Here are the perfect California plants and flowers to enjoy in 2025
Clearly, there’s no shortage of flowers in Southern California. As I write this near the end of 2024, roses, iris and California fuchsia are still…
4 well-loved SoCal nurseries are closing in 2025. What now?
• Three of SoCal’s major growers of unique plants are closing by the end of 2025, along with a beloved garden/nursery.• The reasons? A combination…
39 dazzling holiday light displays that make SoCal shine
The annual Christmas Boat Parade, along the scenic canals of Naples Island in Long Beach, has been a tradition for 78 years. This year’s parade…
Sondheimer: SoCal has the best high school basketball anywhere
If you’re a fan of amateur basketball, there’s no better place to spend the next four months than Southern California, where talent at the high…
Newsom decries SoCal city that’s banning homeless shelters
Gov. Gavin Newsom is threatening legal action against the city of Norwalk unless it reverses a ban on homeless shelters and other housing.“It is unfathomable…
A look at the ‘party car’ on the swanky high-speed rail coming to SoCal
One day in the late 2020s, if the people at Brightline West deliver on their promised fast train between Southern California and Las Vegas, you’ll…
Father and daughter duo arrested in SoCal retail theft ring, CHP says
A search warrant served at an Inglewood home to bust a retail theft ring uncovered not only hundreds of thousands of dollars in stolen merchandise,…