Christina Campodonico

Five (mostly) free outdoors activities to try during State Parks Week

From ‘forest bathing’ to ‘seed bombing,’ get out and try something new in the great outdoors during California State Parks Week.

During the pandemic, people obsessed over rare plants with names like milk confetti and spiritus sancti. Now, prices have been slashed in half.


Some 2,500 cyclists left the Cow Palace on a grueling, weeklong bike odyssey to Santa Monica.

Techies gather to pull cards, ask about fundraising, and reassess their relationship with the occult. 

As public safety concerns prompt a new ban, longtime vendors in the area say they are being unfairly punished. 
