If you’re coming from San Francisco, the drive south will take about an hour. Most of the road is gorgeous and jagged coastline, peppered with places to pull off and benches to enjoy the view. There ...

Named for the 1853 wreck of the clipper ship Carrier Pigeon, Pigeon Point Lighthouse in Pescadero was first lit on Nov. 15, 1872. The 115-foot structure is the tallest operating lighthouse on the West ...

Pigeon Point Lighthouse, a towering 19th century white brick structure that is one of the most venerable historic landmarks on Northern California’s coastline, has been closed to the public for more ...

Pigeon Point Lighthouse, a venerable landmark that has stood dramatically over the San Mateo County coast for 150 years but fallen badly into disrepair over the past two decades, appears finally to be ...

Lighthouses have served humanity as protective sentinels guiding us home for nearly two centuries. Since the mid-1800s, when Santa Cruz served as a bustling port for lime, redwood and other ...

Pigeon Point Lighthouse is perched on a cliff in Pescadero. Shipwrecks routinely occurred there in the 1800s and early 1900s. Photo by Devin Roberts. A lighthouse that has stood sentinel over San ...

A weekend at a family hostel in a light station on the California coast is filled with tide-pooling, stargazing and marking time by the beacon’s flash. By Bonnie Tsui It turns out that Pigeon Point ...