In this March 2018 photo, the afternoon sun coming through trees paints bright spots on wet green earth on the ridgeline above a valley campground frequented by cows and feral hogs at Coyote Lake ...

In his latest dispatch, Courthouse News' western bureau chief recounts the time he shared a campground with beasts of many types, including feral hogs, a dog and human revelers. Cows in the foreground ...

Under an uninterrupted azure blue sky, the wind blew shimmering waves into a sea of grass speckled by islands of gnarled Valley Oak trees that spread sprawling shadows across rolling hills. Monday, ...