Highway bandits, Charles Lindberg and the 700 curves; The history of the Ridge Route over the Tejon Pass
What comes before 5? Trick question. It’s not a number. The 5 I mean is Interstate 5, the…
Downtown L.A.’s infamous graffiti towers are finally getting cleaned up
Crews have begun cleaning the giant graffiti off the abandoned Oceanwide Plaza skyscrapers in downtown Los Angeles that…
George and Amal Clooney evacuate home in France amid wildfires
George and Amal Clooney evacuated their 425-acre Provence wine estate in southeastern France amid the wildfires spreading across…
While most of California suffers through extreme heat, this place is always chill
Trigger warning for sweaty Californians: In recent days, the foggy timber town of Eureka on the Humboldt Bay…
‘Unsung heroes.’ New documentary honors San Bernardino’s terrorism victims
Not long after Yvette Velasco, an environmental health specialist for the County of San Bernardino, was killed in…
Was Mark Twain wrong about Yreka? Read about more strange California town names
Tucked into the autobiography of legendary writer Mark Twain is a fanciful tale about how the little California…
L.A. Times readers share concerns about permanent daylight saving time
We asked you, our Essential California readers, to tell us what you like about daylight saving time. Only…
NorCal forecast: Mild and quiet start to the week but triple-digit heat will return
NorCal forecast: Mild and quiet start to the week but triple-digit heat will return Weather is on repeat:…
Carlos Beltrán quotes Bad Bunny during Hall of Fame induction
p]:text-cms-story-body-color-text”> COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. — Carlos Beltrán and Bad Bunny haven’t met yet, but the Hall of Fame slugger…
Baker’s famed thermometer’s next chapter includes many possibilities
Residents of the 15 Freeway desert outpost of Baker, Calif., located about 94 miles southwest of Las Vegas…
Pasadena demonstrators protest ICE shootings on National Day of Action
Approximately 50 demonstrators gathered Saturday morning in Pasadena as part of a national action to honor lives lost…
Would a mandatory evacuation help Eastside neighbors of the Lineage fire?
It’s been over a month since the Lineage cold storage warehouse erupted in flames, and we haven’t even…