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Distance: Three miles  Elevation gain: 140 feet  Difficulty: Beginner  Hiking time: 45 minutes to 1.5 hours  Trail surface: Paved and unpaved trails  Best season: Spring/fall   Hours: 8 AM to sunset  …

Last November, Save Mount Diablo purchased the option to acquire the Krane Pond property, a 6.69-acre section of Mount Diablo’s “Missing Mile” on the slopes of North Peak. Its most…

Salmon and steelhead populations across the eastern Pacific Ocean have been heavily affected in recent years because of several factors. These factors mainly include loss of habitat or access to…

Distance: 7.1 miles  Elevation gain: 1,063 feet  Difficulty: Moderate to strenuous  Hiking time: 3.5 to seven hours  Trail surface: Unpaved trails and dirt fire roads  Best season: Spring   Hours: 8…

There are many great resources on what to keep in a general first-aid kit, like one you might keep in your car, at home, or work.  But those are often…

The City of Concord has received statement of qualifications (SOQs) packets from two commercial entities interested in becoming the next Master Developer of the huge Concord reuse project, the largest…

What Happened in Late June? On Tuesday, June 27, the Antioch City Council on a 4-1 vote approved the first phase of “The Ranch” project. “The Ranch” is a 1,177-unit residential…

Distance: 5.3 miles  Elevation gain: 500 feet  Difficulty: Moderate  Hiking time: 2.5 hours  Trail surface: Unpaved trails and single-track trail  Best season: Spring  Hours: 8 AM to sunset  Managing agency:…

Just three populations of the critically endangered annual Eriogonum truncatum, or Mount Diablo buckwheat, are known to exist in the wild, and their exact locations are all tightly held secrets.  …

Distance:  10.5 miles  Elevation gain:  2,500 feet  Difficulty: Advanced  Hiking time: Five to 10 hours on foot, two to three hours by bike  Trail surface: Unpaved trails and bike-legal single-track…