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

worse things happen at sea Adult great white sharks quietly using SoCal beaches as a highway Jason Weisberger

News DHS agent permanently blinds 21-year-old protester Ellsworth Toohey

Support your local brownshirts Apple removes ICE tracking app after reported pressure from AG Bondi Jason Weisberger

manufactured evidence Alleged texts of accused murderer Tyler Robinson sound nothing like how people his age actually speak Jason Weisberger

Environment California's undersea toxic dumpsites are warping ocean life Jason Weisberger

music 'Join Ice' is the protest song America needs right now Jason Weisberger

California Out-of-control fire burns 1,300 acres in hills of Los Angeles so far — fueled by "life-threatening" winds Carla Sinclair

cats Avian-flu contaminated raw pet food recalled after indoor cat dies Jennifer Sandlin

Delightful Creatures A handsome and rare deep sea creature washed up onto the shores of La Jolla this August Popkin