What Could Have Been

This is a map of the proposed lines for BART based in part on the 1956 plan. It looks glorious! That F line headed all the way out to the ocean in San Francisco is so desperately needed it's not even funny. And yet, it was not to be. Imagine this combined with the high-speed train running up and down California. It would be amazing. If only...

Click here for a closer look at the map.

ICON 4×4′s 1968 Ford Bronco

Aaaaaaah, I want this! A design company in Los Angeles took it upon themselves to re-design the 1968 Ford Bronco, and boy did they do a bang up job. So pretty. Click here to learn more.

In-N-Out / Malibu / May 14, 2011 / 1AM

2011 Coachella Lineup

Weed Ad Campaign

My sister Christine––an Art Director in Chicago––sent me this faux Ad Campaign for Marijuana, were it to be a product that was legal and for sale. This is just a snippet, so click here for the full effect. With legalization on the ballet next Tuesday here in California, this could become a reality sooner than we think!

Wolverines Are For Lovers

I was just thinking how wolverines aren't really as cool looking as you'd think based on the whole X-men Wolverine character, but then as I looked at more pictures I found this one that's pretty cute. This all came about because of an article I saw today in the Chronicle about a lone wolverine that was spotted in the California wild–90 years after the species supposedly went extinct in the Golden State. It's a male, and he's apparently looking for a gal to make little wolverine babies with, but he's having a hard time finding her. Click here to read the full article.

Just Waves, Man

The annual Mavericks surf competition will be held this Saturday at 8am. The 24 surfers who were invited to compete voted via email to hold the event. The window of time that the Mavericks contest can occur runs any time from November through March and takes place off Pillar Point north of Half Moon Bay. You can watch a live webcast online at maverickssurf.com, and an interactive webcast will be shown on Facebook and Ustream. Click here for more.

Here Comes The Gravy Train

Few things in life get me more excited than the California High Speed Train project that will link Northern and Southern California. I only wish it were already in existence. We are, however, one step closer thanks to President Obama awarding the state $2.25 billion to help fund the project. That's more than a quarter of the $8 billion of federal funds headed towards the project, which will cost a total of $42 billion. Click here for the full story.

California Moves on Bill to Curb Sprawl and Emissions

The measure, which the State Assembly passed on Monday and awaits final approval by the Senate, would be the nation’s most comprehensive effort to reduce sprawl. It would loosely tie tens of billions of dollars in state and federal transportation subsidies to cities’ and counties’ compliance with efforts to slow the inexorable increase in driving. The goal is to encourage housing near current development and to reduce commutes to work.

Brian Wilson explores the other side of the California dream

Nostalgia was always central to the Beach Boys. Even in the sixties, their songs about surfing, driving fast cars, and hanging out with pretty girls sounded like tales from a bygone era, a fleeting California dreamland. On That Lucky Old Sun, Brian Wilson’s return to Capitol Records—the Boys’ original label—that fondness for the past remains, but it’s clear Wilson has at long last come to terms with the imperfections of both his home and his own talents.

San Francisco, California

Two mammoth solar plants to generate 800 megawatts in California

It's one thing to see competition unnecessarily push more and more megapixels into palm-sized cameras, but this game of leapfrog is one we can actually get behind. A pair of giant solar plants will soon be installed in San Luis Obispo County in California, covering 12.5 square miles and promising to generate around 800 megawatts of power. OptiSolar will be responsible for laying enough panels to generate 550 megawatts, while SunPower -- the same company associated with the 14 megawatt installation at Nellis Air Force Base in Nevada (pictured) -- will provide the other 250. The energy will eventually be sold to Pacific Gas & Electric, though any sort of pricing arrangements are strictly under wraps for now. C'mon Nevada, you gonna let the Golden State do you like that?

Palo Alto, California

Two Large Solar Plants Planned in California

Companies will build two solar power plants in California that together will put out more than 12 times as much electricity as the largest such plant today, the latest indication that solar energy is starting to achieve significant scale.

Mammoth Mountain Home

Carmel, California

The California High-Speed Train Can Not Get Here Fast Enough

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zD1QGNsRg74

Cinema Tuesdays

L.A.’s Ricardo Montalbán Theatre is the latest hub for cerebral cinephiles and creative types.

Before Spike Jonze was as well known as Scorsese, indie-movie buffs relied on the curator Jonathan Wells for a who’s who of emerging film directors. Now, two years after Wells left his post as director of the beloved touring film festival RESFEST, cerebral cinephiles and Hollywood fat cats looking for tomorrow’s YouTube stars can learn from Wells yet again: his new multimedia jamboree, Cinema Tuesdays, a part of his ongoing Flux project with wife Meg, opens tomorrow in Los Angeles. The event kicks off at the Montálban theater with Aaron Rose’s tribute to so-out-it’s-in street culture, “Beautiful Losers.” At a time when film is so easily available online, Wells aims to make the event “experientially special,” including the artist Geoff McFetridge’s five-story mock-up of one of his wallpaper designs, the studio where L.A. high school kids get sneaker-design lessons from members of the Alleged gallery crew and rooftop performances by the “fourth Beastie Boy” Money Mark. If you can’t make it out west, catch the trailer below:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JyRAHKTy6hI

In Search of a Midnight Kiss

I'm hearing good things...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3gM3P79oC9s