An animal control officer had to guide the animal over a guardrail near Brockton Villa — twice — before it finally headed for the water.

The nation's longest asphalt jump line opens Saturday at the former slag dump, funded by a $1.1 million community fundraising push.

Ten new penguins named Pickle, Hagrid and Steve are splashing in a revamped habitat built to fend off bird flu.

The Westminster invertebrate zoo will become just the second spot in Colorado to house a giant Pacific octopus, arriving in early September.

Bender Park Friends gathered 422 petition signatures after sediment left the Oak Creek harbor as shallow as six inches this year.

The 1,600-square-foot splash pad opened with a tipping bucket and shaded seating, but county listings marked it closed for repairs less than three weeks later.

A quarter-mile strip inside Yosemite's western boundary could become a private shortcut for a Kingsbarn-backed developer, drawing bipartisan alarm.

Nicky Paris felt a tickle on his foot while wading at Crystal Cove — it was a rattlesnake slithering out of the ocean.

The half-acre East Oakland park, sealed off since a 2002 barbecue shooting, reopens Saturday with new play structures and a statue unveiling.

Arcadia residents say Santa Anita's Olympic makeover could cost 34 protected oaks and reshape the Lower Rancho neighborhood for good.

A young bald eagle with a shattered wing got a second chance thanks to a Bradenton Beach rehab center still rebuilding from Hurricane Helene.

Hale Education's 1,100-plus acres near Boston can never be developed, thanks to a $38.5 million private fundraising push.

Crews are cutting 15 acres of towering eucalyptus that loomed over Montara backyards for decades, after residents pushed Caltrans to act.