Reporting, oral histories and field notes from the builders, cars, shows, places and people that keep automotive culture moving.
Industry preview
By Ivonne Alfaro · Published September 5, 2026
An editorial preview of the specialty-equipment industry's major Las Vegas gathering through the lens of Southern California builders, shops and automotive media.
Automotive corridor
By Ivonne Alfaro · Published September 5, 2026
How Route 66 connected Chicago and the Midwest to Los Angeles and helped funnel people, cars, commerce and automotive culture into Southern California.
By Ivonne Alfaro · Updated September 1, 2026
A source-checked guide to Southern California shows and the builders, vendors, collectors and enthusiasts around them.
By Ivonne Alfaro · Updated August 31, 2026
Hot rods, classics, restorers, builders, parts hunters and collectors at one of Southern California's enduring automotive marketplaces.
A preview of the September 26–27 custom-truck weekend at Fairplex.
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Follow the automotive ecosystem
Our reporting connects the Southern California car shows and automotive events where the culture gathers with the hot rod, custom-car and specialty automotive builders creating the machines, and the tracks, dry lakes and heritage places that give the culture its history.
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