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Plunge into paradise: Hawaii’s best pools for lolling, relaxing and splashing
![From lazy rivers to fish-filled lagoons, splash zones and waterfalls, here's where to get your splash on at the best Hawaiian resorts and natural pools. From lazy rivers to fish-filled lagoons, splash zones and waterfalls, here's where to get your splash on at the best Hawaiian resorts and natural pools.](https://www.mercurynews.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/SJM-L-HAWAIIPOOL-0804-04.jpg?w=467)
From lazy rivers to fish-filled lagoons, splash zones and waterfalls, here's where to get your splash on at the best Hawaiian resorts and natural pools.
Bay Area Travel
![Passenger trips at San Jose International Airport remain below their pre-coronavirus heights, although some improvement has emerged lately. Passenger trips at San Jose International Airport remain below their pre-coronavirus heights, although some improvement has emerged lately.](https://www.mercurynews.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/SJM-L-CLO-0416-2.jpg?w=525)
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San Jose airport passenger trips struggle, new flights may create lift
Passenger trips at San Jose International Airport remain below their pre-coronavirus heights, although some improvement has emerged lately.
Northern California Travel
![The Gold County towns of Grass Valley and Nevada City offer gorgeous refurbished Victorian hotels, 19th century theaters and plenty of outdoorsy things to do. The Gold County towns of Grass Valley and Nevada City offer gorgeous refurbished Victorian hotels, 19th century theaters and plenty of outdoorsy things to do.](https://www.mercurynews.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/SJM-L-GRASSVALLEY-0728-03.jpg?w=525)
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Weekend getaway: Gold Rush charmers Grass Valley and Nevada City offer beaucoup things to do
The Gold County towns of Grass Valley and Nevada City offer gorgeous refurbished Victorian hotels, 19th century theaters and plenty of outdoorsy things to do.
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Where to find California’s most gorgeous, loneliest beaches
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Southern California Travel
![The air temperature at the time was around 123 degrees, and the sand would have been hotter, a news release from the national park said. The air temperature at the time was around 123 degrees, and the sand would have been hotter, a news release from the national park said.](https://www.mercurynews.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/mesquiteflat.png?w=582)
Death Valley tourist loses flip-flops, severely burns his feet
The air temperature at the time was around 123 degrees, and the sand would have been hotter, a news release from the national park said.
Travel Columnists
![Christopher Elliott, the Travel Troubleshooter ... Christopher Elliott, the Travel Troubleshooter ...](https://www.mercurynews.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/cct-trouble-0409-01.jpg?w=395)
Travel Troubleshooter: A booking error leads to a nonrefundable hotel room, or does it?
Glen Hartness books the wrong night at La Quinta through the Priceline app. Why won't...
Hawaii Travel
![(Bloomberg) -- A Southwest Airlines Co. passenger flight in April came within 400 feet of slamming into the ocean off the coast of Hawaii after weather conditions forced pilots to bypass a landing attempt. (Bloomberg) -- A Southwest Airlines Co. passenger flight in April came within 400 feet of slamming into the ocean off the coast of Hawaii after weather conditions forced pilots to bypass a landing attempt.](https://www.mercurynews.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/BIZ-SOUTHWEST-PERFORMANCE-DA.jpg?w=525)
Southwest plane plunged within 400 feet of ocean near Hawaii
(Bloomberg) -- A Southwest Airlines Co. passenger flight in April came within 400 feet of...
Wish You Were Here
![A Sunnyvale couple's recent trip to Spain and Portugal included plenty of bicycle adventures. A Sunnyvale couple's recent trip to Spain and Portugal included plenty of bicycle adventures.](https://www.mercurynews.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/SJM-L-WISHYOU-0728-01.jpg?w=525)
Wish You Were Here: Cycling through Portugal and Spain
A Sunnyvale couple's recent trip to Spain and Portugal included plenty of bicycle adventures.
Disneyland
![Union representation could soon reach 85% of Disneyland, Disney California Adventure and Disney hotel cast members. Union representation could soon reach 85% of Disneyland, Disney California Adventure and Disney hotel cast members.](https://www.mercurynews.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/OCR-L-DISNEY-UNION-0717-JG-06_0b8d1e.jpg?w=491)
Disneyland’s 27 unions and who they represent — See the list
Union representation could soon reach 85% of Disneyland, Disney California Adventure and Disney hotel cast...