California Dreamin.” It was a song by the Mamas and Papas in 1965, and peaked at No. 4 on the Billboard Hot 100. But do you remember watching those Phillies, Sixers and Flyers games from the West ...

Good morning, and welcome to the Essential California newsletter. It’s Thursday, June 1. I’m Julia Carmel, a feature writer for The Times’ Lifestyle section who covers travel, local culture ...

Set to open June 14 for the summer season, the 23-acre water park formerly known as Raging Waters — now CaliBunga — is ...

Catherine Karnow "Young people were living in cars and under the bridges," says Don McQueen, recalling the 1960s in Big Sur, the 90-mile stretch of California ... hand-lettered sign that dates ...

California Governor Gavin Newsom has been even more aggressive, with plans to ban the sale of gas-powered cars statewide in pursuit of a net-zero greenhouse gas, carbon-free economy by 2045.

Fewer and fewer Angelenos are “California dreamin’.” That’s because two crises — housing affordability and homelessness — are destroying our way of life. According to the latest ...