SAN BENITO COUNTY, CA - A preliminary 2.6 magnitude quake was detected near Pinnacles Tuesday morning, according to the U.S.

KERN COUNTY, CA - A preliminary 2.1 magnitude quake was recorded close to Boron Tuesday morning, the U.S. Geological Survey ...

Eastern California is the perhaps the best place in the country to learn geology. The deserts beyond the Sierra Nevada host glacial features, volcanoes and rivers. Beautiful stratigraphic layers are ...

Assembling California by John McPhee, Farrar ,Straus and Giroux, $21, 304pp. This is the fourth and last of John McPhee’s books on American geology, named collectively “Annals of the Former World.” ...

A 3.2-magnitude earthquake struck Northern California, just near Sonoma County, early Friday morning, according to the U.S.

California’s state geologist has concluded that an active earthquake fault is underneath a massive proposed skyscraper project in Hollywood, setting the stage for a huge battle at City Hall over ...

A preliminary magnitude 3.0 earthquake was recorded north of Borrego Springs Wednesday night, according to USGS.

Nestled in the heart of the UC Davis Arboretum lies the California Rock Garden, an educational haven designed to showcase the state's diverse geology. Developed by the Department of Earth and ...

Through all of those changes, Amboy Crater - the large black cinder cone volcano that looms over Amboy and Route 66 - has ...

The earth and geologic time. Earth materials -- Geologic time -- Plate tectonics -- Southern California through geologic time. Overview of the geologic history of Southern California -- Proterozoic ...

Once upon a time, when roads were less crowded and freeways filled the need for speed, people often stopped their cars at roadsides to look around. That was decades ago, and many California drivers — ...