Zane Grey

Catalina calls from across the water

2012-07-22 00:00:00

Ferrying to Santa Catalina Island — just you, that special someone and an upper deck brimming with buoyant kids, chiding parents and assorted Jimmy Buffett look-alikes — isn't exactly a secret on any summer Friday. L.A.'s fabled leisure isle...

Thrills, chills and a few spills on the Rogue River

2012-07-22 00:00:00

MERLIN, Ore. — Before my 23-year-old son, Matt, entered high school nine years ago, his mother and I signed him up for an Outward Bound sailing course in the Gulf Islands west of Vancouver, Canada. � It was rugged, but he still talks about the good...

88 books that shaped America, at the Library of Congress

2012-07-04 16:36:52

The next DIY frontier: roasting coffee beans at home

2011-12-01 00:00:00

Four students are standing over a hot stove in the creamery of the Institute of Domestic Technology on a late-October Sunday at the Zane Grey Estate in Altadena. Each one is manning a hand-cranked Whirley-Pop popcorn popper filled not with popcorn but...

11 micro-itineraries for Long Beach, San Pedro and Catalina Island

2011-07-03 00:00:00

Did somebody order fish and ships? The harbor area of southwest Los Angeles County -- the closest thing we have to a blue-collar coast -- is where the cruise ships call, where global cargo gets loaded and unloaded, where ton upon ton of maritime...

Coffee roasting class at the Domestic Institute of Technology

2011-12-02 16:33:00

Can It!: Food Forward's L.A. Foodsteader Tour

2012-03-10 16:33:00

3 Events: make beer; cherry blossoms at Chaya; Finesse mag

2012-03-27 16:32:50

Neal Taylor dies at 78; fisherman regaled generations of Santa Barbara anglers

2011-02-21 00:00:00

For Neal Taylor, fishing wasn't limited to weekends or, for that matter, water. On one of Santa Barbara's busiest streets, the seven-time national casting champion showed a friend just how it's done, lofting his line into an intersection when the light...

Urban homesteaders find ideal ground in Altadena

2011-03-10 00:00:00

Sometimes, the peach on a backyard tree is just a peach, a sweet, home-grown bonus. In certain circles of Altadena, though, that peach is a gateway fruit. One tree becomes three, which becomes an orchard. The quest for organic fertilizer leads to a flock...

Sports Legend Revealed: Did Cy Young and Amos Rusie help keep Zane Grey from becoming a pro baseball player?

2010-10-20 16:33:12

3 Food Events You Should Know About: Food Blogger Bake Sale; Altadena Urban Farmers Market and Rokyo Ramen at Breadbar

2011-05-13 16:33:18

Romaine lettuce grows on a raised bed at Zane Grey Estate in Altadena.

2011-03-02 00:00:00

created exciting stories of the life, culture and landscape of the American West. Through titles such as "Call of the Canyon," "Riders of the Purple Sage" and "The Vanishing American," Grey's stories of frontier character and romance inspired many to explore new country.

2009-11-09 00:00:00

Kindred spirits Bill Von Henkle keeps a hawk-eyed watch for billfish off San Clemente Island. He's fished Southern California waters for half a century, a lifelong pursuit that also captured writer Zane Grey.

2005-10-03 14:41:04