Cheryl Anne Stapp

In all of Lake Tahoe’s 22-mile length and 12-mile breadth, its 191 square miles of surface water and 72 miles of shoreline, there is only one island. Named Fannette Island, it is a smallish, sparsely timbered, brush-covered mass of granite that rises 150 feet above the water, amidst the spectacular scenery of Emerald Bay.   Massive glaciers scoured the Sierra Nevada during the Pleistocene Epoch, carving deep canyons here...depositing vast amounts of soil and rock there...crea

Intensely blue, majestic in size, and surrounded by massive jagged peaks, its landscape of vibrant colors inspires a sense of grandeur....

At 447 miles in length the Sacramento River is the longest river that flows through California, with a watershed that encompasses more...

What a wondrous, stunning sight the crew must have seen as the Russian ship Rurik dropped anchor in a sequestered cove of San Francisco...

In the Late Pleistocene Epoch, a member of the cat family roamed prehistoric California. Scientifically known as Smilodon, this...

The California quail, also known as the valley quail, topknot quail, and California partridge, is a prized game bird known for its...

Praised as the most delightful first-person account of California’s gold mines, The Shirley Letters is a collection of 23 letters written...