When the photographer Larry Sultan visited a porn shoot in a rented San Fernando Valley home in 1998, he was riveted by the clash of vice and domesticity.
His new photobook “The Valley" focuses on the strange suburban mundanity of America’s smut capital.
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The 2026 wildflower bloom is already dazzling folks across California.
Here's an interactive forecast map using observational data from past seasons to recommend where and when to catch the bloom.
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Someone leaked a purported guest list for the ultra-secretive Bohemian Club, a faux druidic retreat that gathers the rich and powerful every July in the Sonoma County redwoods.
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In the spirit of Palm Springs’ 2026 Modernism Week, happening now, Architectural Digest created a list of “the 16 best Palm Springs Airbnbs for old Hollywood vibes and desert views.”
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Enlisted to identify the 11 most beautiful hikes in U.S. national parks, outdoors columnist Graham Averill knew Yosemite would make the cut. But picking the hike was agonizing.
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A recent whale-watching group on Monterey Bay saw a dolphin “tail walking,” a very rare activity that involves leaping vertically from the water and briefly skipping across the surface on its tail.
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A chic bungalow in Venice Beach.
An architectural stunner in Yucca Valley.
And a cabin hideaway in the redwoods near Mendocino.
Condé Nast Traveler named the 41 best Airbnbs in California, based on guest reviews, location, amenities, and other factors.
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Only one palm is indigenous to California: the California fan palm, identifiable by their “petticoats” of dead leaves. Native Americans ate their dates and wove their fronds into sandals, baskets, and roofs.
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The Humboldt marten, a ferret-sized carnivore native to the redwood forests along the North Coast, is extremely elusive.
Researchers from Oregon State University placed 135 remote cameras across roughly 150 square miles of Humboldt and Del Norte counties.
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Tucked in a converted truck loading bay in an industrial corner of Los Angeles is an extraordinary greenhouse filled with some of the world’s rarest plants.
It is tended by the landscape design company Geoponika for the sake of preservation, not retail.
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This cabin in Lake Arrowhead is listed for $329,000.
Yes, that 's a tree rising through the bedroom, and its growth threatens the structure. And per the listing agent: “One thing that we have to disclose is there are going to be bugs.”
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Southern California is getting a professional women’s flag football league, promoters announced on Tuesday. The So Cal Women’s Pro Flag Football League will have teams in all eight counties across the region and play a 14-game season between June and August.
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The wildfire photographer Kevin Cooley watched his home burn in the Eaton fire last year.
He sought refuge in documenting the beauty of survival: flowers emerging through ash, grass reclaiming scorched yards, and people putting their lives back together.
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For an exhibition that opens this Friday, the artist Sayre Gomez created precise replicas of Los Angeles’ abandoned Oceanwide Plaza towers, which were notoriously used as a massive canvas by graffiti artists in 2024.
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There’s a 50-foot-tall lighthouse rising from the middle of nowhere in the Mojave Desert.
Los Angeles artist Daniel Hawkins was struck by the idea while driving through the blackness of the desert late one night almost two decades ago.
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Around this time of year, crowds gather on Pfeiffer Beach in Big Sur to catch the rays of the low angling sun burst through Keyhole Arch. But the beach is a marvel year-round, light show or no.
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Storms in November and December produced an early wildflower show in the Southern California desert.
In Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, an unusual burst of color erupted months ahead of the main bloom season, as seeds were jolted awake after a dry summer.
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Happy New Year! In 2026, California plans a number of new state laws:
Declawing cats will become illegal outside of medical necessity.
The Hindu celebration of Diwali will become an official state holiday.
And grocery store plastic bags will be banned.
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