Have you ever wondered what happened to the kid from your high school Japanese Club? Remember, the one that dressed…
Some moons ago, we had a roommate who hailed from France; a wacky artist character who stoked our love of happy…
Every year since 1958 the March Meet has been the big deal in drag racing at Famoso raceway in Bakersfield. After…
This past week's been a rough one in the drought-stricken hills southeast of Los Angeles, what with the big…
The LA area spawned the metallic metal band, so we guess it makes sense you'd find this here. Also yes, we'd have…
Consumers for Auto Reliability and Safety and Democratic Senator Ellen Corbett of San Leandro are hopping mad that…
One of our favorite bits of freeway in California is Highway 24. It's not a challenging road, but it moves fast…
Cops in Rialto, California have crushed two cars with stolen parts captured during an illegal street race. Using…
David August Johnson (emphatically no relation) smacked his Murcielago into five parked cars in Santa Monica earlier…
For the last week or so, Jalopnik's San Pedro office has taken up temporary residence in Sacramento and our bureau…
When we worked for a newspaper in San Francisco, access to the beat-up company Toyota pickup with its city-issued…
Forty-two year-old Andrew Bamberg is looking at up to four years in the pokey after using possibly nefarious means…
Pacific Gas & Electric, California's largest utility, is working on a plan to add around 4,600 megawatts of wind…
The above title sounds like a throwaway line from a crumpled page in Bruce Springsteen's circular file, but it…
Teenagers do stupid things sometimes, which politicians refer to as 'youthful indiscretions.' Anthony Ryan Celso,…
Not to harsh your buzz on this most excellent Presidents Day, but California has announced it has passed out its…
"Jerry Was a Race Car Driver" was the soundtrack to a summer of priming rain gutters and learning to drive. Four…
You know how Dwight D's Interstate Highway system is supposed to have a logical numbering system for all the roads,…
Turns out, lots. Driving home on the Arroyo Seco last night (the portion of the 110 between Pasadena and Highland…
Seeking to remedy plummeting attendance and overall tardiness, Santa Ana California officials and a local Chevrolet…