T.C. Boyle's latest novel, "San Miguel," is written to the natural rhythms of a distant, isolated place, and to the human rhythms of tormented souls. San Miguel Island is a real place, the westernmost ...

In tonight's penultimate installment of NBC's The Americas, narrated by Tom Hanks, viewers visit “The West Coast,” a sprawling coastline 2,000 miles long, bordered by the Pacific Ocean. There's plenty ...

Press releases are posted on Independent.com as a free community service. VENTURA, Calif.- All trails and facilities on San Miguel Island, except the sandy beaches of Cuyler Harbor, are closed to the ...

Press releases are posted on Independent.com as a free community service. VENTURA, Calif., – Channel Islands National Park is pleased to announce the reopening of Santa Barbara Island to public ...

In the 1990s, the San Miguel Island fox nearly went extinct, with numbers dropping to just 15. A recovery program increased their population by 2010, but from 2014 to 2018, it fell to 30% of its peak ...