If you’ve ever wondered what it’s like to walk through a building where the dead outnumber the living, the Whaley House Museum in San Diego is ready to answer that question in ways you probably didn’t ...

Americans tend to ignore foreign policy. Living in a continent-sized nation bounded by two vast oceans allows for that ...

The Whaley House in San Diego’s Old Town sits on land that once served as a cemetery and execution site. That’s right – people were hanged here before this beautiful brick home was even built. The ...

On an unseasonably balmy Friday afternoon in late February, a group of men gather behind the oldest Italian restaurant in Santa Barbara for a test of wills. They stand at the far ends of two giant ...

The 21st-century economy — from our smartphones and F-35 fighter jets to wind turbines and electric vehicles — runs on 17 obscure metals known as rare earth elements. Control their supply, and you ...

Antonio Villaraigosa, left, greets union member Maria Ortiz, center, at a gubernatorial candidates forum in Los Angeles in January. (Christina House / Los Angeles Times) After months of fretting, ...

The number of properties sold in California over the past three years was 24% lower than the same time period before the Great Recession, sparking fears of a statewide crash. The Golden State had ...

If you’re building a career in California, the numbers are hard to ignore. More than 80 of the nation’s “Best Companies to Work For” are headquartered in the Golden State — spanning tech giants, ...

How sluggish has Southern California homebuying been over the past three years? Well, house hunters across the six counties bought 500,159 homes from 2023 through 2025, according to Attom. And in the ...

Eighteen hospitals in California are among the top 2% of hospitals in the nation for “clinical excellence,” according to Healthgrades. The hospitals were included on Healthgrades’ annual America's 100 ...

I've spent a lot of my life in big cities and enjoyed building my career in San Francisco. By 2021, I'd moved to a smaller city in the Southern California countryside to get more space. Living ...

Major changes are underway at Six Flags Great America in Gurnee ahead of their 2026 season, with some attractions completely removed to "make way for future expansion." While summer park season is ...