Press releases are posted on Independent.com as a free community service. Santa Barbara, Calif. – The Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Office is seeking grant funding to provide continued patrols and ...

The amount of money hidden by California state parks officials in one of two special funds has suddenly become unclear, preventing the Legislature from spending the money to repair and reopen parks. A ...

The Appleton Area Recreation Park has a total of 315 acres to accommodate off-highway vehicle riders — all-terrain vehicles, motorcycles and four-wheel drive trucks — from all over the state. There is ...

The California State Parks department and San Luis Obispo County Air Pollution Control District (APCD) are working on a proposed settlement to an issue that began last year with a complaint filed by ...

In a historic vote, the California Coastal Commission unanimously voted to revise the coastal development permit for Oceano Dunes State Vehicular Recreation Area to prohibit off-highway vehicle use in ...

Vehicles cross Arroyo Grande Creek at the Oceano Dunes State Vehicular Recreation Area on Sunday, March 14, 2021. The Coastal Commission’s historic decision bans vehicles from crossing the creek when ...

SALT LAKE CITY — Utah State Parks is currently seeking an at-large representative to serve on the Off-Highway Vehicle (OHV) Advisory Council. Applications will be accepted through Friday, Nov. 14.

APPLETON — There are more than 320,000 Off Highway Vehicles registered in Minnesota, but in the southern third of the state there is only one destination where all four classes of OHVs are welcome.

It's now officially permissible to use state grants from user-funded off-highway vehicle programs for law enforcement and landscape restoration, following recent action by the Colorado State Parks ...