As is the case every year, all access to the Castle Rock formation overlooking Pine Creek at Diablo Foothills Regional Park in Walnut Creek will be closed to protect nesting peregrine falcons.

What you'll see: This trip to Diablo Foothills Regional Park is unique, dramatic at sunrise and sunset, and off the radar for most. The views of Castle Rocks and towering Mount Diablo, and access to ...

On a New Year’s Day cold and clear across the Bay Area and Northern California, you could drive to the top of Mount Diablo for a world-class view from the summit viewing deck. Or you could explore the ...

As I write, I am continually reminded of the challenge of travel in today’s rattled national psyche related to the coronavirus pandemic. California schools are shutting down, major league sports are ...

ANTIOCH >> Coal miners from a booming early Bay Area industry lay on their sides in 3-foot-tall tunnels to scrape and hack out soft black ore with pickaxes deep inside the Mount Diablo foothills.

ANTIOCH — Coal miners from a booming early Bay Area industry lay on their sides in 3-foot-tall tunnels to scrape and hack out soft black ore with pickaxes deep inside the Mount Diablo foothills.

Click here if you are unable to view this gallery on a mobile device. Faced with the normal pressures of high school and all that extra work for college Advanced Placement courses, 16-year-old ...