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A teenage female was paddleboarding with a group about 200 yards from shore when a shark bit her board several times.
The so-called supermoon as it rose over Los Angeles, as seen from Mulholland Drive | Photo: Zach Behrens/KCET
Whether people were prepared for the sight or not, smartphones were out in force snapping away at the night sky.
Urban hikers at The Big Parade in 2011 | Photos: Zach Behrens/KCET
May is a big month for urban hiking in Los Angeles. Here's a list of upcoming public opportunities this month.
NASA says this Saturday night's moon could be "as much as 14% bigger and 30% brighter."
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Tioga Pass Road will open on May 7, a lot earlier than last year when it opened mid-June due to a heavy snow season.
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Each year cyclists get to pretty much own an intensely beautiful stretch of Yosemite National Park for a special period of time.
Hikers of the Big Parade in 2011 take on a staircase in the Franklin Hills neighborhood of Los Angeles | Photo: Zach Behrens/KCET
Known for his book about L.A. staircases, Bob Inman is now up to something big -- very big.
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Despite scant rainfall, there is still a rich diversity of wildflowers on view throughout Southern California.
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Sometimes heat-related illness may sneak up on you unaware.
Ranger Helen Tarbet walks with wildflower tour participants on Figueroa Mountain Road near Catway Road | Photo: Zach Behrens/KCET
Despite a light year in wildflower blooms, the display of California poppies and grape soda lupine near Figueroa Mountain and Catway roads still had that "wow" factor.
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Bear attacks are rare in California, but as our cities and bear country continue to grow closer to each other, your chances of meeting a bear habituated to human presence increases.
U.S. Forest Service employees gather in the parking lot of Eaton Canyon Park and Nature Center | Photo: Zach Behrens/KCET
After 60 rescues and two deaths in 2011, officials want the public to stop trying to hike to the second water fall at Eaton Canyon.
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