Travel

Go! Calaveras County and Beyond Numerous roads run from the Sacramento area into the Calaveras County foothills—map out your own route, depending on your starting point. We began in Folsom, cruising out through El Dorado Hills on Latrobe Road to Highway 16, then onto...

Travel: Foothills Romance Spice up your love life with an excursion to the Gold Country.

Travel: Head to San Francisco and Half Moon Bay for Dungeness Crabs It’s Dungeness crab season, and the Bay Area teems with the delicious critters.

Travel: New Year’s Eve in Monterey Ring in the new year at Northern California’s only official First Night celebration.

Snow Getaways Ready to hit the slopes? We've got your guide to the latest upgrades at area ski resorts, along with new lodging and dining options.

Go! Bring Your Dog Four dog-friendly destinations for a weekend with your best friend.

Travel: Pumpkin Patches Visit one of these six favorite farms during October’s festivities.

Go Take A Hike! With temperate weather and beautiful foliage, fall lures us outdoors. Lace up your boots and try one of these recommended hikes.

Go! Amador County A mere 45 minutes from Sacramento, Amador County feels hundreds of miles away from the hustle-and-bustle lifestyle that is fast defining our fair city. Serenity starts with the drive along two-lane Highway 16 (which turns into Highway 49 just...

Go! Historic Roseville Discover, or rediscover, Historic Roseville’s theaters, galleries and restaurants.

Travel: Lake Tahoe’s South Shore Straddling the border of California and Nevada, Lake Tahoe’s South Shore is perhaps best-known for its four high-rise casinos towering above the country’s second-deepest lake. Yet the South Shore region, which includes the city of...

Go! Folsom Lake/Lake Natoma Folsom Lake has water! After months at low levels, the lake—thanks to melting Sierra snow—again laps shores closer to parking lots, inviting boaters to launch and go faster than 5 mph. Water released from Folsom Dam now flows...

Travel: Lodi Thirty-five miles south of Sacramento exists a wine country that rises from the flat plains of the Central Valley, beckoning Sacramento sippers seeking a close-to-home tasting experience. Although it’s been producing wines for more than 100...

Go! Insiders' Hawaii Sacramentans sure do love Hawaii. After Tahoe, it may be the most popular vacation destination for our region's residents. So we asked some locals to share stories of their favorite getaways.

Go! El Dorado Hills Stop into this bedroom community, 30 miles from Sacramento, and spend a pleasant day.