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Photos by Scott Hein Text by Bruce and Joan Hamilton We’re heading to a wild, windy spot we’ve visited more than a dozen times in the past two years. It’s…

Save Mount Diablo is in one of the top three or four most important moments in its 50-year history. We’ve set a course to become an organization of statewide significance.…

For the three years following the SCU Lightning Complex fires, our Diablo Range Revealed series is exploring the Diablo Range. Something big is happening in the Diablo Range. After going…

Check out these photos of wildflowers and wildlife taken at the burned area at Round Valley Regional Preserve during the 2021 BioBlitz. We’re getting ready for our 2022 BioBlitz and…

Check out these photos of wildflowers and wildlife taken at Del Puerto Canyon.

With early, heavy rain, wildflowers are already blooming on and around Mount Diablo and across the Diablo Range. Here are 12 of our favorite spots to visit now and in…

The Diablo Range is recovering well from its 2020 mega-fire. But other parts of the state have not been so lucky. Why is the Diablo Range different and how can…

By Seth Adams, Land Conservation Director, Save Mount Diablo   It was supposed to be 108 degrees, so we postponed to the following weekend, when it was only 99. Joseph…

Eighty miles southeast of San Jose lies Pinnacles National Park, over 26,000 acres of oak savanna, grasslands, chaparral, and unusual volcanic rock formations. The park is situated in the southern…

The Life and Adventures of Joaquín Murieta, the Celebrated California Bandit, by John Rollin Ridge, set many precedents: it was the first novel published in California, as well as the…