"It's the culmination of what the Bay Area has to offer." ...

If you’re looking to escape the city without traveling far, the Bay Area offers plenty of hiking spots that let you feel completely immersed in nature. You don’t have to go hours away to enjoy quiet ...

What was supposed to be a day hike resulted in one woman hiking late into the night.

Editor’s Note: As the calendar slows down ahead of the New Year, The Examiner highlights some of the best “Dead Week” activities for readers at the end of December. You can read all of our stories ...

Playing tour guide can be the best — or the worst — part of living in a world-class place like the Bay Area. Everyone wants to visit, but weekends spent entertaining family and friends can soon tend ...

SFGATE staffers, like other Bay Area residents, spent a whole bunch of 2020 and the first half of 2021 hiking anywhere and everywhere, for sights and sounds and exercise and all the rest. The good ...