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Member Profile: Oscar Arguello

Oscar Arguello finds fellowship through education and service.

Adding Up to Success

California Masons are helping families discover that math is everywhere.

Time Will Tell

Masonic pocket watches signal status and, at times, extend a lifeline

The Mason Who Built Hollywood

While movie stars captured the spotlight, Charles E. Toberman worked in the wings, creating the cultural

Coming Home

For veterans, every mission has a team. Civilian life should be no different.

Many Roads, One Craft

How two California lodges show that Freemasonry is enriched by the many paths that lead to

The Work of Beauty

Freemasonry’s third pillar is more than ornament—it’s what wisdom and strength look like in balance.

Donor Profile: Toshiaki Saruwataki

Inspired by the Masonic Homes’ care for others, a Stockton Mason extends a lifetime of service

The Masonic Map

From Venice to the Valley, these Los Angeles streets honor Freemasons who helped shaped the Masonic

Then and Now of Masonic Los Angeles

Mapping Masonic LA’s past and present, tracing landmark temples, lodge-built institutions, transformed gathering places.

Lights, Camera, Lodge

From silent pictures to modern blockbusters, Freemasons have helped shape Hollywood for more than a century.

A City and Its Lodge

The intertwined histories of Culver City and the Masonic lodge that grew alongside it.

The Watch That Led West

An engraved Masonic timepiece set in motion one of California Freemasonry’s most remarkable stories.

The First Builders

As Los Angeles emerged from a small Mexican pueblo, Freemasons helped shaped the institutions—and ideals—that defined

Donor Profile: Mark Matchynski

In San Diego, one newly raised Mason became a Foundation donor in less than a year.

The Shape of Meaning

Sacred geometry offers a way of reading the world—one that continues to influence architecture throughout California.

Lodge Murals Lay Down the Street Cred

Murals don’t just emblazon lodge walls—they preserve local memory and reveal the artful ways Masons have

Monuments to Belonging

At the turn of the 20th century, scale and spectacle put Masonic temples on the skyline,

The Modernist and the Masons

As the Masonic Home at Covina evolves, renowned midcentury architect A. Quincy Jones’s vision guides a

Mozart: Mason, Man, Musician

In Mozart’s “the Magic Flute,” musical genius and Masonic ideals converge and take center stage.

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