The California State Parks Department has confirmed to USA TODAY that Big Basin Redwoods State Park is expected to close for a year due to wildfires.
Author: Charles Trepany, USA TODAY
Twenty One Pilots’ Tyler Joseph apologizes after tweet about ‘platforms’ gets backlash
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Racist attacks hit ‘The Office’ star Leslie David Baker for planning Stanley spinoff
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Chris Pratt, Katherine Schwarzenegger welcome first child together, Patrick Schwarzenegger confirms
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Bahamas reverses course, reopens to Americans with 14-day quarantine, negative COVID-19 test, other restrictions
After barring Americans from entry earlier this month due to the resurgence of the coronavirus cases, the Bahamas is welcoming travelers from the U.S.