Wednesday was demo day at the corner of Armstrong and Preston, and with one perilous swing of a mighty Caterpillar excavator, ...

This past week’s strandline delivered a spectacular mix of open-ocean drifters, Man o’ Wars, blue buttons, by-the-wind sailors. Tucked among them was one of my favorite finds — the purple storm snail, ...

With more than 6,000 species of California native plants, you would think that would be enough for a garden devoted exclusively to them. Yet occasionally you come across a plant with a pedigree that ...