New Year's Day

A simple plan to get more people enjoying the outdoors on New Year’s Day has become a nationwide movement after a hike at a Massachusetts park more than three decades ago.

Folly Beach, S.C., a beach city and popular tourist destination, will usher in the new year by dropping a giant pair of sparkling flip flops.

The end of the year is just around the corner and cities across the Bay Area are ready to celebrate! Here’s a list of events by region to ring in 2023.

California twins Aylin and Alfredo Trujillo were born just 15 minutes apart, but their birthdays fall in different years.

The new year is already starting to look a lot like 2021 on the pandemic front as the omicron variant drives up infections and hospitalizations. Thom Jensen reports.

The first baby born in the Bay Area in 2022 appears to be a girl who entered the world in the seconds after the stroke of midnight in Antioch, officials said.

The first baby born in the Bay Area in 2022 appears to be a girl who entered the world in the seconds after the stroke of midnight in Antioch.

It’s easy to come up with New Year’s resolutions and even easier to break them. Experts give their advice on how to stay on track.

Polar bear plungers will take to ocean and river waters for a New Year’s Day swim, but you can enjoy a San Diego Zoo webcam from afar.

With burnout on the rise, CNBC asked the experts about how you can best use the holiday period to ensure you start the new year feeling refreshed.

The need to set big resolutions might feel more pressing than ever this New Year, but experts say it’s important to reflect before making big changes.

Surf City Splash in Huntington Beach and the Polar Bear Swim & Plunge on Catalina Island are both welcoming 2022 in a damp and delightful way.

California State Parks has a list of wonderful ways to enjoy the New Year’s Day tradition.

There’s increased interest in holiday travel this year but the dangers of overspending and uncertainty around Covid could still spoil the fun.

An early rush to book Christmas travel is causing hotels and rental homes to fill earlier than usual this year.

A new year and new babies were the order of the day Friday, with the impressively early birth of a baby boy who just made it into 2021, appearing at 12:06 a.m. in San Francisco.

A new year and new babies were the order of the day Friday, with the impressively early birth of a baby boy who just made it into 2021, appearing at 12:06 a.m. in San Francisco.

Authorities say a woman ringing in the new year was fatally shot by a stray bullet outside her Houston home.

Looking for the best place to be or the funnest things to do to celebrate the New Year? Here’s a list of events that may help: