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Tomorrow, we post our annual Thanksgiving Day message and video review of 2019. It will be our eighth annual “California Fall Color Looks Back” video. As, although CaliforniaFallColor.com went live in 2009, it wasn’t until 2012 that we began posting video reviews. In advance of seeing “California Fall Color Looks Back at 2019,” we thought […]
Spectrum News 1 joined up with color spotters Nick and Alena Barnhart to report about fall color in the Oak Glen area of Southern California. Nick’s comment? “Fall color in California? You gotta like it.”
Autumn in the San Francisco Bay Area is often best during Thanksgiving Week. Color spotter Vishal Mishra found Los Altos and Palo Alto true to form and glowing yesterday. Landmark elm, flowering pear and Chinese pistache are still heavy with leaves, though dropping them in a steady fall. San Francisco Bay Area — Peak (75-100%) […]
Last year, the Woolsey Fire roared through the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area, incinerating the historic Paramount Ranch film location. At the time, many thought the park’s closing credits would declare “The End” for Paramount Ranch. However, on a visit this week, Kathy Jonokuchi found that the National Park Service, with help from motion […]
Cupertino has been producing high tech gold for decades. Now Gingko biloba are littering the home of Apple Corporation with fallen gold. Deepa Yuvaraj writes she’s been sharing pictures of Silicon Valley fall color with friends for years, though just discovered CaliforniaFallColor.com, perhaps because of The Merc’s review (previous post). Perhaps someone who works at […]
Reviewing the state of fall color in the San Francisco Bay Area, the San Jose Mercury urges readers to “GO NOW!” CLICK HERE to read the Merc’s report, and Go Now!
Birders and photographers stood on a platform at the Colusa National Wildlife Refuge in the chill morning air yesterday. Most were regulars. They visit the refuge almost daily with their spotting scopes, binoculars and long lenses. “An eagle must have spooked them,” one of the photographers said, as swirling white and grey specks rose above […]
At a time when visions of sugar plums dance in childrens’ heads, Anson Davalos sends visions of Sweetgums, Flowering pear and Chinese pistache from Silicon Valley. Los Gatos — Peak (75-100%) GO NOW! Santa Clara — Peak (75-100%) GO NOW!
Oak Glen is displaying a cornucopia of color. Though the San Bernardino Mountains apple-growing area is at an elevation of 4,734′, fall color still looks good and should stay at peak until Thanksgiving Day, SoCal color spotter Alena Nicholas estimates. She was there on Monday taking pictures and being interviewed by Spectrum News for Californiafallcolor.com. […]
Liturgy describes St. Gabriel (San Gabriel in Spanish) as the archangel of judgment. If so, then color spotter Steve Shinn judges the West Fork of the San Gabriel River as absolutely angelic. Steve volunteers for the U.S. Forest Service, capturing the beauty of San Gabriel National Forest and people enjoying it. As such, he visits […]