Southern California

Finding Beauty After The Flowers Leave California

Lisa Novick | Posted 05.04.2012

Read More: Southern California, Spring, Authenticity, Wildflowers, Native Plants, Landscape, Wildlife, Travel News

We long for authentic beauty -- for the autumn colors of the deciduous forests of New England or for the groves of redwoods further up the California coast.

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Moderate Earthquake Sways Buildings In LA

AP | CHRISTOPHER WEBER | Posted 04.28.2012

Read More: San Bernardino County, Video, Natural Disasters, Southern California, US Geological Survey, San Andreas Fault, Earthquake, Los Angeles Earthquake 2012, Southern California Earthquake 2012, Devore California, Los Angeles News

LOS ANGELES -- Some Southern Californians were shaken out of bed Saturday morning by a small earthquake that rattled homes across the Inland Empire re...

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Is Your Favorite Beach Disappearing?

The Huffington Post | Kathleen Miles | Posted 03.01.2012

Read More: Southern California Beaches, California Sea Levels, Climate Change Sea Levels, Video, Global Warming California, Southern California, Global Warming California Beaches, Southern California Sea Levels, California Rising Sea Levels, Climate Change California, Climate Change, Southern California Rising Sea Levels, Global Warming, Los Angeles News

A new study finds that rising sea levels due to climate change will remove sand from some Southern California beaches and distribute it to others. ...

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First Lady Promoting Healthy Food In Low-Income Neighborhoods

AP | CHRISTINA HOAG | Posted 04.02.2012

Read More: Latinos, Healthy Food, Michelle Obama First Lady, Michelle Obama, Video, Southern California, California, Low-Income, Northgate Gonzalez Markets, Let's Move, Michelle Obama Let's Move, Hispanics, Low Income Families, Latino Prosperity, Latino Voices News

INGLEWOOD, Calif. -- Michelle Obama says a proposed new supermarket in the middle of a blue-collar Hispanic neighborhood in Southern California is an ...

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Awesome Spring Break Vacations That Don't Require A Passport

Mary Rambin | Posted 04.02.2012

Read More: Resorts, Texas, Golf, Houston, Southern California, California, Phoenix, Conde Nast Traveler, Spring Break, Sedona-Arizona, Slidepollajax, Atlanta, Relais & Chateaux, Family Vacations, Los Angeles, Summer Vacation, Travel Blogs, Travel News

Each less than two hours outside of a major city, these destinations offer gorgeous landscapes and entertain singles, couples and families for a reasonable price. I love them all just as much as my Mexican hideways!

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California Dreaming...

Evelyne Politanoff | Posted 03.28.2012

Read More: Photography, Post-War America, Southern California, Los Angeles, Palm Springs Art Museum, Art Exhibitions, Swimming Pools, Arts News

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Portraits Of Latino Day Laborers Stir Controversy

Posted 03.27.2012

Read More: Latinos, John Sonsini, Expressionism, Portraiture, Video, Labor, Cultura, Southern California, Hispanic, Inman Gallery, Portraits, On Our Radar, Arts News

There is something bourgeois, even aristocratic about sitting for a portrait, engaged in the labor of sitting still. That contributes to the unexpecte...

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Old Becomes New At The Palm Springs Rendezvous

Brad Schreiber | Posted 03.27.2012

Read More: Travel, Southern California, Palm Springs, Holiday Travel, Hotels, Destinations, US Destinations, Travel Blogs, Travel News

As the desert oasis and playground, two hours to the south of Los Angeles, Palm Springs has long been a retreat. Thankfully, the changes in the Coachella Valley are not housing developments but updating and refurbishing of properties for the visitor.

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Doug Wheeler Distills Infinity

Gabrielle Selz | Posted 03.25.2012

Read More: Southern California, Doug Wheeler, Museum of Contemporary Art in San Diego, Pop Art, Light, Infinity, James Turrell, Robert Irwin, Space, Light & Space Art, Minimal Art, Pacific Standard Time, Utopia, Arts News

In Wheeler's art case it is purely the medium of light that we explore, touch, see, and sense. His simplified use of material heightens and distills the experience. Being inside his space is at once ethereal and dense.

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Police Detain Man Amid Hunt For Serial Killer Of Homeless Men

AP | CHRISTOPHER WEBER | Posted 03.15.2012

Read More: La Palma Avenue, Serial Killer, Craig Hunter, Southern California, Orange County, Brea, Imperial Highway, Anaheim, Homeless, Fbi, Placentia, Homeless Man Killed, Los Angeles Times, James Patrick McGillivray, Crime News

ANAHEIM, Calif. — Investigators are "extremely confident" a man in custody is responsible for all four recent killings of homeless men in Orange...

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Phenomenal

Peter Clothier | Posted 03.05.2012

Read More: Art, Review, San Diego, Modern Art, Art Installation, Southern California, Arts News

As I've said, I'm a sucker when it comes to California Light/Space art. I arrived in California in 1968, when the movement was still at its height.

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PHOTOS: The World's Best Places To Sleep In

JustLuxe | Posted 01.03.2012

Read More: Australia, Four-Star Hotels, Southern California, Slidepollajax, San Francisco, Belize, Exotic Vacations, Tanzania, Maldives, Bora Bora, Portugal, Travel Photography, Travel News

These beds are currently occupied by those who played 2011 right. Let us learn from their examples.

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California's Newest State Parks Are in the Ocean

Francesca Koe | Posted 12.26.2011

Read More: Oceans, Southern California, Ocean Protection, Underwater Parks, Marine Protected Areas, Mpas, Rocky Intertidal, Kelp Forests, Tide-Pooling, Los Angeles News

On January 1, 2012 Southern California will celebrate the grand opening of a series of underwater parks that stretches from Santa Barbara to the Mexican border.

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Why I Miss Venice Beach

Trey Ellis | Posted 02.19.2012

Read More: Venice Beach, Kwaku Alston, Southern California, Los Angeles News

Venice, CA, is the distillation of everything that is magical, lovely, dangerous and heartbreaking about Southern California. Kwaku Alston's photographs of the Venice that we both love hit me like a love letter out of the blue.

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The Failed American Dream

Kim Carter | Posted 02.18.2012

Read More: Southern California, Poverty, San Bernardino, La Impact, San Bernardino Poverty, California Economy, California Poverty, All-America City Awards, Los Angeles News

At one point in its history, San Bernardino was named an "All-America" city. Business was booming. Today it is the rated the second in the nation for poverty, right after Detroit. Whatever happened?

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WATCH: Wind Storm Knocks Out Power For Thousands

AP | NOAKI SCHWARTZ | Posted 01.30.2012

Read More: Power Outages, Ian Gregor, Video, Southern California, Los Angeles International Airport, Federal Aviation Administration, Santa Ana Winds, Nancy Castles, Whitaker Peak, National Weather Service, Los Angeles News

PASADENA, Calif. — The most powerful winds to tear across California in years kept 9-year-old Dalen Guyton up late into the night. Then, around ...

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A Reason to SMiLE

Joseph Vella | Posted 01.03.2012

Read More: Pet Sounds, Smile, The Beach Boys, Sgt Peppers, boomitude.com, Brian Wilson, Surf's Up, The Beatles, Good Vibrations, Southern California, Heroes and Villians, The SMiLE Sessions, Joseph Vella, 1967, Psycodelic Sounds, 1966, Culture News

On November 1st and 44 years later, the long awaited SMiLE sessions have officially been released with Brian Wilson's blessing for all to finally appreciate.

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Water Parks In Southern California

The Huffington Post | Cathleen Shaffer | Posted 12.21.2011

Read More: Water Parks, Video, Southern California, Wild Rivers, California Travel, Raging Waters, Themed Guides, Travel News

Water parks in Southern California are perfect for surfing without an ocean -- and you don't even need to know surfer slang. Try a family date at a wa...

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NY Times Takes On SoCal Art

www.nytimes.com | Posted 12.12.2011

Read More: Art Platform Los Angeles, MOCA Los Angeles, Graffiti Art, Modern Art, East Coast Art, Getty Museum, Pacific Standard Time Art, Southern California Art, Los Angeles Art, Pacific Standard Time, Art Platform, Los Angeles, Art Rivalry, Southern California, Abstract Art, Hammer Museum, Graffiti, New York Times, Arts News

LOS ANGELES — For the next six months, Southern California will be awash in celebrations of Southern California art: close to 170 separate exhibitio...

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Southwest Power Outage A Reminder Of Power Grid Vulnerabilities

AP | MICHAEL R. BLOOD and ELLIOT SPAGAT | Posted 11.09.2011

Read More: Energy, Southwest Power Outage, Power Grid, Mexico, Blackout, Southern California, San Diego, San Diego Power Outage, Power Grid Vulnerabilities, Los Angeles News

SAN DIEGO — A blackout that swept across parts of the Southwest and Mexico apparently began with a single utility worker and a minor repair job....

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Vini, Vidi, Kiti: Santa Monica Cat Show

Turnstyle | Posted 10.31.2011

Read More: Photos, Cat Show, Cats, California, Kittens, Santa Monica, Kitties, Los Angeles, Cat, Southern California, Los Angeles News

Originally published on Turnstylenews.com, a digital information service surfacing emerging stories in news, entertainment, art and culture; powered ...

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LA Memories of Cape Cod Summers

Bill Blanning | Posted 10.24.2011

Read More: Steve Carell, Cape Cod, Southern California, West Coast, East Coast, Beaches, Los Angeles News

I've mostly adapted from my Cape Cod roots to Southern California. But summer isn't really summer until I get back to the Cape, with gin and tonics at sunset and the glow of a sunburn at the end of the day.

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'Littlerock' Star Plays Himself On Screen

HuffingtonPost.com | Lucas Kavner | Posted 10.19.2011

Read More: Indie Films, Cory Zacharia, California, Southern California, Road Trip Movies, Littlerock Film, Mike Ott, Littlerock, Japanese Tourists, Indie Movies, Film, Kevin Smith, Video, Culture News

What would it be like to play a version of yourself on screen? Plenty of reality stars blast into our living rooms as "themselves" each night, but the...

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California Grocery Workers Reject Contract Deal

AP | Posted 10.21.2011

Read More: Strike, Labor, Socal, Southern California, California, Grocery Stores, Supermarkets, Food, Health Care, Labor Unions, Business News

LOS ANGELES — Thousands of Southern California grocery workers have voted overwhelmingly to reject a health care proposal from major supermarket...

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The Faithful Shopper: Back to School for the City Cool

Faith Hope Consolo | Posted 10.15.2011

Read More: Crewcuts, East Village, Jibbitz, Half Pint Citizens, Brooklyn, Who Are You, Spring Street, Southern California, Flatiron, Space Kiddets, Berkley Girls, Dumbo, who.a.u, Lol Kids, Crocs, J Crew, Jcrew, Madison Avenue, Atlantic Avenue, Soho, Fifth Avenue, Jen Bruder, 34th Street, Half Pint Citizen, Faith Hope Consolo, Broadway, Columbus Avenue, Tweens, Tribeca, Babies, South Street, Monnalisa, Back to School, Upper West Side, Pre-Teens, Who AU, Urban Outfitters, Cartoon, Washington Street, Kindergarten, Times Square, Lexington Avenue, Picasso, Sam Flax, Grand Street, Container Store, Howard Street, Moma, Japanese, Japan, Layette, Moma Design Store, JFK Airport, The Container Store, Chelsea, Muji, Tribeca Girls, Muji to Go, Midtown, Organized Teacher Discount Program, West Village, Style-Licious, Museum of Modern Art, Lester's, New York News

Tots adore Crocs' rainbow, plastic footwear, and the company has expanded the empire with tons of new styles, sneakers, and backpacks galore.

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