The U.S. News & World Report’s annual “best cities to live in” rankings have been released and Southern California didn’t fare too well. Southern California placed second worst among 21 mega cities in the rankings. The following counties in the region also finished pretty low on the list: Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, and […]

According to data released by San Francisco’s tourism bureau, the city had 25.8 million visitors, a 1.2 percent increase, which led to a spending increased of 2.3 percent ($10 billion). The number of visitors is expected to continue to grow to about 26.5 million this year. San Francisco International Airport also had a record high […]

The Bay Area is an expensive place to live, especially in San Francisco. When it comes to the cost of driving and parking tickets, San Francisco has some of the highest costs for some of its city violations. According to the San Francisco Gate, parking ticket fines alone add up to $124 million dollars per […]

Los Angeles County marked its eighth year in row of tourism growth last year and hosted an estimated 50 million visitors. The county set a tourism record, which was a 3.1 percent improvement of 2017’s visitors (48.5 million). The growth came thanks to a slight increase in international tourists. According to tourism officials, the number […]

In December, American Airlines launched a program that uses facial recognition technology for some fliers at Los Angeles International Airport. American Airlines is one of the largest airline companies in the world and its use of biometric to identify travelers could lead to the expansion of the technology. The airline began using facial recognition cameras […]

By: Raul Riesgo Earlier this year, I had the opportunity to travel from downtown Los Angeles to a farm several hours away. The farm tour was part of an effort by farmers to build bridges with people like me who live in cities and have very little understanding or appreciation of our California-grown food supply. […]

If you fly to international locations or plan to fly international from the San Jose airport, get ready to wait less going through federal customs checkpoints. Earlier this month, Norman Y. Mineta San Jose International Airport announced that it has agreed to become the first airport on the West Coast to launch facial recognition technology […]

The last freeway to be built in the Los Angeles County was the Century Freeway (Interstate 105) in 1993, which officials claimed would more than likely be the last of the great Southern California freeways. It appears that Southern California will get a new freeway because the California Department of Transportation, in cooperation with a […]

In late January, the first formal state audit of the California bullet train project was authorized by the legislature’s joint audit committee. The audit was authorized after the rail authority disclosed that the cost of building the first 119 miles of track in the Central Valley would cost $10.6 billion, which is a 77 percent […]

Department of Motor Vehicles offices around the state are preparing for a rush of customers as the deadline to meet new federal standards for state licenses and ID cards approaches. The new standards mean that California fliers who use their driver’s license or identification card to board domestic flights will no longer be able to […]