As if on cue, the season’s first spotting of a gray whale migrating south was made by two Dana Point whale watching charters on Wednesday.

Gray whale spotted off Dana Point, the first for this migration season — Orange County Register

Some runners are into the holiday spirit as they run the 44th annual Dana Point Turkey Trot Thursday Nov. 25, 2021. (Photo by Michael Fernandez, Contributing Photographer) … more photos…

Dana Point Turkey Trot goes live again with 9,000 runners — Orange County Register

Customers who showed up at Boston Market on Foothill Boulevard in Rancho Cucamonga to pick up their prepaid meals on a blustery Thanksgiving morning were in for a shock.

‘Sorry!’ Customers with prepaid Thanksgiving meal orders find doors shut at Boston Market in Rancho Cucamonga — Orange County Register

Movies that seem assured of how endearing they are usually end up being the least endearing of all. Writer-director Paul Thomas Anderson’s ‘70s retro romance Licorice Pizza has plenty going for it: a vivid San Fernando setting, to remind clueless East Coasters that Los Angeles is hardly synonymous with Hollywood…

Alana Haim Makes a Memorable Debut in the Overly Self-Satisfied Licorice Pizza — TIME

Southern California’s housing market cooled since last spring’s crazed homebuying frenzy. But not much. Agents say they get fewer offers, but there are still bidding wars.

At $690,000, Southern California home prices hit year’s 8th record — Orange County Register

PACIFIC GROVE, Calif. (AP) — There is a ray of hope for the vanishing orange-and-black Western monarch butterflies. The number wintering along California’s central coast is bouncing back after the population, whose presence is often a good indicator of ecosystem health, reached an all-time low last year. Experts pin their decline on climate change, habitat loss and other factors…

Monarch butterflies return to California after record low — FOX 5 San Diego

Get them what they really want.

From The Macallan to WhistlePig, 21 Superb Whiskies to Gift This Holiday Season — Robb Report

Travelers flying out of John Wayne Airport on Friday, Nov. 12 may have breathed a sigh of relief after leaving the hottest spot on record in the nation. Those who flew in may have been surprised by near triple-digit heat in November. The airport saw a high temperature of 98 degrees, according to the National Weather Service…

John Wayne Airport records highest temperature in the nation – 98 degrees – on Friday — Orange County Register

Bob Bondurant, champion driver, a member of Carroll Shelby’s Ford Cobra team, and founder of the Bondurant Racing School, passed away Friday in Paradise Valley, Arizona, at the age of 88. He is survived by his wife, Pat, president and CEO of the Bondurant Racing School, who vows to continue the legacy of Bob’s school.

Bondurant won a world championship while racing for for Shelby American and Ford, winning seven out of ten races against the class dominating Ferrari 250 GTOs…

Bob Bondurant, 1933-2021 — RACER

Gas in California cost $4.676 a gallon on average Sunday, setting the state’s highest recorded average price for regular gasoline, according to AAA. America’s largest state by population has the highest gas prices in the country. The national average dropped slightly to $3.413 Sunday…

California’s average gas price hits new record high — FOX 5 San Diego