California Online
• A subculture of surfers dots coastlines from San Diego to Sydney after sunset. Visibility is just one of the perils. Why do it? [The New York Times]
• Ann Coulter rejected an offer to reschedule her speech at U.C. Berkeley after it had been canceled over safety concerns. [The New York Times]
• A Beverly Hills couple was accused of masterminding a sprawling medical-insurance scheme. [Orange County Register]
• An examination revealed “a sequence of questionable decisions and missteps” in the Lake Oroville crisis. [The Associated Press]
• In Los Angeles’s construction force, immigrants have gained jobs, unions have withered and pay has sunk. [Los Angeles Times]
• Watch out. Rattlesnake sightings are way up in Southern California. [Los Angeles Times]
• Tahoe got so much snow that Squaw Valley ski resort is considering staying open all summer. [Bloomberg]
• A Los Angeles matchmaking service connects people based on their mutual affection for cannabis. [The New York Times]
• Silicon Valley companies are offering workers paid time off to protest President Trump. [The Washington Post]
• An oral history of the 1969 Santa Barbara oil spill that helped shape the modern environmental movement. [Pacific Standard]
• The Central Valley dominated a ranking of the most polluted American cities. [Quartz]
• Our critic can’t recommend this enough: John Ridley’s wrenching documentary about the Los Angeles riots. [The New York Times]
• Another documentary on the Grateful Dead inspires a newfound appreciation of the band’s indelible stamp on the culture. [Opinion | Los Angeles Times]