Bikes & Hikes

Newport Beach Has Trails. Beautiful, Surprising, Worth Every Step.

Most people come for the water. The ones who lace up their hiking boots discover a completely different Newport Beach — and tend to come back for both.

Bikes & Hikes

The Mountains Are Right There. Go!

Santa Barbara sits between the Pacific and the Santa Ynez Mountains. Most people stay on the coast. The ones who go up remember it for years.

Bikes & Hikes

The Desert Wants You to Walk Into It

Palm Springs has over 140 hiking trails within reach. Here are the ones worth lacing up for.

Pasadena

Old Town Pasadena Is Eating Well Right Now

A new wave of restaurants is quietly making Colorado Boulevard one of the most interesting dining streets in Southern California. Here's where to pull up a chair.

Events

Your June in Southern California, Properly Scheduled

The outdoor concerts, the festivals, the races, the living paintings, and the events that only happen here. June is not the month to stay on the couch.

Home

The Museums Worth Leaving the House For This Summer

Southern California's art season doesn't slow down in summer. It accelerates. Here's where the work is happening right now.

Food & Drink

Southern California Is Having a Moment at the Table

The restaurants opening across So Cal right now are the kind that change the conversation. Here's where to make a reservation before everyone else does.

Newport Beach

Balboa Island Is the Best Afternoon You Haven't Had Yet

A tiny man-made island in the middle of Newport Harbor, where the pace slows down and everything tastes better. There's a ferry. Take it.

Santa Barbara

The Funk Zone Doesn't Care If You've Heard of It

Santa Barbara's most interesting neighborhood was once an industrial district. Now it's where the city actually lives.

Palm Springs

The Tram That Changes Everything

In ten minutes, Palm Springs takes you from desert floor to mountain wilderness. Most people never make it up. That's their loss.

Pasadena

The Storrier Stearns Japanese Garden Is Pasadena's Best Kept Secret.

Most people drive right past it. The ones who don't tend to come back. There is a two-acre Japanese garden tucked into a residential neighborhood in Pasadena that most people have never heard of, and the people who know about it would prefer to keep it that

Food & Drink

The Table Everyone in Altadena Is Talking About.

Some restaurants open quietly and earn their reputation slowly. And then there's Betsy.

Home

The Light Has Always Been the Point

This new exhibition carries that conversation forward with a new generation of artists working in the same tradition.

Events

June 2026

Everything happening across Southern California this June, in one place.

Events

June in Southern California

A month so full of things worth doing that staying home begins to feel like a personal failing.

Newport Beach

The Art of Living Well, Newport Beach Style

The harbor, the hills, the tables with a view — Newport Beach doesn't try to impress you. It just does.

Santa Barbara

The Table Has Always Been Set in Santa Barbara

Santa Barbara doesn't chase trends. It just quietly becomes the place everyone wishes they'd discovered sooner. This year, its dining scene is doing it again.

Palm Springs

Sleeping in History

Built in the 1950s at the height of Palm Springs' golden age.

Events

The Street Is the Canvas

Pasadena Chalk Festival arrives June 20 and 21

Barbers & Salons

The Most Important Room in Pasadena

"The right haircut doesn't just change how you look. It changes how you walk out the door."