Looking for a quick weekend getaway near Los Angeles, but aren't sure where to start? LA has many awesome options for a quick ...

A small town in Southern California was just voted "best in the West," according to USA Today's recent rankings for its ...

Some major stars have left Hollywood. Here are the places they chose instead, and their reasons for moving, from more room to ...

Embarking on a road trip from Los Angeles to San Francisco will prove very rewarding for any happy traveller. This is one of ...

You don't need to travel to Europe to feel like you're there. From Solvang to Carmel-By-the-Sea, these 8 small towns across ...

Earlier this year, California's biggest city Los Angeles suffered the worst fires in its history, killing 29 people and damaging or destroying more than 16,000 structures. The devastating ...

Press releases are posted on Independent.com as a free community service. SOLVANG, CA –The City of Solvang Code Enforcement Division has launched a proactive wildfire preparedness initiative to help ...

California has been ground zero for the H5N1 bird flu since last March. Thirty-eight people in the state have been infected with the virus, most of them dairy workers who were exposed working with ...

The bridges in need of safety assessments, according to the board, include seven bridges in California A year after the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, an independent ...

The agency said that both people had entered the country in November 1989 near San Ysidro, California, and had ultimately "exhausted all legal options to remain in the U.S." The case was first ...