News & Updates
The latest updates from SoCalRegion.com, including highways, geology, history, recreation, photography and other topics from across Southern California.
Latest from SoCalRegion
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New Video – Old US 91 near Field Road
We’re starting a new series called “RoadTalk with Michael Ballard” where we’ll talk about the highways and byways of Southern California. Other topics include the railroads,…
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New Video – Ridge Route Basics
The Historic Highway 99 Association of California, in conjunction with the Ridge Route Preservation Organization, has produced a video on the basics of the Ridge Route…
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New Video – Castaic Creek Bridge
The Historic Highway 99 Association of California has posted a new video on the history of the Castaic Creek bridge near Santa Clarita, CA. Come check…
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New Video – Garvey Ave in Alhambra
Join the Historic Highway 99 Association of California and explore a section of Garvey Avenue, which was part of the first “freeway” in California.
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LADOT Bicycle barrier survey
The City of Los Angeles Department of Transportation (LADOT) is conducting a survey regarding the implementation of concrete barriers instead of bollards along 3rd Street in…
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New Videos – 99 Association
The Historic Highway 99 Association of California has posted two new videos. One discusses a “ghost” sign on I-5 near Lebec and the other discusses the…
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Interesting discovery at Six Flags Magic Mountain
On Friday, August 8, 2025, I was a part of a behind-the-scenes tour at Magic Mountain. Part of the tour included walking part of the infield…
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Old US 80 and a lesson
Back in July 2017, I took a trip out east, partially following old US 80 east of El Cajon, CA. One of the goals was to…
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New US 99 Video
The Historic Highway 99 Association of California has posted another episode of their “History along US 99” series. This time they talk about a section of…
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San Diego Backcountry Videos
A local historian, Chris Wray, has produced a very interesting series of videos on the historic backcountry of San Diego County. Topics include US 80, wagon…
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New US 99 Videos!
Greetings All! The Historic Highway 99 Association of California has posted a couple of new videos recently on US 99 in Santa Clarita, California (HH9AC Region…
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New Video – C-Monuments
The Historic Highway 99 Association has posted their latest video in the History along US 99 series. This time, the video is on C-monuments. What they…