Southern California’s famous “car culture” began in the earliest days of the automobile, and the love affair has spawned an impressive list of “firsts” in the automotive world. The first ...

Californians drive through clouds of opportunity and enthusiasm. We rushed to the state in the 1840s and ’50s to find gold. We loved the beach and popularized surf culture. We built space rockets, ...

A new study argues that human culture — including religion, politics and war — influences how wildlife evolves in cities. In Los Angeles, factors such as policing, zoning, and local values and ...

In the Curator’s Words is an occasional series that takes a critical look at current exhibitions through the eyes of curators. It seems only natural that the Oceanside Museum of Art would, at some ...

OCEANSIDE, Calif. - Rick Wilson points to an old surfboard that sits behind the counter at the California Surf Museum and explains how the early boards sometimes weighed more than 100 pounds. Much has ...