L.A. Trade Tech's automotive training program, the biggest among local community colleges, has been growing in recent years.

SAN DIEGO — The days when auto shop was a major part of the high school curriculum have long since been consigned to revivals and reruns of the musical “Grease.” But auto shop’s long skid in the face ...

Decades ago, singer Cyndi Lauper opined that girls just wanna have fun. But in Milwaukie, Ore., a group of female high school students aspire to something more serious: establishing careers in ...

FORT SILL, Okla. -- When Joe Dees gets around to giving "Betty" a new paint job, he will give her back the good looks she flaunted off the assembly line: a body shade Volkswagen called Brilliant Blue ...

Bogi Lateiner says her first car, a Volkswagen Beetle, was a "piece of junk" she was determined to fix. Instead of taking it to a repair garage, she became the second girl at her New Jersey high ...