A New Abbey Is Being Built in Orange County

A new Abbey (on an obviously medieval footprint) is being built in Orange County, after St Michael's Abbey raised $120M for new construction in 2018.

https://stmichaelsabbey.com/the-new-abbey/

In other news, north of Los Angeles, a very small "great books" college, Thomas Aquinas College, is doing well and has opened a Massachusetts campus.

https://thomasaquinas.edu/

Also north of Los Angeles, see the Benedictine monastery, St Andrew's Abbey.

https://www.saintandrewsabbey.com/