music "Frog on the Floor" is the evolutionary pinnacle of SoCal Pop-Rock Thom Dunn

crows Watch: A crow keeps its distance on a California beach Andrew Yi

vehicles Fantastic photos from a 1970s-80s SoCal custom van club David Pescovitz

skateboards Scene report: Skateboarding in Huntington Beach, 1975 David Pescovitz

happy mutants Burbank! I'll be at Dark Delicacies today! (then San Diego, UCLA, LA Times Festival of Books) Cory Doctorow

california LA's high-tech, thoughtful water management is cause for cautious optimism about adapting to climate change Cory Doctorow

art Greg Escalante, co-founder of Juxtapoz magazine, RIP David Pescovitz

colors Why are doughnut boxes usually pink? David Pescovitz

photos Badass SoCal Latinas from the 70s and 80s Andrea James

shame wizards Sacramento dildo saleswoman exposed as Neo-Nazi mass shooting propagandist Rob Beschizza

sheriff Rapper threatened at gunpoint for parking his car files a $10M complaint against the LA Sheriffs' department Jason Weisberger

the beach boys Take a trip through the Los Angeles music scene of the 1960s Bob Knetzger

doggo Watch this sleepy doggies fauxhawk flutter in the blow of a space-heater Jason Weisberger

fire fire fire Southern California's Santa Ana winds threaten even more fire Jason Weisberger

hot dam The 1963 dam break that flooded parts of Los Angeles Jason Weisberger

bbq Smoking incredible ribs and chicken is supremely easy Jason Weisberger

marathon car chases Gentleman trolls L.A. police with a slow-speed car chase that lasted for 6 long hours Carla Sinclair

Space Mars rover Perseverance launches NASA mission to Red Planet Xeni Jardin