Huntington Beach Lions Surf City Splash

"To shake off the old restrictions and burdens...", is the said purpose of the annual plunge into cold water by hundreds of brave people. After some introductions by a lady in a lion's suit and a feedbacking radio....

Dam broken to restore California wetlands

"The ocean flowed into historic wetlands Thursday for the first time in more than a century after bulldozers peeled back the last layer of an earthen dam. Environmentalists who worked for 30 years to restore the...

Bank of the West Beach Games

"Baseball long has been Michael Mailman's game. Not so for his sons Riley, 11, and Nick, 9, who are growing up with skateboards under their feet, which explains why the 42-year-old was standing in the middle of a...

239 Biggest Cities in the USA

Measured by population. New York City comes out top. Does this explain the popularity of news stories about New York City?