LOS ANGELES

26 Miles of Pride: Hot Men, Catalina Nights, and Beach Boys Dreams This Pride video cruises off the California coast to Avalon, set to the sunny, nostalgic vibe of a classic Beach Boys–style “26 Miles (Santa Catalina)” track as gorgeous men turn Catalina Island into their playground. The camera drifts ... Read More »

The federal government just dropped the hammer on a massive Adderall trafficking operation in San Francisco. A telehealth company called Done Global allegedly pumped over 40 million stimulant pills into the country through a subscription model that required little more than a two-minute video chat. The CEO and clinical president ... Read More »

The Southern Pacific’s Streamliner Coast Daylight was the West’s finest train in the 1940s, 50s, and early 1960s. It hugged the Pacific Ocean with great views. Linking Los Angeles and San Francisco on a glorious daylight trip, streaking along the edge of the Pacific Ocean for more than a hundred ... Read More »

Imagine you’re planning a cruise to the South Pacific during the 1960s. Last Ocean Liners provides all the information of scheduling your trip along with the cost. A great way to cruise the past. MARIPOSA and MONTEREY Matson Line’s Mariposa and Monterey carried only First class guests and promised regal ... Read More »

West Hollywood’s Chasen’s was a glamorous world – “Celebrity chefs” will never replace stylish hosts and personalities like Dave Chasen, Vincent Sardi or Mike Romanoff. I had dinner at Chasen’s many times. First, with my parents and then later on when I became a writer/producer. Dinner with Groucho Marx, who ... Read More »

The high-profile divorce of entertainment billionaire David Geffen and his much younger husband, David Armstrong (also known as Donovan Michaels), has ignited a scandalous legal battle involving explosive allegations and no prenuptial agreement to safeguard Geffen’s estimated $8 billion fortune. No Prenup, Big Stakes The couple married in March 2023 ... Read More »

The Super Chief in “Warbonnet” colors calls at Pasadena just before heading into Los Angeles Union Station. To the palm trees’ right, we can see the seventh floor of Castle Green above the engine. The Moorish Colonial and Spanish Hotel was across the street from Pasadena’s Santa Fe Station. Pasadena ... Read More »

The SS Lurline docking at San Diego’s Broadway pier in the 1930s. The SS Lurline was the third Matson vessel to hold that name, and the last of four fast and luxurious ocean liners that Matson built for the Hawaii and Australasia runs from the West Coast of the United ... Read More »

Raymond Lowey’s basic design philosophy was behind the creation of the interiors for Matson’s luxury liner Lurline and modern ticket office in downtown Los Angeles. These were the ultimate in mid-century design for California’s famous steamship line. Raymond Loewy, whose modern concept of everything from fountain pens to airplanes, ships, ... Read More »

The Santa Fe launched the San Francisco Chief in June 1954. The new California Express streamliner ran daily between San Francisco, the Bay Area, and Chicago.  Pullman and Chair Car accommodations were featured, plus Dining Cars, Dome and Pullman Lounge cars traveling via Stockton, Fresno, Bakersfield, Flagstaff, Albuquerque, Kansas City, ... Read More »

Coulter’s Streamline Moderne flagship department store located on the Miracle Mile in Los Angeles, was designed by Stiles O. Clements and completed in 1938-39. Coulter’s stood four floors high, with a rounded exterior of white concrete and horizontal bands of glass block rather than proper windows. A dramatic seventy-two-foot-high panel ... Read More »

Southern Pacific’s deluxe streamliner Lark was the premiere overnight passenger between San Francisco and Los Angeles. A favorite of businessmen and movie stars. The Oakland Lark connected with the Lark at San Jose then via San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara to Southern California along the coast route. The Lark rivaled ... Read More »