One book’s look back at the founding of the Port of Los Angeles

Phineas Banning pulled up some deep dreams from the bottom of San Pedro Bay. There, he imagined the greatest shipping center in the world, built upon the purest port land he had ever seen. But if railroad tycoon Collis Huntington had his way, [...]

A very unnatural phenomenon
Much scarier than the Island of Lost Meals we told you about yesterday is an unnamed island 1,000 miles off the California coast,

In yesterday’s briefing, I pointed out the San Francisco Chronicle’s story about Cleveland Indians pitcher Paul Byrd’s purchase of human growth hormone. Neither Byrd nor the Indians would comment for the Chron’s story, but yesterday afternoon, Byrd broke his silence.

Raging is a standard newspaper word for fires–almost a cliché– but the Malibu wildfires really have been raging. At least 750 acres are burning, and wind gusts have been clocked at 108 mph. Writer and Malibu resident Veronique de Turenne is providing updates on the situation at her blog Here in Malibu, which [...]