Route 66 landmark Mel’s Drive-In faces demolition. Can it be saved?
For decades, the bold, mid-century building at Lincoln and Olympics boulevards in Santa Monica has been the end…
Delta and Air Canada planes collide on taxiway at Los Angeles International Airport
A Delta Air Lines plane collided with an Air Canada aircraft while rolling on a taxiway at Los…
A California desert icon, the Bagdad Cafe on Route 66, is in limbo
NEWBERRY SPRINGS, Calif. — Four decades ago, the cult hit “Bagdad Cafe” was filmed at a ramshackle diner in…
Will a bus lane before the Olympics create new problems in Eagle Rock?
Anthony Cafarchia grew up in Eagle Rock, where his family has owned the Eagle Rock Bakery and Deli…
Electric heavy-duty trucks will be able to run from Baja to Canada
It’s one of the busiest freight corridors in the United States, and it’s getting cleaner. In the latest…
Here’s how an oil tanker captain learned he was hauling cocaine for cartels
The week before the captain of the Aquatravesia oil tanker arrived in Southern California must have been stressful.…
California woman killed by Florida alligator in ‘bizarre accident’
A 31-year-old Sacramento woman died after being mauled by an alligator in Florida. Brittany Clark died June 28…
California Zephyr: Best and Worst Parts of the 53-Hour Amtrak Train
I’ve sampled a variety of classes for overnight train travel in the US and Europe, from private cabins…
Route 66 still beckons at 100 as a caravan takes off from Santa Monica
Around 7 a.m. Saturday, in a lot beside the shuttered Santa Monica Civic Auditorium, a strange set of…
California man charged with homicide after body found under blanket in Pa.
California man charged with homicide after body found under blanket in Londonderry Township GOOD MORNING. IT IS 655.…
Six wildlife crossings are coming to Southern California
Several new wildlife crossings are underway in Southern California, including a $114-million project in Agoura Hills that is…
Route 66 turns 100. Here’s our mega-guide to America’s Mother Road.
Two-thousand, four-hundred and forty-eight miles. That was the span of Route 66 when highway officials stitched it together…