It's a milestone year for Universal Studios Florida's Halloween Horror Nights, and the logo for HHN 35 has been revealed with a hint at this year's potential icon.

In her new book, Darkology, historian Rhae Lynn Barnes writes about how blackface and minstrel shows became one of the most popular forms of entertainment in 19th- and 20th-century America.

San Franciscans are some of the hardest workers in the US, while Southern Californians have a lot of work to do. A new WalletHub ranking of America’s hardest-working cities found SF residents grind ...

Glenn and Lorraine Crawford paid about $500 a month to insure their home in Agoura Hills northwest of Los Angeles when they bought it in 2012. Now, State Farm is charging them more than seven times as ...

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Eighteen hospitals in California are among the top 2% of hospitals in the nation for “clinical excellence,” according to Healthgrades. The hospitals were included on Healthgrades’ annual America's 100 ...

La Jolla Cove, California’s rugged marine sanctuary, took first place in Tripadvisor's 2026 Travelers' Choice Best of the Best Beaches ranking, beating the white sand beaches of Florida and the resort ...

California is a state that’s famously dependent on the very wealthy to generate a huge chunk of the revenue that funds K-12 education, its three college systems, social services and much more. State ...

With so many candidates and no clear frontrunner in California's 2026 governor's race, two Republicans are now leading in the polls in this heavily Democratic state, raising the question: Could the ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I roam the world for epic nature, urban areas and road trips. Southern California is springing into wildflower season again, the ...

It looks like some big changes are underway at Six Flags Great America, which will celebrate its 50th anniversary this season. WGN SkyCam 9 was above the theme park in north suburban Gurnee on Tuesday ...

Six Flags Discovery Kingdom and California’s Great America announced recently that it will host national hiring week events at locations in Vallejo and Santa Clara from Feb. 14 to Feb. 22. The company ...