Outdoor Recreation

Tour de Frogtown

Inside the World of L.A. Geocaching, a Scavenger Hunt Taking Place All Around You

In La La Land, the home of movie magic, we're used to our surroundings being not quite what they seem. But did you know, at this very moment, you are surrounded by thousands of tiny containers of various shapes and sizes, camouflaged in bushes, hidden in fake electrical boxes, attached by magnet to ... More >>

5 Ways To Solve L.A. Traffic, Including Immigrant Driver's Ed

See also: Traffic Experts Crap All Over Eric Garcetti's Million-Dollar Gridlock Prize. Once again L.A. is the traffic nightmare capital of America, and much of that can be blamed on our own damn selves. We chose to live in a city with limited public transportation, far-out suburbs and already-stuff ... More >>

It's Chaos at the Coachella Campsites

The Coachella campgrounds are the Wild West of the festival. They are the sort of place you can imagine Hunter S. Thompson running around with his pants around his ankles. Drugs are more plentiful than food and going to bed before 4 a.m. is considered an early night. Campers built incredible structu ... More >>

'Every Lane Is A Bike Lane'

Did you know that bicyclists are entitled to a whole traffic lane, all to themselves? Yes. In an effort to make L.A. urban traffic slow down even more, Metro, the folks behind the bus and the subway, remind you that bicyclists have the same right to hold up traffic as any little old lady driver fro ... More >>

Bicycle Friendly Award For Los Angeles, Home of The Hit-And-Run

A recent University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute study found that twice as many cyclists are killed by cars in L.A. as they are nationally. Bad news for the bike set? Not at L.A. City Hall, the home of magical thinking. City officials planned to announce this morning that ...

L.A.'s First Official Bike-Friendly Street: Our Review

Six years ago, when I decided to abandon my car for a multi-modal cocktail of walking, biking and bus-riding, I lived in Hollywood. The pedestrian and transit parts came easy in my super-dense neighborhood, but biking terrified me -- rolling out of my driveway I was confronted with three routes, eac ... More >>

New California Bill Will Let L.A. Squeeze in More Bike Lanes, Sans Environmental Review

Although they're hard to hear over the impassioned roar of cycling advocates at L.A. City Hall, some local homeowners and car-drivers are freaking out over AB 2245, a feel-good state bill pitched by Assemblyman Cameron Smyth (R-Santa Clarita) as a fast-track to a greener Los Angeles County. Jim O'S ... More >>

Naked Bike Ride Be Damned! Cyclists to Take 'Historic' Mapping Tour of South L.A. on Sunday

Whatever, hipsters. You can have your flirty World Naked Bike Ride through Silver Lake and Echo Park this Saturday. (Including, via the official event page, a pre-party stocked with "body art" and "liquid courage." Really.) But the group of cycling organizations behind "Ride South L.A." -- a mappi ... More >>

Birding in L.A.: 7 Reasons to Do It, and How to Get Started

Bird-watching. A word that is synonymous with you don't really know because you've already lost interest just thinking about it for one second. Lucky for you this post isn't about bird-watching; it's about birding. I said MOTHERFUCKIN' BIRDING YOU GUYS! Sorry. I got a little overzealous trying to ... More >>

Pedalers Fork Under Construction in Calabasas

Bicyclists will have a new destination this fall when Pedalers Fork restaurant opens in the heart of Old Town Calabasas. Now under construction, the goal is to create a bike-friendly venue, offering food, coffee, drinks, and even bike pharaphernalia, tours and repairs. "We wanted to create a sort o ... More >>

It's Pronounced "Cic-la-VEE-a"

CicLAvia: Real Rydaz, Kings of South L.A. Cycling

CicLAvia Rules! How Bicyclists Made L.A. a Better Place

Biking May Lead to Sexual Dysfunction for Women, Study Finds

By Andra Lim What arouses a woman's libi-don't? Riding a bike, especially one with low-set handlebars, according to a new study from Yale University.

L.A. Bike Army vs. Hollywood: Green Bicycle Lanes Downtown Too Ugly for Film Shoots

LADOT Bike Blog via FlickrHollywood is not impressed.​Updated below: The bike lanes pose larger problems than their fugliness, says Hollywood. Originally posted at 9:30 a.m. Every good L.A. citywatcher knows: What cyclists want in this city, they get. And props to them for the dedication. O ... More >>

Green Bike Lanes in Los Angeles: City Officials Waste $15K on Premature Paint Job

LADOT Bike Blog via FlickrSecond time's a charm. (We hope.)​Mixed feelings, these past few weeks, about L.A.'s quickly expanding arsenal of green bike lanes -- part of an adorable national trend. The new lanes are, literally, neon green. Though some grumpy drivers see it as yet another blight ... More >>

Mie Olise's Shipsearching at Honor Fraser is a Treehouse as Artwork

Josh White, courtesy Honor Fraser GalleryTotally doesn't doesn't do its awesomeness justice. But cool...​ Shipsearching, Mie Olise's awesome treehouse of an artwork at Honor Fraser gallery, stole the opening-night-in-Culver-City scene for me. You may be wondering, what's a treehouse of an artw ... More >>

Renowned Bike Experts Turned Away From L.A. City Cycling Workshop

ebbc.orgGreen bike lane in Long Beach.​The bike problems thicken for L.A. Two prominent bike afficienadoes, one of whom was a government employee, were asked to leave today when they tried to observe the Think Bike L.A. workshop. The reasons for this are not quite clear.

L.A. Bike Plan Troubles

John Jutiyasantayanon Is Second Young Man to Die at Eaton Canyon Park in 1 Week; Hikers Dare Each Other to 'Conquer Diablo Falls' on YouTube

YouTubeThrill-seekers scale Eaton Canyon's second waterfall​An employee-in-training at Southern California Edison (electricity provider for much of L.A. County) died Saturday after a 50-foot fall at Eaton Canyon Park. John Jutiyasantayanon, a 23-year-old Montclair resident and graduate from C ... More >>

Brian Matayoshi of Torrance Killed in Yellowstone Bear Attack: Animal, Given Reprieve, Was Said to be Protecting Her Cubs

The site of the Yellowstone bear attack.​A mama grizzly bear that was looking after her cubs in Yellowstone National Park was startled by a husband-and-wife pair of L.A.-area hikers and mauled the man to death this week. The Torrance victim was ID'd today as 57-year-old Brian Matayoshi of Tor ... More >>

Bike Traffic: Santa Monica Lifeguards Declare 'SigAlert' After Bike Path Gets 'Worse Than 405' on Fourth of July

The good old days​Hilarious L.A. oxymoron o' the day: bike traffic! L.A. County lifeguards, bless their hearts, were faced with said phenomenon while regulating a packed Santa Monica coastline this Fourth of July. Forget Carmageddon, people -- we just survived the Bike-ocalypse. Apparently, ... More >>

Gregory Meyer and Richard Fox -- L.A. County Medics -- Die in Yosemite Waterfall Accident

David Husted via PanoramioThe bridge where two Whittier meds were swept away at 8 a.m. Wednesday.​Two Whittier men in their 50s who worked in the emergency room at the Presbyterian Intercommunity Hospital died early Wednesday morning. Gregory Meyer and Richard Fox were backpacking with three o ... More >>

Why Cars Suck: Daredevil Bike Riders' Death-Defying Commutes in To Live & Ride in L.A.

Swank OneDown by the (L.A.) River. That's fixed-gear legend Keo Curry (left) and George Gregor (right). ​ Sean Martin can tell you about the moment he thought he would die. Sure, the fixed-gear cyclist who moved to L.A. in 2008 and cycles to work daily had had close calls before but one sunn ... More >>

Mosh Pit, Jam Session, or Drum Circle? We Attempt to Figure Out FMLY Ride

Sam BlochLeaving Media Park. Not pictured: riders delighting in agitating financially secure couples on date night, and said restaurant patrons asking each other if this is Critical Mass​STORY BY SAM BLOCH On Saturday, over 200 bicycle enthusiasts descended upon Culver City's Media Park for ... More >>

1,680 Miles of L.A. Bike Lanes Approved by City Council; Mayor Pre-Signs Via Twitter

PHOTO BY TED SOQUIReady to burn some rubber​Aside from a few equestrian types worried about their horse lanes in the foothills, the long-labored plan to build 1,680 miles of bike lanes along Los Angeles streets (at least 200 miles every five years) was embraced by one and all at today's L.A. C ... More >>

Bike Zeal

CicLAvia Los Angeles Is A Facebook Environmental Bicycling Dessert-Chomping Mashup, So Just Go

Doesn't have to be a bike​At first Ciclavia looked like a lame "million trees" idea from Antonio Villaraigosa, but the bicycling community breathed big-time life into it. The city is closing 7.5 miles of Los Angeles streets, Sunday 10-3, for bicycling and walking. Get off your butts and go! Here ... More >>

Bike Wars: L.A. Neighborhood Councils Could Get Some Say In Bike Issues

Councilman Greig Smith​Damien Newton of LA Streetsblog has an interesting piece about a potential conflict between bike activists and neighborhood councils, though it may wind up in peace, love and harmony. Backstory: City Councilman Greig Smith, who represents district 12 in the Valley, has ... More >>

Bike Summit: Mayor Villaraigosa Calls For Mandatory Helmets For Cyclists

​ Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa called for a mandatory helmet law for all bicyclists across California at his much-touted "

Homeless Versus Venice

Winnebago world clashes with City Hall politics and progressive dreams

Air Yeezy, Ground Hard: First in Line for Kanye West x Nike Sneaks Offered $950 for His Air Yeezys

Hardcore sneaker fans have camped out since Monday

Boho Hoedown

Best Experts on the Great Outdoors: Adventure 16 Outdoor and Travel Outfitters

L.A. River Really Floats Their Boats

Lawbreaking kayakers try to change an urban river's sad course

Bike Dislike

Laid-back Santa Monica clashes with Critical Mass

Camping, but Not Really

El Capitan Canyon — the great outdoors for pansies

Let Me Ride

Rolling with the unnamed bike gang

Great Urban Bike Rides

Last Stand at San Onofre

Visit one of Southern California’s wildest and most famous surf spots — before it gets bulldozed for a toll road

Yanking the Welcome Mat

Hikers lose their gate of choice at Runyon Canyon

The Los Angeles River: A Map Guide

Eight Excellent Reasons Not To Cheat on Your Taxes

The South

From Downtown to Long Beach Harbor

Downtown

From the Narrows to South L.A.

Techno Time Travel

Nova TV series uncovers secrets of Easter Island idols

So Close, so Far Away

Holy grounds for the urban camper

Sweat and Wild

In Praise of Recklessness