Originally built in 1937 in Tacoma, Washington, the Western Flyer was a state-of-the-art sardine seiner that became a symbol of American literature and environmental awareness after Steinbeck and ...

It’s been 75 years since the Western Flyer made Monterey her home port. But that will change Nov. 4 when the immaculately restored vessel sails into the harbor to become a floating scientific ...

MONTEREY — Eighty-five years ago, to the week, the Western Flyer set sail for the Gulf of California. Amongst the crew were renowned author John Steinbeck and marine biologist Ed Ricketts, taking on ...

The original captain’s desk sits in the wheelhouse, where legendary author John Steinbeck may have jotted notes for his Log from the Sea of Cortez. A guy wire like the one he wrote would “sing under ...

When 10-year-old John Gregg checked out a copy of John Steinbeck’s “The Log From the Sea of Cortez” from a bookmobile in his rural coastal Georgia town he had no idea he would one day buy the Western ...

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. - A close-up look at the historic Western Flyer is available in the Santa Barbara Harbor where it is docked on a brief stop. The Santa Barbara Maritime Museum is hosting the ...

In 2023, a boat made famous for chartering Nobel Prize-winning author John Steinbeck and his best friend, Marine Biologist Ed "Doc" Ricketts, from Monterey to the Gulf of California on a marine ...

The equivalent of a unicorn on wheels, if unicorns existed in real life, would be a Brooks Stevens design. The 1941 Western Flyer Motorhome is one such unicorn, made even more special after it was ...

The Protect the West Act is sponsored by Sens. Bennet and Hickenlooper and Rep. Jason Crow Wildfires are a big enough threat in the West that federal lawmakers are trying to get ahead of future burns ...

U.S. District Judge Deborah Boardman issued an injunction requiring AmeriCorps to reinstate millions of dollars in grants and restore thousands of volunteer service workers. The order includes ...