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The Devil’s Backbone Run took place the first weekend in September, marking the tenth running of SCMM’s annual trek through the Sierras. This year’s event was a three-day adventure, with both nights spent in Mammo […]

Former SCMM President Dan “Wolfman” Skorcz was honored with the club’s first-ever Lifetime Compost Award in recognition for his efforts in organizing last year’s Southwest MINI Fest, creating the Wolf’s Lair, and […]

The long-awaited all-electric MINI Cooper SE is expected to hit dealer showrooms in March 2020, but critics already say it’s nothing to get too charged up about.
Based on the BMW i3 power plant, the MINI’s ele […]

An estimated 2,500 cyclists in the AIDS/LifeCycle Ride wrapped up an eight-day journey from San Francisco to Los Angeles on June 8. Their goal, to raise awareness and money in the fight against AIDS. Their efforts […]

Beach Blanket Babylon, San Francisco’s famous musical revue and highlight of SCMM’s Babylon Run, will hold its final two shows this New Year’s Eve.

“I feel fortunate to have the opportunity see the show before […]

“I don’t think we could’ve have packed anything more into this event,” says SCMM President Michael Garcia, referring to the Death Valley/Las Vegas Run that the MINI Maniacs held March 21-24. Forty-eight members […]

Last weekend, on a beautiful Saturday morning, 18 Minis – from SCMM and San Diego Minis- met up in Pala Mesa and motored out to the desert in search of wildflowers and the metal sculptures that abound around […]

SCMM’s Compost Award, given annually to one member “for outstanding support, dedication, and contribution to the success of a single club event” was presented to Eric “Shadow” Johnson, by SCMM President Michael […]

It started with an email from Simon Tildesley, president of NorCal MINIs, inviting SCMM to collaborate on a joint event along the Central Coast. After weeks of discussion and planning between Tildesley and […]

(Jan. 25, 2019) A last-minute change in the event calendar turned January’s Fourth Saturday of the Month Breakfast into the Pancakes to Pistachios Run.

Organized by SCMM President Michael Garcia, the run was i […]

SCMM members celebrated the club’s 16th anniversary on January 20, with a day of thoroughbred horse racing action. The gathering at Santa Anita Park, an annual tradition since the beginning days of the club, i […]

The 2018 Los Angeles Auto Show opened today and runs through December 9. This year’s show is all about the technology that carmakers are packing inside, basically turning vehicles into smartphones on wheels. E […]

SCMM’s annual memorial run took the MINI Maniacs to Paso Robles this year for a three-day adventure that included wine tasting, wild turkeys, challenging curves, and the always spectacular Pacific Coast.

The g […]

The MINI Maniacs spent a day at California’s highest state park on October 21, Mount San Jacinto, with its peak topping out at a breathtaking 10,804 feet.

The day-long event was a hold-over from August, w […]

In 2016, SCMM member Denise Mueller pedaled a bicycle on the Bonneville Salt Flats to an unimaginable 147.7 mph, and set the woman’s paced bicycle land speed record. This year the 45-year-old mother of three r […]

Another Devil’s Backbone Run is now history. The MINI adventure, dubbed ‘Return to the Mother Lode,’ marked the eighth running of the annual road trip through the Sierras. This year the group spent two night […]

Hearts broke throughout the MINI community this past Saturday when news that its goodwill ambassadors and SCMM members, Norm and Jesse Nelson, lost their home in the devastating Carr Fire in Northern […]

It’s not where one would expect to find a collection of rare French automobiles, tucked away in an industrial park in Oxnard, California. The Mullin Automotive Museum is home to 120 vintage touring and racing c […]