Blog by an urban planning and transportation writer critical of current preparations for the Los Angeles, USA, World Cup, Superbowl and Olympics. There is no actual sports coverage, it’s just about the effect of these massive sporting events on the infrastructure of the city.
Fediverse address (blog):
@feed@torched.la
Palaeontologist, Executive Director at the Western Science Center in California USA. Amongst other things, Dr Dooley is an expert on prehistoric mastodons.
Fediverse address:
@AltonDooley@mstdn.social
Fediverse address (Western Science Center):
@westernsciencecenter@mstdn.social
Unofficial bot posting latest data on Covid in wastewater in San Francisco Bay Area CA, USA.
Fediverse address:
@covidsewage@simonwillison.net
Data visualisation and cartography design studio established in 2001, based in San Francisco USA.
Fediverse address:
@stamen@vis.social
Local news organisation and news site for California, running 21 local newspapers. Founded in 1996.
Fediverse address:
@HeySoCal@flipboard.com
Independent local news site for Culver City, California, USA.
Fediverse address (blog):
@index@culvercrescent.com
Worker-owned newsroom for Bay Area of San Francisco, California, USA. Covers local news and culture.
Fediverse address:
@COYOTEMedia@flipboard.com
Blog about transport, housing and politics in Alameda, California, USA.
Fediverse address (blog):
@hello@themorningbun.com
Campaigning against traffic deaths and injuries in Oakland, California, USA.
Fediverse address (main):
@RapidResponseTeam@sfba.social
Fediverse address (blog):
@web@oakrapidresponse.org
Listener-supported online radio station based in San Francisco featuring over 30 channels, operating since 2000 and commercial-free.
Fediverse address:
@somafm@sfba.social
Conference about the Python programming language based in Northern California and the Bay Area, USA.
Fediverse address:
@NorthBayPython@social.northbaypython.org
Amateur radio operators in South Pasadena, California USA. Connects local hams of all skill levels, and provides emergency communications training.
Fediverse address:
@SouthPasRadio@mastodon.radio
Multimedia artist, ceramic jeweller, potter, painter. Works often feature plants, animals and abstract nature-inspired forms. Based in Los Angeles USA.
Fediverse address:
@SurlyAmy@socel.net
Official account for UC Santa Cruz, a public university in California USA founded in 1965.
Fediverse address:
@ucsc@mstdn.social
Non-profit organisation which runs a news site, PBS-affiliated TV station and NPR-affiliated radio station in San Diego, California, USA.
Fediverse address:
@KPBSPublicMedia@flipboard.com
Independent legal blog covering law-related events in the Inland Empire area of California, USA.
Fediverse address (blog):
@index@ielaw.news
Non-profit news organisation covering state politics and policies in California, USA. Founded in 2015.
Fediverse address:
@CALMatters@flipboard.com
Independent community news site in the Central Valley, California, USA. Emphasis is on encouraging local activism and protecting vulnerable groups.
Fediverse address (blog):
@index@usparkvalley.com
Independent local news for the Mission District of San Francisco, USA. Reader-supported, non-profit, founded in 2008.
Fediverse address:
@MLNow@sfba.social
Photo archive of Los Angeles, taken between 1987 and 2000. Mainly black and white, but with some colour images.
Fediverse address:
@portcitystudios@masto.ai
Independent local news site for Riverside, California, USA.
Fediverse address (blog):
@index@raincrossgazette.com
Independent coverage of the San Diego FC and San Diego Wave football (soccer) clubs in California, USA.
Fediverse address (blog):
@index@sdfcnation.com
Professional dog trainer based in California, USA. Host of the Dog Talk podcast and author of the book “If Your Dog Could Talk”.
Fediverse address:
@dogtraining@mastodon.world
Local news site for Ingleside in San Francisco, USA. Founded in 2008.
Fediverse address (blog):
@index@inglesidelight.com
Public benefit corporation advocating for restoring California’s high-impact watershed ecosystems.
Fediverse address:
@WaterAuditCA@mastodon.social
Conference about the Python programming language in the Bay Area of San Francisco, California, USA.
Fediverse address:
@pybay@fosstodon.org
Investigative reporting co-operative in Los Angeles, California, USA. Founded in 2025.
Fediverse address (blog):
@index@thesouthlander.com
Independent community news site for San Francisco, California, USA.
Fediverse address (newsletter):
@index@newsletters.48hills.org
Local news and investigative journalism site for Solano County, California, USA. Founded in 2021.
Fediverse address (blog):
@index@vallejosun.com
Community group for users of the Python programming language in Los Angeles and southern California.
Fediverse address:
@socalpython@fosstodon.org
Food newsletter covering where to eat in San Francisco, USA, also covering cultural events. Founded in 2006.
Fediverse address (newsletter):
@index@tablehopper.com
Weather forecast accounts for California, USA. Follow an account to see forecasts for that town or city.
Fediverse addresses:
@anaheim__california@us.fedimeteo.com
@bakersfield__california@us.fedimeteo.com
@chula_vista__california@us.fedimeteo.com
@elk_grove__california@us.fedimeteo.com
@fremont__california@us.fedimeteo.com
@fresno__california@us.fedimeteo.com
@glendale__california@us.fedimeteo.com
@huntington_beach__california@us.fedimeteo.com
@irvine__california@us.fedimeteo.com
@lancaster__california@us.fedimeteo.com
@long_beach__california@us.fedimeteo.com
@los_angeles__california@us.fedimeteo.com
@modesto__california@us.fedimeteo.com
@oakland__california@us.fedimeteo.com
@oceanside__california@us.fedimeteo.com
@ontario__california@us.fedimeteo.com
@oxnard__california@us.fedimeteo.com
@riverside__california@us.fedimeteo.com
@sacramento__california@us.fedimeteo.com
@san_bernardino__california@us.fedimeteo.com
@san_diego__california@us.fedimeteo.com
@san_francisco__california@us.fedimeteo.com
@san_jose__california@us.fedimeteo.com
@santa_rosa__california@us.fedimeteo.com
@stockton__california@us.fedimeteo.com
Bay Area branch of University Council-AFT, a trade union representing lecturers and librarians at the University of California.
Fediverse address:
@ucaftbayarea@union.place
All about hiking in New Hampshire, California and other parts of the United States, including trail maps, route maps and rail trails.
Fediverse address:
@trailspotting@mas.to
Community group for users of the Python programming language in the Bay Area of San Francisco, California, USA.
Fediverse address:
@pyninsula@fosstodon.org
Repairing and servicing jukeboxes and pinball machines in the greater Los Angeles area.
Fediverse address:
@jukeboxmarty@mastodon.social
Reader-supported local news site for Richmond, California, USA.
Fediverse address (blog):
@index@grandviewindependent.com
Lifestyle and arts magazine covering California and the western part of the USA. Founded in 2017.
Fediverse address:
@AltaJournal@flipboard.com
Independent local news site and newsletter covering Elk Grove, California, USA. Founded in 2022.
Fediverse address (blog):
@index@elkgrovedailynews.com
Award-winning nightclub in San Francisco, California, USA, founded in 1985. Hosts an eclectic range of events including music, burlesque shows, lectures, private parties etc.
Fediverse address:
@dnalounge@sfba.social
Local news site for Redlands, California, USA.
Fediverse address (blog):
@index@communityforwardredlands.com
News service for the Sierra area of California, USA, also covering state, national and international news.
Fediverse address:
@yubanet@mastodon.social
Bot posting about earthquakes in California and Nevada, with info sourced from Caltech.
Fediverse address:
@westquake@geodata.nexus
Makerspace and hackerspace based in San Francisco, California, USA. Includes a wood and textile workshop, 3D printers, a laser cutter, and supplies for electronics, crafts and fine arts.
Fediverse address:
@sequoiafabrica@sfba.social
Online news service for Alameda, California, USA. Covers local news and sport, and is run by a non-profit corporation.
Fediverse address:
@alamedapost@newsie.social
Painter based in California USA, mostly creating watercolours with a gentle soft style inspired by nature, plants, animals, architecture.
Fediverse address:
@JazzCatArtist@mastodon.art
Proprietor of the Tablas Creek Vineyard in California USA. Posts on wine, wine production and life on a vineyard.
Fediverse address:
@jasonchaas@mastodon.world
Independent non-profit community news site for San Diego, California, USA. Aim is to provide a voice for communities that are underrepresented or misrepresented in mainstream media.
Fediverse address (blog):
@index@daylightsandiego.org
Exhibited surrealist painter based in Los Angeles, mainly using oil paints on canvas.
Fediverse address:
@nateseubert@mastodon.social
Non-profit archive of over 100,000 items related to lettering, typography, calligraphy and graphic design throughout human history. Based in California, USA.
Fediverse address:
@letterformarchive@typo.social
Runs an enormous online archive of computing history material at the bitsavers website, and is software curator at the Computer History Museum in California, USA.
Fediverse address:
@bitsavers@oldbytes.space
Museum based in Niles, California, USA devoted to the silent film era, especially films produced by the Essanay film studio. The museum maintains an archive of thousands of silent films.
Fediverse address:
@Essanay@sfba.social
Independent publishing house focusing on programming, computing, hacking, STEM etc. Based in San Francisco, USA.
Fediverse address:
@nostarch@mastodon.social
Independent crime and public safety news in Berkeley, California, USA.
Fediverse address (Ghost):
@index@berkeleyscanner.com
Fediverse address (Flipboard):
@BerkeleyScanner@flipboard.com
Award-winning Director of Photography based in Los Angeles, California, USA. Has worked extensively on feature films, shorts and television projects, member of the International Cinematographers Guild.
Fediverse address:
@ajyoung@mstdn.social
Local news site for San Francisco, California, USA, founded in 2004.
Fediverse address:
@SFistNews@flipboard.com
Supporting field and lab work by archaeologists and specialists at the University of California, Berkeley.
Fediverse address:
@arf_ucb@archaeo.social