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…
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…
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…
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…
These temples once defined L.A. Are we better off without them?
As a kid growing up in Los Angeles, there was no greater barometer of class than the department…
‘Where Mermaids Will Sport.’ A Bay Area city celebrates its 100-year-old pool
Six young women — hair fashionably bobbed, shins covered by knee-high socks — posed in dark, modest swimming…
Is Universal Studios Hollywood welcoming to disabled guests? Here’s my experience
My parents’ visits from Oklahoma to Southern California to see my children, their only grandchildren, have gotten harder.…
Facing a ‘climate apocalypse,’ Californians are meh on plan to phase out gas cars
In September 2020, California was burning. Deadly wildfires scorched a record-breaking swath of the state. Californians suffered from…
El Niño is back: What ‘very strong’ pattern looks like for California
It’s been a little over a month since El Niño arrived, and California may be in for a…