The winds howled and the waves crashed 100 feet below as J.P. Pelletier, a burly union ironworker from Buffalo, New York, inched his way out onto dizzying scaffolding near the top of Pigeon Point ...

The Pigeon Point Lighthouse has long kept a lonely vigil along the rugged coastline of San Mateo County, protecting ships from the fate that befell the clipper Carrier Pigeon, which capsized here in ...

Pigeon Point Lighthouse, a towering 19th century white brick structure that is one of the most venerable historic landmarks on Northern California’s coastline, has been closed to the public for more ...

The winds howled and the waves crashed 100 feet below as J.P. Pelletier, a burly union ironworker from Buffalo, New York, inched his way out onto dizzying scaffolding near the top of Pigeon Point ...

Pigeon Point Lighthouse is perched on a cliff in Pescadero. Shipwrecks routinely occurred there in the 1800s and early 1900s. Photo by Devin Roberts. A lighthouse that has stood sentinel over San ...

Lighthouses have served humanity as protective sentinels guiding us home for nearly two centuries. Since the mid-1800s, when Santa Cruz served as a bustling port for lime, redwood and other ...

The 151-year-old Pigeon Point lighthouse is the “grand dame” of the West Coast and it’s kicking off a reconstruction project that will allow visitors to enter it for the first time in 20 years.

Amidst an ongoing $18 million restoration project of the Pigeon Point Light Station Historic Park, community members are invited to celebrate the lighthouse’s 153rd anniversary with a lighting of the ...

To help commemorate the 150th anniversary of Pigeon Point Lighthouse in Pescadero, the California State Parks and Coastside State Parks Association is hosting a celebration of food, music and its ...