How to enter lottery to reserve Steep Ravine Cabin at Mount Tamalpais

The Steep Ravine cabins near Stinson Beach were first built in 1938. Amit Basu Photography/Getty Images It just became easier to nab one of the holy grails of camping in the Bay Area. California State Parks rolled out a new system for reserving a Steep Ravine cabin at Mount Tamalpais State Park, a rare overnight … Read more

Thousands are leaving Hawaii. California is where they’re moving.

For the seventh consecutive year, Hawaii’s population has steadily declined, according to the United States Census Bureau’s state population estimates, as residents leave the Islands by the thousands.  From July 2021 to July 2022, the state’s population dropped by 0.5%, from 1.447 million to 1.440 million. Last year, Hawaii ranked fifth in the nation for the … Read more