Descanso News

For many families, riding the Enchanted Railroad at Descanso Gardens is a much anticipated holiday tradition that annually delights young and old alike.

A native plant sale will be held from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. today at Eaton Canyon Nature Center, 1750 N. Altadena Drive.

More hot days and Santa Ana winds are expected this weekend, but San Diego County's backcountry should escape the worst of the fire danger because of recent rains.

A front is expected to pass to the north of the county this weekend, leaving cooler, mostly pleasant weather but bringing a slight chance of rain Sunday, according to the National Weather Service.

The grace and power of Japanese dance and taiko drummers, as well as the beauty of Japanese flower arranging will attract visitors to Descanso Gardens during its annual Japanese Garden Festival this weekend.

Officials dedicated a new, zero-emissions electric tram at Descanso Gardens Wednesday morning, replacing an older propane-fueled model that dated back to the 1950s.

A wood-eating bug is having its way with oak trees in backcountry areas of San Diego County.

San Diego County backcountry Cleveland National Forest: Alpine, Descanso, and Laguna Mountain Area: Descanso Ranger District, 445-6235; Palomar Mountain, Henshaw, Ramona and Oak Grove areas: Palomar Ranger ...

Some of San Luis Obispo's most dangerous intersections will be the focus of Tuesday night's city council meeting.

Six candidates are running for four seats in the Mountain Empire Unified School District, where the lone middle school is failing to meet federal standards and the entire district is having money problems.

The Santa Ana winds have begun to calm down, but the fire danger will remain high because of extremely low humidity, according to the National Weather Service.

Gardening expert John Lyons will lead a class, "The Art of Composting, Vermiculture and Great Garden Soil," from 9:30 a.m. to noon Thursday at at the Los Angles County Arboretum and Botanic Garden, 301 N. ...

SAN DIEGO: The city will host a workshop tomorrow to get residents'input on a master plan to encourage more San Diego residents to walk rather than drive to their destinations.

Mother Nature was not nice in 2007. When Santa Ana winds howled through the county's canyons in late October, they came after a second straight dry winter that had withered native vegetation and left it ready ...

OCT. 4 Native plants: Theodore Payne Foundation for Wild Flowers and Native Plants hosts its annual Fall Festival featuring discounts on hundreds of California native trees, shrubs, ground covers, flowering ...

Oct. 3, 7 p.m . Verdugo Hills Art Association meeting features artist Julie Snyder who will demonstrate oil painting using a live model.

An idea to help fund the Poway High School newspaper has created an uproar with parents.

The inland valleys are seeing plenty of 90+ readings today, while Lindbergh Field is just nudging 80.

The Pasadena Museum of History, 470 W. Walnut St., will offer "Going Greene," a family day, from 1 to 4 p.m. Sept.

For backcountry residents, the hardest part of cleaning up brush to protect their homes from wildfire can be getting rid of the piles of vegetation and tree branches.