The West’s Quiet Edge.

A short, lively history of the oil company that once called Wilshire Boulevard home. Before Occidental Petroleum became a Houston heavyweight with massive shale assets and carbon-capture ambitions, it lived a very different life — as a Los Angeles–based oil

Orange County has long been California’s quiet capital of money management — a place where real estate dynasties, bond traders, brokerage founders, and ambitious financial firms shaped an unlikely financial hub between the beaches of Newport and the master-planned communities

An experimental supersonic aircraft called the X-59 took to the skies for the first time in October. The plane lifted off from Skunk Works, the famed research and development facility in California owned by aerospace giant Lockheed Martin. It cruised

Long known for its beaches and vineyards, Southern California has quietly become one of America’s most successful gaming destinations. Across San Diego, Riverside, and San Bernardino Counties, a network of tribal resorts has transformed the region into a year-round entertainment

It was called The Railroad because the shoe — the device holding the cards — moved around the table like a train, passing from player to player. Unlike casino Baccarat, Chemin de Fer is a player-banked game: the house takes

Japanese Mahjong (Riichi) is played with four players and 136 tiles. The goal is to form a complete winning hand before anyone else. The tiles come in three suits and honors: Dots (1–9), Bamboos (1–9), Characters (1–9), plus Winds (East,

They weren’t gamblers, not in the usual sense. No casino lights, no dealers in tuxedos. Just a pair of young men in the backwash of Southern California’s aerospace boom, playing a game they didn’t quite understand the rules of. One

The Texas Stock Exchange (TXSE) has reached a major milestone — the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has approved its application to operate as a national securities exchange, clearing the way for listings and trading to begin in 2026.