Tips to consider before air travel this holiday season
When searching for flights, be sure to review the latest COVID-19 safety measures at your destination and protocols at airports. Courtesy

Tips to consider before air travel this holiday season

This holiday season will look a little different for many due to the pandemic. Some may host their annual get-togethers over Zoom, while others might opt for air travel. If…

Festivals & Fun
The Festival of Colors at Whittier Narrows Park celebrates the traditional Indian custom of Holi. PHOTO COURTESY MAXIME BHM

Festivals & Fun

Did you know that March is National Celery Month? Even better, March 1 is National Peanut Butter Lovers Day. Combine the two and you can celebrate by enjoying peanut butter…

Soak up the springs
A steamy, naturally heated adult-only pool at Indian Springs Resort. PHOTOS COURTESY VISIT CALIFORNIA

Soak up the springs

By Michele E. Buttelman Signal Staff Writer W inter travel doesn’t have to be about playing in the snow, carving your way down a slope in deep powder or finding…

Let trends guide your 2020 travel
Portugal’s reputation for primo surfing and affordability has made it a desirable place to explore. PHOTO COURTESY GETTY IMAGES

Let trends guide your 2020 travel

While there’s plenty to be said for taking the proverbial road less traveled, fellow tourists can provide a wealth of knowledge to help shape a vacation filled with lifelong memories.

Travel for New Year’s Eve
Witness the spectacular New Year’s Eve fireworks display in San Francisco as it lights up the night sky between the Ferry Building and the Bay Bridge. PHOTO COURTESY TRAVEL SAN FRANCISCO

Travel for New Year’s Eve

Everyone knows that Las Vegas puts on an amazing New Year’s Eve celebration. Ditto for the iconic ball drop held in Times Square in New York. However, there are many fun destinations where you can ring in the New Year in style.

Brewing Up California’s Coffee Scene
San Franciscans take their coffee seriously. Very seriously. Sightglass is one of the best independently owned and operated roasters. PHOTO COURTESY VISIT CALIFORNIA

Brewing Up California’s Coffee Scene

The Pacific Northwest, home of Starbucks, may have invented modern “coffee culture,” but California has embraced the love of the caffeinated brew and offers up its own celebration of the hallowed “cup o’ joe.”

Surreal beauty at Bryce Canyon
Bryce Canyon boasts the largest concentration of spectacular “hoodoos” in the world, from tall pointy spheres to otherworldly, precariously balanced free-form sculptures.

Surreal beauty at Bryce Canyon

Attracting about 2.7 million visitors per year, Bryce Canyon National Park might be a bit crowded but is way more manageable to navigate than neighboring Zion National Park, which hosts 4.5 million visitors annually.

Top ten California places to make ‘sweet’ memories
Smitten Ice Cream's strawberry white balsamic with natural rainbow sprinkles is only served in the VIP area of Coachella Valley Music Festival in Indio, California, April 23, 2016.

Top ten California places to make ‘sweet’ memories

July is national ice cream month. What better way to celebrate than to hit the road with a list of “must visit, must taste” ice cream parlors in your pocket or purse?

Spelunking California’s cool caves and caverns
The Lake Shasta Caverns are a network of caves located near the McCloud arm of Shasta Lake in California. It was formerly named Chalk Cave and Baird Cave, named after Spencer Fullerton Baird.

Spelunking California’s cool caves and caverns

California spends a lot of time, and money, bragging to the outside world about its giant trees, miles of beaches and “must see” theme parks. However, there’s one natural wonder…

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