She has strolled down the red carpet at the Oscars and turned heads around the globe, yet despite her international acclaim as one of Hollywood’s leading actresses, Cameron Diaz’s heart is never far from her Long Beach roots and her sister, Chimene Armstrong. Their bond transcends challenges ranging from a demanding celebrity lifestyle to juggling motherhood with “saving the world,” one child at a time.Read More >>

Are hybrid vehicles here to stay? The answer depends on how you define “hybrid vehicle.” By definition a hybrid vehicle can utilize two sources of power to drive the vehicle instead of one. Using this basic definition, many believe hybrid vehicles will eventually replace their conventional internal combustion-driven counterparts.Read More >>

Judge Joseph Di Loreto, a Long Beach probate judge, had arranged for his racing and design idol, Carroll Shelby, to visit his vast collection of cars. This was a private meeting, one that Judge Di Loreto had dreamed of for a long time. His collection of 18 highperformance vehicles, located in a customized warehouse in Paramount, includes five original Shelby designs. The rarest cars in his collection are the only Shelby-designed, Ford powered McLaren and Shelby’s Cobra Coupe—one of only five in existence.Read More >>

Known for his act that delves into the simple but comical aspects of human behavior, Brian Regan has been entertaining audiences since the early 1980s. As a child, he idolized Johnny Carson, The Smothers Brothers and Jonathan Winters. His love of comedy continued to grow, and it was Steve Martin’s silly, but smart comedic talent that inspired Regan to become a stand-up comedian. Read More >>