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The 10-acre riding park near Greenville Downtown Airport will include a concrete skatepark, bicycle playground, and pump track.
Figeater beetles are peaking across Los Angeles this August, bouncing off screen doors and startled residents alike.
Thousands of dragonflies are hovering over Dolores Park's newly planted sage, and entomologists say it's all thanks to more mosquitoes to eat.
Divers can win discounted entry to the new four-day tournament at Plaza de Luna if they already logged a fish this season.
The Eastmark branch's folded-wood ceiling and robot greeter helped it beat out libraries from nine countries for a $5,000 global prize.
Turtle Back Zoo is adding zebras and more bongos as it joins a global push to save a species down to about 100 in the wild.
Hundreds packed La Jolla Shores as the sun lined up perfectly with Scripps Pier's back pillars, a twice-yearly quirk of Earth's tilt.
Macombs Dam Park's fields are pocked with holes and weeds nearly 14 years after opening, while the Yankees weigh what they'll pay to fix it.
Six outages since mid-July have hit homes, businesses and medical equipment users in the Central Coast town — and the birds keep multiplying.
The Natural History Museum's Butterfly Pavilion closes August 23 before 300 spiders take over the tent for a three-month run.
Three trained HeroRATs debut this week in Land Park, with the first 500 guests getting commemorative stickers.
The Payson-built chair rolls over sand and rock on Zion trails at no cost, but riders need a strong pusher and some patience.
The Stumpy Basin boardwalk, built in 1991, is being widened after wear left it a safety concern near Peninsula.
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