Travel & Outdoors

Life & Style Nudists hold rummage sale to fight 'No Trespass' rule on public land (Photo Gallery) (Video)

By Ty Steele KVAL News with KVAL.com staff Published: Apr 2, 2013 at 11:38 AM PDT Last Updated: Apr 2, 2013 at 11:38 AM PDT

Open access advocates are fighting to keep a nude island open to foot traffic by hosting weekly roadside rummage sale rallies on county property.

Life & Style Sea lion pup found in garden (Video)

By CNN Published: Apr 2, 2013 at 10:11 AM PDT Last Updated: Apr 2, 2013 at 11:28 AM PDT

A California homeowner finds a sea lion snoozing in her garden. Turns out he's just one of many wayward pups turning up in the San Diego area. Allison Ash has the story.

Life & Style The Red Bull Schlittentag at Skibowl: 'It was epic' (Photo Gallery) (Video)

By Shannon L. Cheesman, KATU Multimedia Journalist Published: Mar 30, 2013 at 10:02 PM PDT Last Updated: Apr 1, 2013 at 8:03 AM PDT

They spent hours upon hours building a sled that would only go down the hill one time and would most likely get destroyed in the process. But ask anyone who participated in the Red Bull Schlittentag and they'll tell you it was all worth it.

Life & Style Travel spotlight: 5 free things to do in Charleston

By BRUCE SMITH, Associated Press Published: Mar 31, 2013 at 8:00 AM PDT Last Updated: Mar 29, 2013 at 3:07 PM PDT

Charleston is awash in history and Southern charm and becoming widely known as a culinary town.

Life & Style Want a better view of the seals and sea lions? We can manage that (Photo Gallery)

By Shannon L. Cheesman, KATU Multimedia Journalist Published: Mar 29, 2013 at 10:45 AM PDT Last Updated: Mar 29, 2013 at 11:07 AM PDT

If you've ever had to fight the crowd to see the seals and sea lions at the Oregon Coast Aquarium, you'll be pleased to know that things are about to change.

Life & Style 'I have traveled with a rubber duck since I first left home at 17' (Photo Gallery)

By Shannon L. Cheesman, KATU Multimedia Journalist Published: Mar 28, 2013 at 12:38 PM PDT Last Updated: Mar 28, 2013 at 4:11 PM PDT

He's a grown man and he isn't ashamed to admit that his rubber ducky goes wherever he goes.

Life & Style Inventor might have a hit bike accessory on his hands (Video)

By Lincoln Graves, KATU News and KATU.com Staff Published: Mar 27, 2013 at 4:34 PM PDT Last Updated: Mar 27, 2013 at 5:53 PM PDT

Matt Richardson invented a new kind of bicycle accessory that projects details of his ride in front of him.

Life & Style Bald eagle released back into wild after being poisoned

By KATU.com Staff Published: Mar 26, 2013 at 2:08 PM PDT Last Updated: Mar 26, 2013 at 10:01 PM PDT

A bald eagle -- rehabilitated after being poisoned from feasting on euthanized horses – will be released back into the wild on Wednesday.

Life & Style You know spring is here when Tulip Fest begins (Photo Gallery) (Video)

By Shannon L. Cheesman, KATU Multimedia Journalist Published: Mar 29, 2013 at 8:00 AM PDT Last Updated: Mar 29, 2013 at 3:26 PM PDT

It's time for the signature springtime event at Oregon's largest tulip farm, the Wooden Shoe in Woodburn.

Life & Style If it washed up on the beach, it may be part of new exhibit (Photo Gallery) (Video)

By Wesleigh Ogle KCBY News Published: Mar 26, 2013 at 11:39 AM PDT Last Updated: Mar 26, 2013 at 11:39 AM PDT

Sculptures made out of Styrofoam, plastic and flip flops? It's all on display now in Bandon.

Life & Style Spring means yard work for hummingbird watchers

By SUE MANNING, Associated Press Published: Mar 28, 2013 at 8:00 AM PDT Last Updated: Mar 26, 2013 at 10:45 AM PDT

The world's smallest bird can take up a big chunk of a person's spring to-do list: Trim the trees, weed the garden, make the nectar and hang the feeders.

Life & Style Anti-whaling group turns their attention to Oregon's sea lions (Photo Gallery) (Video)

By JEFF BARNARD, AP Environmental Writer Published: Mar 25, 2013 at 5:03 PM PDT Last Updated: Mar 25, 2013 at 6:50 PM PDT

A conservation group known for interfering with whaling ships wants to stop Oregon's killing of sea lions that eat endangered salmon in the Columbia River.

Life & Style Sharks surprise divers inside steel cage

Published: Mar 25, 2013 at 11:45 AM PDT Last Updated: Mar 25, 2013 at 12:30 PM PDT

Off the coast of South Africa, an 8-foot shark got its head through the bars of a steel cage with two divers inside. Gayle King reports.

Life & Style Daredevil takes a nap on tight rope

Published: Mar 25, 2013 at 11:44 AM PDT Last Updated: Mar 25, 2013 at 12:27 PM PDT

Life & Style San Juan Islands now an official national monument (Video)

By KOMO Staff & News Services Published: Mar 25, 2013 at 10:49 AM PDT Last Updated: Mar 25, 2013 at 7:03 PM PDT

Vice President Joe Biden and Interior Secretary Ken Salazar joined President Obama Monday in the Oval Office as he signed the proclamation designating the site under the Antiquities Act.