https://www.outdoorunc.com/region/california/ California news from Outdoor Unc https://www.outdoorunc.com/overlanding/overland-expo-sets-its-2027-dates-and-mountain-west-moves-to-brighton/https://www.outdoorunc.com/overlanding/overland-expo-sets-its-2027-dates-and-mountain-west-moves-to-brighton/Mon, 09 Nov 2026 18:46:00 +0000Five Overland Expos run March through October, and most of the big rallies have dates. Here's the season so far. https://www.outdoorunc.com/overlanding/toyota-adds-trailhunter-versions-of-the-2027-tundra-and-sequoia/https://www.outdoorunc.com/overlanding/toyota-adds-trailhunter-versions-of-the-2027-tundra-and-sequoia/Mon, 09 Nov 2026 18:42:00 +0000Every Toyota truck and SUV from the Tacoma up now has an overland-focused Trailhunter trim. https://www.outdoorunc.com/trail-reports/record-high-water-widens-the-pch-bluff-crack-at-crystal-cove/https://www.outdoorunc.com/trail-reports/record-high-water-widens-the-pch-bluff-crack-at-crystal-cove/Tue, 03 Nov 2026 16:10:00 +0000Southbound lanes of Pacific Coast Highway are partly closed between Reef Point Drive and Irvine Cove Drive while Caltrans stabilizes a 360-foot fracture… https://www.outdoorunc.com/fishing/california-s-crab-opener-saturday-comes-with-a-trap-ban-and-a-closure/https://www.outdoorunc.com/fishing/california-s-crab-opener-saturday-comes-with-a-trap-ban-and-a-closure/Mon, 02 Nov 2026 16:05:00 +0000Recreational Dungeness crabbing opens November 7, but only with hoop nets and snares, and not at all north of Fort Bragg because of domoic acid. The… https://www.outdoorunc.com/trail-reports/yosemite-closes-tioga-and-glacier-point-roads-as-the-storm-arrives/https://www.outdoorunc.com/trail-reports/yosemite-closes-tioga-and-glacier-point-roads-as-the-storm-arrives/Sun, 01 Nov 2026 17:40:00 +0000Yosemite has temporarily closed Tioga Road, the continuation of Highway 120 through the park, and Glacier Point Road because of snow from this weekend's… https://www.outdoorunc.com/trail-reports/the-season-s-first-big-mountain-snow-hits-the-west-this-weekend/https://www.outdoorunc.com/trail-reports/the-season-s-first-big-mountain-snow-hits-the-west-this-weekend/Sat, 31 Oct 2026 23:20:00 +0000Up to 18 inches in the Sierra high country and Colorado's San Juans and up to two feet in Utah's Cottonwood Canyons, with chain controls and difficult… https://www.outdoorunc.com/public-land/sequoia-and-kings-canyon-start-pile-burning-november-1/https://www.outdoorunc.com/public-land/sequoia-and-kings-canyon-start-pile-burning-november-1/Fri, 30 Oct 2026 20:25:00 +0000Sequoia and Kings Canyon national parks will burn piles of cleared brush and small trees from November 1 through March 15, 2027, when weather, fuels, air… https://www.outdoorunc.com/surfing/a-great-white-splashes-a-surfer-at-oceano-and-swims-off/https://www.outdoorunc.com/surfing/a-great-white-splashes-a-surfer-at-oceano-and-swims-off/Thu, 29 Oct 2026 15:22:00 +0000A white shark estimated at 12 to 15 feet long swam within feet of surfers near Pier Avenue in Oceano, San Luis Obispo County, on Wednesday morning… https://www.outdoorunc.com/fishing/california-s-recreational-dungeness-crab-season-is-set-to-open-november/https://www.outdoorunc.com/fishing/california-s-recreational-dungeness-crab-season-is-set-to-open-november/Tue, 27 Oct 2026 17:20:00 +0000Openers have been delayed by whale-entanglement risk and domoic acid in recent years, so check the state's notices before setting a trap. https://www.outdoorunc.com/surfing/king-tides-flood-orange-and-san-diego-coasts-through-thursday/https://www.outdoorunc.com/surfing/king-tides-flood-orange-and-san-diego-coasts-through-thursday/Tue, 27 Oct 2026 16:50:00 +0000The Weather Service warns of significant coastal flooding at late-morning high tides, with an atmospheric river due this weekend. Beach lots, bike paths… https://www.outdoorunc.com/trail-reports/chilnualna-falls-trail-reopens-in-the-dome-fire-area/https://www.outdoorunc.com/trail-reports/chilnualna-falls-trail-reopens-in-the-dome-fire-area/Mon, 26 Oct 2026 15:05:00 +0000The trail to the top of Chilnualna Falls has reopened, Yosemite's current conditions page says. Still closed after the Dome Fire, which was fully… https://www.outdoorunc.com/trail-reports/grant-grove-trails-are-open-again-after-the-prescribed-burn/https://www.outdoorunc.com/trail-reports/grant-grove-trails-are-open-again-after-the-prescribed-burn/Mon, 26 Oct 2026 14:50:00 +0000Trails within the Grant Grove area of Kings Canyon National Park are open, the park's conditions page says, after the 482-acre prescribed burn that began… https://www.outdoorunc.com/surfing/rip-currents-and-3-to-6-foot-surf-on-la-and-ventura-beaches/https://www.outdoorunc.com/surfing/rip-currents-and-3-to-6-foot-surf-on-la-and-ventura-beaches/Wed, 21 Oct 2026 15:00:00 +0000The Weather Service's Los Angeles office has a beach hazards statement for the Ventura County beaches, Malibu and the Los Angeles County beaches through… https://www.outdoorunc.com/surfing/record-stingray-stings-in-orange-county-as-a-strong-el-nino-arrives/https://www.outdoorunc.com/surfing/record-stingray-stings-in-orange-county-as-a-strong-el-nino-arrives/Tue, 20 Oct 2026 17:00:00 +0000Lifeguards at Huntington and Bolsa Chica logged more than 3,500 incidents this year. The warm water bringing them, and dorado and yellowfin, should last… https://www.outdoorunc.com/trail-reports/dome-fire-reaches-100-percent-containment/https://www.outdoorunc.com/trail-reports/dome-fire-reaches-100-percent-containment/Sun, 18 Oct 2026 18:00:00 +0000The Dome Fire in Yosemite is 100 percent contained at 6,788 acres, according to the federal incident report filed Saturday evening, with 235 people still… https://www.outdoorunc.com/trail-reports/grant-grove-burn-moves-to-october-17-trails-close-day-by-day/https://www.outdoorunc.com/trail-reports/grant-grove-burn-moves-to-october-17-trails-close-day-by-day/Sat, 17 Oct 2026 14:00:00 +0000482 acres in Kings Canyon. The General Grant Tree Trail and Grant Tree Road close from Sunday. https://www.outdoorunc.com/surfing/sneaker-waves-expected-on-bay-area-beaches-this-weekend/https://www.outdoorunc.com/surfing/sneaker-waves-expected-on-bay-area-beaches-this-weekend/Fri, 16 Oct 2026 22:10:00 +0000The Weather Service office in San Francisco has a beach hazards statement for Pacific Coast beaches from Point Reyes through San Francisco and the… https://www.outdoorunc.com/trail-reports/dome-fire-crews-cut-to-278-as-yosemite-takes-back-command/https://www.outdoorunc.com/trail-reports/dome-fire-crews-cut-to-278-as-yosemite-takes-back-command/Fri, 16 Oct 2026 14:00:00 +0000The federal incident report filed Thursday evening, the day Yosemite was scheduled to take command of the Dome Fire back from the interagency team, shows… https://www.outdoorunc.com/surfing/capistrano-beach-gets-emergency-sand-after-rachel-s-surf-damages-homes/https://www.outdoorunc.com/surfing/capistrano-beach-gets-emergency-sand-after-rachel-s-surf-damages-homes/Thu, 15 Oct 2026 17:00:00 +0000OC Parks is placing up to 9,000 cubic yards through October 30; parts of the beach may be closed while trucks work. https://www.outdoorunc.com/surfing/long-period-south-swell-and-high-tides-bring-beach-hazards-to-southern/https://www.outdoorunc.com/surfing/long-period-south-swell-and-high-tides-bring-beach-hazards-to-southern/Thu, 15 Oct 2026 16:45:00 +0000Surf of 3 to 5 feet with sets to 6 in San Diego and Orange counties, plus rip currents and minor tidal flooding from Ventura to the border, through 2 p.m.… https://www.outdoorunc.com/trail-reports/yosemite-takes-back-the-dome-fire-at-95-percent-contained/https://www.outdoorunc.com/trail-reports/yosemite-takes-back-the-dome-fire-at-95-percent-contained/Thu, 15 Oct 2026 16:00:00 +0000California Interagency Incident Management Team 4 is scheduled to hand command of the Dome Fire back to Yosemite National Park today. The fire is 95… https://www.outdoorunc.com/off-road/bouquet-fire-fully-contained-drinkwater-ohv-area-and-forest-roads-reopen/https://www.outdoorunc.com/off-road/bouquet-fire-fully-contained-drinkwater-ohv-area-and-forest-roads-reopen/Tue, 13 Oct 2026 17:30:00 +0000Every closure from the fire northeast of Santa Clarita has now been lifted. A post-fire team is still assessing the burn. https://www.outdoorunc.com/trail-reports/dome-fire-reaches-95-percent-yosemite-takes-back-command-thursday/https://www.outdoorunc.com/trail-reports/dome-fire-reaches-95-percent-yosemite-takes-back-command-thursday/Tue, 13 Oct 2026 17:00:00 +0000Containment jumped to 95 percent by Tuesday evening, with no perimeter change in days. The trails inside the fire stay closed. https://www.outdoorunc.com/trail-reports/dome-fire-reaches-73-percent-as-rain-and-snow-arrive/https://www.outdoorunc.com/trail-reports/dome-fire-reaches-73-percent-as-rain-and-snow-arrive/Mon, 12 Oct 2026 14:30:00 +0000The federal incident report filed Sunday evening puts the Dome Fire at 73 percent contained and 6,788 acres, with 906 personnel; the park had not posted a… https://www.outdoorunc.com/trail-reports/bouquet-fire-93-percent-contained-drinkwater-still-closed/https://www.outdoorunc.com/trail-reports/bouquet-fire-93-percent-contained-drinkwater-still-closed/Mon, 12 Oct 2026 14:00:00 +0000The Bouquet Fire is 93 percent contained at 1,048 acres, according to the federal incident report filed Sunday evening, with 46 people still assigned. All… https://www.outdoorunc.com/trail-reports/prescribed-burn-near-the-general-grant-tree-starts-tuesday/https://www.outdoorunc.com/trail-reports/prescribed-burn-near-the-general-grant-tree-starts-tuesday/Mon, 12 Oct 2026 13:30:00 +0000521 acres west of Highway 180 in Kings Canyon. Several Grant Grove trails close during ignitions. https://www.outdoorunc.com/trail-reports/dome-fire-lines-hold-through-the-wind-containment-reaches-69-percent/https://www.outdoorunc.com/trail-reports/dome-fire-lines-hold-through-the-wind-containment-reaches-69-percent/Sun, 11 Oct 2026 14:30:00 +0000Rain and mountain snow move in tonight through Monday night. Crews have begun pulling equipment off the fire. https://www.outdoorunc.com/trail-reports/glacier-point-road-reopens-as-the-dome-fire-holds/https://www.outdoorunc.com/trail-reports/glacier-point-road-reopens-as-the-dome-fire-holds/Sat, 10 Oct 2026 14:30:00 +0000Open since 7 a.m. Saturday. Firefighters are still working along the road, and the trails inside the fire stay closed. https://www.outdoorunc.com/off-road/bouquet-fire-evacuations-lifted-rowher-flat-ohv-area-reopens-drinkwater/https://www.outdoorunc.com/off-road/bouquet-fire-evacuations-lifted-rowher-flat-ohv-area-reopens-drinkwater/Sat, 10 Oct 2026 14:00:00 +0000Every order was lifted Friday evening. A post-fire assessment team is now on the burn. https://www.outdoorunc.com/trail-reports/dome-fire-jumps-to-61-percent-contained-ahead-of-saturday-s-wind/https://www.outdoorunc.com/trail-reports/dome-fire-jumps-to-61-percent-contained-ahead-of-saturday-s-wind/Fri, 09 Oct 2026 15:00:00 +00006,829 acres. Southerly gusts of 25 to 35 mph and highs in the 50s arrive Saturday; anything that spots outside the line could run.