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.

The Salt Lake City park honors a single mother who once lived on the site, and it's the only dedicated kids' playground south of 1700 South.

Missouri is scrapping sharpshooter culls and antler point rules as it leans on hunters to fight chronic wasting disease statewide.

A 25-year-old grad student named a snake after Wil Myers. His team tracks red diamonds several times a week to see how hikers affect them.

The Coastal Commission's unanimous vote clears San Diego to chase grants for a 500-acre Mission Bay makeover decades in the making.

Nicole Sullivan says the city still has bond money left to fix the crumbling lower eight courts at Biltmore Hills Park.

Three brothers who grew up in Wisconsin Dells built Land of Natura using rock and wetland filters instead of chemicals. Newsweek just named it the country's best outdoor water park.