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San Diego's only National Park unit had to figure out new dates for its 100th anniversary celebration.
Here are seven of our favorite Low Desert spots to contemplate your local portion of the universe.
McGrath State Beach in Oxnard opened for weekend camping for the first time in a year, but officials announced it's over.
Get away from the chain of small cities along Route 101 and you'll have a great chance of finding good stargazing almost anywhere.
Kern County still offers one of the best places in Southern California where you can get away from the lights and see the Universe.
A combination of strong storms and lack of personnel to fix them delayed a handful of campgrounds from opening last week when the government shutdown ended.
Furloughed federal employees are coming back to welcome the public but check for other closures.
Quickly after President Barack Obama was sent a bill to end the government shutdown, Yosemite National Park officials put out word that they were opening immediately.
Tennessee and North Carolina are the latest states to pony up money to Washington D.C. during the government shutdown.
Park rangers didn't sign up for the job so they could turn people away at the gates of national parks.
It's been a tough time for many of the national park service employees furloughed in the government shutdown since October 1.
There are a number of "economic wildcards" that threaten to throw off the state's delicately balanced budget, and two of them currently at play have the ability to do that.