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Over the past few decades, artists and scientists have helped bring focus to the art-science-technology track of Southern California's present creative economy.

Whether you’re a Mulder or a Scully, here are the five best sites where you can experience SoCal’s extraterrestrial history.

In celebration of this new generation's talent, PBS SoCal staff turned a few of winning entries from last year's PBS SoCal KIDS writers contest into animated shorts. Watch them here.

Marijuana. Pot. Weed. Ganja. Mary Jane. The cannabis plant has many names. Here are four things you should know about its history, use and criminalization over the years.

The transportation hub has hardly stood still since it emerged from the bean fields of Westchester in the late 1920s.

Here are six places where you can picture yourself in the pilot’s seat and even take flight — just like the great airmen and airwomen of SoCal once did during The Golden Age of Aviation.

Once an abundant attraction off northern California's coast, red abalone and the lush kelp forests they relied on have been replaced by an overpopulation of kelp-eating purple sea urchins.

A job training initiative helps formerly incarcerated and other at-risk individuals transition to green jobs, while helping residents in environmentally-disadvantaged zones transition to cleaner energy.

California oil has lifted people out of poverty and helped the nation win wars but now the public is becoming increasingly aware of petroleum’s role in altering the climate and endangering their health.