Now is the time to go as swaths of yellow blossoms dotted with pinks, purples and blues can be found in eastern SLO County.

Patches of yellow and purple flowers are popping up over the 250,000 acres of the Carrizo Plain National Monument ahead of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Spring has rolled out a carpet of golden flowers across the Carrizo Plain, merging with a bright, blue sky on the horizon. The ...

Carrizo Plain National Monument in eastern San Luis Obispo County is one of California’s most iconic wildflower viewing areas, but is this year’s display worth the 150-mile drive from L.A.? If you’re ...

Wildflowers are blooming across the Carrizo Plain National Monument. Heavy rain early in the season and warm weather have made for an early season. It is a good display but short of a superbloom.

So far this year, there aren't as many flowers at the Carrizo Plain National Monument according to visitors. But some say the scenery is still beautiful. “We come out here every year for Easter,” ...

Certain sections of the Golden State can seem pretty go-go-go 24/7, but there remain sizable regions of our state that have a finger in quieter, calmer times, those stillness-centered spaces that seem ...

San Luis Obispo County, CA -- Nestled about 50 miles east of California's central coast is Carrizo Plain National Monument. It's the states largest, last remaining native grassland frozen in time. The ...

The hillsides of a national monument in Central California are filled with vibrant yellow daisies, fiddlenecks and California poppies.

Driving 140 miles to the remote and glorious Carrizo Plain at the end of April, we entered a vast dome of blue sky with surrounding low mountain ranges creating a magnificent “bowl” effect below and ...

Driving slowly on Soda Lake Road, I stopped every time something caught my eye, and with my binoculars scanned the horizon for various signs of life. After coming up empty on every occasion, something ...

One of the more short-lived weather events across the Carrizo Plain is snow. Usually, a couple times each winter a light dusting of snow falls on the Caliente Mountains and Temblor Range. Storm clouds ...