In his new book, Josh Stephens plumbs the depths of California's good and bad -- and tries to find the reason why urban life there is so oddly compelling. >>read more

In the wake of COVID, will Taco Bell rule the world? >>read more

Many armchair planners are trying to blame the virus crisis on density. Real planners shouldn't let them get away with it. >>read more 

Many elements of great, but forbidden, urbanism are on display in a bygone version of Los Angeles >>read more

We're supposed to hate Solvang's kitsch. But it's got great bones -- for several blocks in all directions >>read more

SB 50 went down in flames once more. But the bill gave the state cover for other bills that would otherwise would have been considered radical. And RHNA is forcing upzoning all over the state. >>read more

CP&DR's editor and publisher Bill Fulton recounts the life of the pioneering urban journalist, who passed away right after Christmas. >>read more

The state’s housing shortage and affordability crisis yet again dominated CP&DR’s coverage >>read more

The "retail apocalypse" has claimed a particularly unfortunate victim: the homegrown outdoor equipment chain Adventure 16. California's cities and wilderness are both worse off >>read more

Advances in mobility technologies -- from electric cars to robotic shopping carts -- are dazzling. But planners will be hard-pressed to predict which ones will prevail >>read more