Portions of Fire-Scarred Big Basin Redwoods State Park Will Reopen This Month

Gabe McKenna, a state parks safety officer and ranger, inspects a redwood tree at Big Basin Redwoods State Park in Santa Cruz County, California, in this 2020 file photo. Carolyn Cole/Los Angeles Times/TNS

By Louis Sahagún From Los Angeles Times

Los Angeles—Big Basin Redwoods State Park in Santa Cruz County will partially reopen to the public on July 22 for the first time since a wildfire tore through its towering ancient groves nearly two years ago.