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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

SANTA MARGARITA, Calif. – An art fundraiser is attempting to give back to restoration efforts on the Carrizo Plain from the recent Madre Fire. Several in the community lost cameras, sound recorders ...

Heavy overnight snow turned the California Valley and Temblor Range near the Carrizo Plain into a scene that looks more like the Arctic than San Luis Obispo County on Saturday, Feb. 25, 2023. Brittany ...

Press releases are posted on Independent.com as a free community service. BAKERSFIELD, Calif. — The Bureau of Land Management will host an open house to celebrate the reopening of the Guy L. Goodwin ...