Amid the devastation of Southern California's Palisades Fire, an image has emerged as a symbol of hope for the masses. It's a blue 1977 Volkswagen Type 2 van affectionately named "Azul." ...

A developer proposes a 284-unit Live Local Act project near Miami International Airport, marking a continued flurry of ...

On Jan. 5, the friends went surfing with the bus, which Weinraub calls Azul - Spanish for "blue." Afterward Martin parked it on a flat spot up the hill from her apartment by the Getty Villa ...

Of all the destruction from the LA fires, the story of a magic blue 1977 VW bus that survived the flames offered a small ...

A RETRO blue VW van stands defiant after miraculously surviving the deadly Los Angeles wildfires. Stunned former owner Preston Martin, 24, assumed the 1977 Volkswagen Type 2 van had been consumed ...

Martin makes carbon fiber surfboards under Starlite. On Jan. 5 the friends drove to go surfing with the van, which Weinraub calls Azul — Spanish for “blue.” Afterward Martin parked it on a flat spot ...

A photo of the vibrant bus taken by an Associated Press photographer circulated widely on television and online, giving viewers a measure of joy.

Local residents, who depend on tourism from the famous Agua Azul (blue water) falls, were alarmed when the cascades gradually slowed. "If there are no tourists, there are no jobs," businessman ...