The best hikes in the Bay Area, ranked: 10 trails from Mount Tam to Mount Diablo
The 10 best hikes in the Bay Area, ranked by a local: Steep Ravine, Tomales Point in elk-rut season, Mount Diablo, and the closures to know this October.
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The best dim sum in San Francisco, ranked: Chinatown, the Richmond, and beyond
The best dim sum in San Francisco, ranked: 10 carts, counters, and dining rooms from Chinatown to the Richmond, with what to order and how to beat the weekend wait.
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The best burritos in the Mission, ranked: 8 taquerías worth the line
The best burritos in the Mission, ranked by a local: La Taqueria vs. El Farolito, the rice debate, late-night picks, and a 24th-to-16th Street burrito crawl.
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The best tacos in Los Angeles, ranked: 10 stands, trucks, and taquerías
The best tacos in Los Angeles, ranked by a local: the Boyle Heights shrimp taco at #1, the best al pastor, birria, and carnitas, and where to go by neighborhood.
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The best coffee in San Diego, ranked: 10 shops worth the drive
The best coffee in San Diego right now is at Steady State Roasting on State Street in Carlsbad Village. It’s a small roaster that began in a shed and won a Good Food Award in 2020, and it pulls the cleanest, most carefully roasted cup in the county. If you won’t drive up the 5…
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Apple Hill orchards, ranked: the 10 best farms to visit this October
The 10 best Apple Hill orchards in Camino and Placerville, ranked: cider doughnuts, u-pick, pie, hard cider, and how to beat the Carson Road crawl in October.
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Lodi wineries, ranked: the 10 best tasting rooms in the 209
Lodi wineries, ranked by a local: the 10 tasting rooms worth your harvest-season Saturday, from old-vine zinfandel to an all-white-wine barn, plus how to plan the day.
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The best coffee in Oakland, ranked
The best coffee in Oakland, ranked by a local: 8 cafés and roasters, from a champion taster on 41st Street to Yemeni coffee on West Grand.
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Eastern Sierra fall colors: the 7 best drives, ranked
The best of the Eastern Sierra fall colors is Bishop Creek Canyon, and it isn’t especially close. Highway 168 climbs out of Bishop into three forks of the same canyon, and each fork ends at a lake ringed with aspen. Nothing else on 395 gives you that much color in one drive. Below are the…
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The 6 best apple orchards in Oak Glen, ranked
The best apple orchards in Oak Glen for 2026, ranked: where you can still pick your own, where it’s pre-picked, and how to beat the loop traffic.
