The Rainbow Family has been holding this annual meeting, which it calls the Rainbow Gathering of the Tribes, since 1972 in a different national forest each year, according to the group’s website.

The Rainbow Family Gathering, a hippie festival held since 1972, is searching for a new campsite after being evicted from the Plumas National Forest.

The Rainbow Family Gathering near Susanville has some residents on edge, with officials warning of possible crime and environmental damage as thousands of attendees head toward a site in the ...

The Rainbow Family also stays at the site until it’s cleaned, members say. They follow a "leave no trace" model and will take out all trash when the gathering is done.

Rainbow Family gatherer "Yeti" explained, "it's really about a spirit of love." That seemed to hold true. The whole time we were at the gathering, we saw people hugging and welcoming each other.

Rainbow Family members arrive in the Routt National Forest north of Steamboat Springs, Colo., on Saturday, July 1, 2006, where as many as 20,000 are expected for the annual Rainbow Family ...

Stephen Wing, 61, of Atlanta, a Rainbow who attended his first gathering in 1981, was pleased to see the Rainbow Family come to Georgia. It was easier for him to attend the gathering, he said, but ...

For another Rainbow Family member, Tavia Paretes, the gathering is also a family affair. She’s been going to gatherings since she was 7 years old, when her grandmother brought her.

The Rainbow Family’s massive gathering in the northern Colorado mountains neared the halfway point Tuesday with an estimated 10,000 people camped in the Routt National Forest.

Authorities are searching for a 54-year-old grandmother of two who went missing during an annual hippie gathering in a Washington forest.