On Friday, Gov. Gavin Newsom signed three bills to establish three new state symbols. The Dungeness crab was named the state crustacean. Dungeness crab is one of California's oldest commercial ...

Hunched over a tank inside the Bodega Marine Laboratory, alongside bubbling vats of seaweed and greenhouses filled with algae, Kristin Aquilino coaxed a baby white abalone onto her hand. She held out ...

It is an odd spot for a miracle, this motley collection of beachfront shacks and sea-scoured concrete tanks clinging to a sunburned bluff above the Pacific just north of Morro Bay. But it’s hard to ...

Beneath the Municipal Wharf in the coastal community of Monterey, a fascinating experiment in ocean farming has played out for more than three decades. That’s where the Monterey Abalone Company grows ...