Court documents said Correa Cruz was arrested in July 2022 after authorities located the cannabis grow in the Ventana Complex of the Los Padres National Forest in Monterey County.

A hiker missing from the Tassajara Zen Mountain Center in Carmel Valley, California, was found dead Friday at the base of a waterfall in the Ventana Wilderness inside Los Padres National Forest.

The Los Padres Forest Association and Ventana Wilderness Alliance, among others, have provided support both in assessing damaged areas and leading repair efforts. A complete list of closed roads, ...

More than 90 environmental, tribal, and community organizations ask Forest Service to reduce project size, prepare ...

The charges stem from Correa Cruz’s involvement in a grow operation within the Ventana Wilderness, a protected biodiversity area in the forest. Authorities arrested Correa Cruz in July 2022 ...

A hiker was rescued after falling in the Los Padres National Forest to the bottom of a valley. Skip to content. NOWCAST KSBW Action News 8 Weekend at 8 am.

Credit: Bryant Baker/Los Padres ForestWatch Read more of our Blue & Green 2023 stories here. For those of us who’ve lived under drought conditions for most of our lives, the natural instinct is that ...

A view of land that The Wilderness Land acquired and then transferred to the United States Forest Service that is now part of the Los Padres National Forest around Trout Creek in San Luis Obispo ...

The Wilderness Land Trust bought and transferred private property in San Luis Obispo County to the U.S. Forest Service to be added to the Los Padres National Forest.