SANTA MARIA, Calif. -- One of the biggest annual events in the Santa Maria Valley returns this weekend with the arrival of the West Coast Kustoms Cruisin' Nationals. The popular car show will run ...

LOS ANGELES – George Barris, the legendary custom car builder who created television's original Batmobile and helped define California's car culture with colorfully designed vehicles ranging from the ...

Kustom car king George Barris died this morning at the age of 89. For more than 70 years, Barris created outrageous vehicles ranging from homemade hot rods to the 1966 Batmobile. His North Hollywood ...

The West Coast Kustoms Cruisin' Nationals returns to Santa Maria this weekend, May 26-28. The popular car show attracts people from all over the West Coast to show off their classic and custom ...

Hundreds of classic and custom cars shut down Broadway Friday night for the West Coast Kustoms Nationals annual car cruise in Santa Maria. Thousands of community members and visitors enjoyed a ...

The following year, I picked up a 1967 Pontiac GTO for $113. It ran, sort of, but had been hit on every panel, leaked so badly during rainstorms that mushrooms grew on the carpeting, and the seatbelts ...

LOS ANGELES (CBSLA.com) — The custom car maker who designed the Batmobile and many other iconic TV cars died Thursday at his Los Angeles home. George Barris was 89. Barris' son, Brett, announced his ...

LOS ANGELES — George Barris, the legendary custom car builder who created television’s original Batmobile and helped define California’s car culture with colorfully designed vehicles ranging from the ...

A foundation stone of Southern California car culture is about to be dislodged: The North Hollywood home of Barris Kustom Industries — birthplace of the Batmobile, the Munster Koach and a thousand ...