Four years ago, a raging wildfire burned through California’s oldest state park, Big Basin Redwoods, charring 97% of the landscape and destroying every building and campsite, leaving ruins where ...

BOULDER CREEK, Calif. -- When a massive wildfire swept through California's oldest state park last week it was feared many trees in a grove of old-growth redwoods, some of them 2,000 years old and ...

And against a backdrop of California’s new wildfire reality, the park’s reopening provides a look at how, after such destruction, a place like Big Basin could seize the chance for a truly different ...

(BCN) — California State Parks and Friends of Santa Cruz State Parks announced the return of a free weekend and holiday shuttle service to Big Basin Redwoods State Park this summer, aimed at improving ...

Four years ago, a raging wildfire burned through California’s oldest state park, Big Basin Redwoods, charring 97% of the landscape and destroying every building and campsite, leaving ruins where ...

The coastal redwoods of California are a popular place to visit but destruction by wildfires means work is needed to restore parks. Jana Höffner/Staatsministerium Baden-Württemberg/dpa Nearly five ...

(TNS) — It's a life, death and disaster hike. Yet it's also a stroll in the park. The route in question is the Redwood Loop Trail, part of Big Basin Redwoods State Park in the Santa Cruz Mountains.

BOULDER CREEK — California’s oldest state park — Big Basin Redwoods — thrived for 118 years, but it took less than 24 hours for almost all of the 18,000-acre property to go up in smoke. In the early ...

As we head into Memorial Day and the effective start to summer for Santa Cruz County, expect tens of thousands of people to flock to our incredible array of state parks and beaches. From Big Basin ...