lot cooler. And it's about to become considerably less obscure. Even among outdoor enthusiasts ...

POINT ARENA – The ragged skirt of land at the edge of Point Arena, where the continent gives way to the Pacific Ocean, feels justly impermanent, so visible is its ongoing evolution and attrition. Deep ...

As you crane your neck to take in the 145 iron stairs – 115 feet of climbing in all – that await, you can’t help but grumble that, dang it, the view from the top of the Point Arena Lighthouse had ...

There was a time when life at the Point Arena Lighthouse required strength, stamina and the discipline to tend to the round-the-clock operational and maintenance needs of the life-saving beacon atop ...

For those in the know, the tiny Mendocino town of Point Arena has always been a secret destination for those traveling along California’s North Coast. The cat was officially let out of the bag in 2014 ...

Don’t be like me. Get off the highway and head out to the Point Arena Lighthouse. Look for a sign for Point Arena -Stornetta pictured below and park next to it on the side of the road. You can also ...

President Obama expanded the California Coastal National Monument on Tuesday by adding the Point Arena-Stornetta Public Lands on the Mendocino County coast, a region of dramatic and wind-swept bluffs ...