Latest Fall Color Report

Here’s the latest report on California fall color for this week.
General Update: Yosemite Valley, Trinity County and Shasta County are at full peak. Yosemite’s bears are harvesting black oak acorns off trees that are at full peak with their bold orange leaves and black branches reflected in the dark Merced River. In the Shasta Cascade, a variety of exotic and native trees are providing color along the Sacramento and Trinity Rivers. With storms predicted next week, this will likely be the last weekend to see color in many of these areas, though color is now appearing at lower elevations.
In Southern California, the color has now descended to lower elevations. This could be the last year to enjoy the colorful displays of liquidambar, Frank McDonough of the LA County Arboretum reports, as pests and diseases are killing many of these beautiful exotic trees in LA and Orange counties.

—Reported by John Poimeroo