The writer Franz Linz explores a federal plan to protect the spotted owl.
A renovated midcentury home in Los Angeles, a hillside house in Sausalito and a 2020 retreat in Santa Paula.
Her arresting roles in movies like “Bush Mama” and “Daughters of the Dust” helped shape a generation of independent filmmakers.
Ohio State, Indiana University and Northeastern have graduation ceremonies this weekend, all happening on the heels of clashes between protesters and the police.
Las autoridades mexicanas recuperaron los cadáveres mientras proseguía la búsqueda de tres turistas, dos australianos y un estadounidense, que desaparecieron mientras estaban de vacaciones.
Mexican authorities recovered the three bodies as a search went on for two Australian tourists and a U.S. citizen who disappeared while on vacation.
The New York Times used videos filmed by journalists, witnesses and protesters to analyze hours of clashes — and a delayed police response — at a pro-Palestinian encampment on Tuesday.
The university said it would hold a celebration at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. More than 100 school-specific graduations and smaller receptions will also take place with tighter security.
As U.S.C. and U.C.L.A. pick up the pieces, the two universities present dueling case studies in crisis management.
The first big pro-Israel counter demonstration was on Sunday in Los Angeles, home to large Israeli and Jewish populations. More are planned in the coming days.
A union representing academic workers said it would file unfair labor charges against the University of California, Los Angeles, and potentially walk out over the handling of protests this week.
Jerry Nehl Boylan was found guilty last year of “seaman’s manslaughter” for abandoning his commercial diving ship when it caught fire in 2019. The fire killed 33 passengers and one crew member.
Sara Kramer and Sarah Hymanson — the chef-owners of the restaurant Kismet — hosted a Mediterranean and Middle Eastern-inspired feast to celebrate their first cookbook.
The European Court of Human Rights has found that Italy’s claims to a contested Greek statue are legitimate. But the museum says its continued possession is appropriate and lawful.
Police officers dismantled a pro-Palestinian encampment and made arrests after a tense hourslong standoff overnight with demonstrators on the campus.
Police officers dismantled a pro-Palestinian encampment and made arrests after a tense hourslong standoff overnight with demonstrators on the campus.
The Bay Lights installation, spanning 1.8 miles on the region’s workhorse bridge, has been off since March 2023. A bigger version will take its place.
As part of his plan to conserve the nation’s land and waters, Mr. Biden is enlarging the San Gabriel Mountains National Monument and the Berryessa Snow Mountain National Monument.
The outbreak linked to shelled organic walnuts distributed by Gibson Farms has sickened 12 people and hospitalized seven in California and Washington State, federal officials said.
Its flagship will open with a 30th-anniversary exhibition featuring works by all of the gallery’s 80 artists.
The super PAC, Battleground California, said it would drive turnout among voters of color to try to flip seats that are seen as crucial to winning control of the House this fall.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will be on the November ballot in California after securing a presidential nomination from the American Independent Party.
The university called in law enforcement officers to help after “horrific acts of violence” occurred on campus Tuesday night, an official said.
California’s largest utility said its proposed deal with the global investment firm KKR could reduce customer rates by $100 million over 20 years.
The state is the fourth where Mr. Kennedy is all but assured a spot on the ballot in November against President Biden and former President Donald J. Trump.
State demographers are optimistic that the population will continue to grow for the foreseeable future.
Protesters had occupied an administration building for over a week, leading the university to shut down the campus.
Pro-Palestinian protesters have occupied the administration building at California State Polytechnic University, Humboldt, for the past week and forced a campus closure until May 10.
She wrote her much-anticipated second novel, “Real Americans,” while also creating the Ruby, a co-working collective for writers and other artists.
A special section of The New York Times on museums highlights art across the state.
Plus, a debate about killing owls.
Galena, a 6-year-old shorthair, was found in an Amazon warehouse a week after she climbed into a 3-by-3-foot cardboard box at her owner’s home.
A 1926 Spanish-style home in Pasadena, a five-bedroom retreat in Lake Arrowhead and a midcentury ranch house in La Mesa.
An audacious federal plan to protect the spotted owl would eradicate hundreds of thousands of barred owls in the coming years.
We think of adding regulation as something liberals do and removing regulation as something conservatives do. But that is only part of the story.
Some communities with religious origins now offer spiritual programming as just one of many enticements, like the bingo nights of yesteryear.
Fueled by the public’s love of reality TV and desire to view luxury homes, real estate agents are chasing fame as fervently as they chase deals.
The “Yes in God’s Backyard” movement to build affordable housing on faith organizations’ properties is gaining steam in California and elsewhere.
Many museums around the country have had children’s programs for years — but they are on the rise now more than ever.
As the well-connected pastor of the Glide Memorial Church in the blighted Tenderloin district, he preached a “radically inclusive” gospel in serving people in need.
Her distinctive prose and sharp eye were tuned to an outsider’s frequency, telling us about ourselves in essays that are almost reflexively skeptical. Here’s where to start.
We’ve added six books for young readers to our growing list of titles that reflect life in the Golden State.
He won the right to services like school and health care for people illegally crossing the border into the U.S. He also fought the Trump administration’s family separation policy.
There have been student protests and arrests, as well as controversy over the school’s decision to cancel the speech of its valedictorian.
Karen McDougal sold the rights to her story. Donald J. Trump and the publisher of The National Enquirer decided what would happen to it.
Mayor Fred Keely likened trying to shore up the erosion-threatened West Cliff Drive to changing a tire while the car is still moving.
SFMOMA explores the galaxy of visual and technological design that has long revolved around the music we love.
Readers discuss a column by Nicholas Kristof. Also: Donald Trump, “unprecedented”; tech in school; how sorrow changes us; California’s property taxes.
Our playlist reflects the breadth and diversity of the Golden State.
El virus H5N1 ya ha matado a decenas de miles de mamíferos marinos y se ha infiltrado por primera vez en el ganado de EE. UU. ¿Cuál es el riesgo para los seres humanos? Los científicos trabajan con rapidez para encontrar respuestas.
A challenge to a small Oregon city’s law that imposes fines on homeless people for sleeping outdoors could have big implications for the Golden State.
In “The Whole Staggering Mystery,” Sylvia Brownrigg explores her mysterious parent’s past, and finds more than she bargained for.
Creative approaches to landscaping and a post-pandemic interest in outdoor activities are driving institutions to make better use of their grounds.
In a city still struggling to recover from the pandemic, Mayor London Breed hopes giant pandas will lift the spirits — and the economy — of San Francisco.
As voters’ frustration has grown with sprawling tent encampments in public spaces, Democratic and Republican leaders alike have called for greater authority to ban such camping.
The town threw a party for the opening of a $1.7 million public restroom.
A three-bedroom home in La Jolla, a renovated retreat in Palm Springs and an Edwardian house in San Francisco.
Additional routes in popular parks now require reservations, the annual pass gets a big change, Juneteenth is now a new free entrance day and more changes for 2024.
Matthew Kenney, one of the most famous names in plant-based cuisine, has left a trail of burned investors, bounced paychecks and graphic text messages.
H5N1, an avian flu virus, has killed tens of thousands of marine mammals, and infiltrated American livestock for the first time. Scientists are working quickly to assess how it is evolving and how much of a risk it poses to humans.
The Getty House was broken into early Sunday through a smashed window, the police said. Mayor Karen Bass said she and her family were safe.
The ad portrays a woman trying to leave the state to have an abortion. The Campaign for Democracy, a political action committee started by Mr. Newsom, the California governor, created it.
The 33-inch model surfaced on eBay after disappearing around 1979. An auction house is giving it to the son of Gene Roddenberry, the creator of “Star Trek.”
The son of the former Supreme says in court papers that the man who sought to help his mother after she became incapacitated also took advantage of her financially.
Don Tamaki was integral to getting redress for Japanese Americans. He says serving on a California task force transformed his view on racism in America.
The authorities said the cable had been cut intentionally, halting check-in services for at least two major airlines for several hours.
Law enforcement agencies had been on the lookout for a serial burglar who was posing as a priest and called himself Father Martin, the sheriff’s office in Riverside, Calif., said.
For years, Harry and his wife, Meghan, have considered California home. This week, he updated his residency in a corporate filing.
Disney plans to spend at least $1.9 billion to develop and reimagine the park over the next decade.
After decades in Arizona, a couple relocated to the San Francisco Peninsula, where they hoped to find a single-level home with no stairs and plenty of room to host family.
In her 60s, she set off on a hulking Harley-Davidson and found a new area of anthropological research: bikers, and in particular, female bikers.
Readers submitted small ways that the pandemic shifted their thinking for the better, or introduced a new joy into their life.
Mocktail trails, olive oil tours and elevated dining experiences are among the many ways the renowned wine-producing areas of Sonoma, Mendoza and Tuscany are appealing to sober or sober-curious travelers.
The clinic, which provided abortion, birth control and other health services in Costa Mesa, Calif., was the target of a “brazen attack” in 2022, a prosecutor said.
The Republican senator from Arkansas said citizens should “take matters into your own hands” against demonstrators who have stepped up their civil disobedience to protest Israel’s offensive in Gaza.
Probably because of a griffin-riding warrior queen.
A laid-back shop in Los Angeles is a semi-secret spot for celebrities and costume designers.
About 600 inmates housed at the troubled facility in the San Francisco Bay Area will be transferred to other federal institutions.
The music festival had plenty of memorable fashion. Most (but not all) of it was ostentatious.
A professed archaeologist of the industry, he opened his own stores and partnered with other experts and vendors in the nascent comics business.
Along with the departure of two senior executives, the cuts added to signs of turmoil at the electric car company.
“Harold and Maude,” “The Grapes of Wrath” and more.
A three-bedroom house in Calistoga, a Cape Cod-style home in Long Beach and a 1927 cottage in Mill Valley.
La capital de Baja California Sur ha mantenido su compromiso con la conservación del medioambiente, pero también se ha convertido en la sede de restaurantes y hoteles interesantes.
A freshman congressman is demanding answers from the fashion house Loro Piana, which sources wool from his native Peru and faces accusations of exploiting workers there.
Prosecutors said Keith Berman falsely claimed he had invented a blood test that could detect Covid-19 in 15 seconds. His lawyer said he had put “genuine effort” into developing such a test.
Pro-Palestinian supporters disrupted a dinner for law students. There was a tussle over the microphone and conflicting claims of harm.
The murder trial of O.J. Simpson was a defining part of a turbulent era in Los Angeles.
Plus, A.I. lands on Wall Street.
Some, like Marcia Clark and Mark Fuhrman, gained fame in other arenas. Others lived quieter lives.
In Los Angeles, the restaurant Chain taps into a feverish nostalgia for burgers and pizza from the 20th century.
I always thought of the Simpson case as a great American tragedy, with its echoes of “Othello.”
From the car chase to the verdict, the murder case became an inextricable part of Los Angeles history in the 1990s, and Angelenos to this day still ponder what happened.
The San Gabriel Mountains National Monument and the Berryessa Snow Mountain National Monument are expected to grow by a combined total of about 130,000 acres.
Saltó a la fama en el campo de fútbol americano y amasó fortunas en el cine. Pero el juicio en el que se le acusó de asesinar a su exesposa y a uno de sus amigos lo cambió todo.
The museum was criticized earlier for failing to acknowledge the contributions of the Jewish pioneers who helped establish the American film studio system.
The appointment comes as Berkeley and college campuses across the country are facing turmoil over free speech, racial and political diversity, and affordability.
The campsite, run by a 22-year-old volunteer, became a first stop for people seeking food, water and warmth as they waited to be apprehended by border authorities.
What Frank Auerbach did for Camden Town, Monet did for Paris and De Chirico did for piazzas all over Italy, Diamond did for New York’s masonry.
If health care is interpreted in the truest sense of caring for people’s health, it must extend well beyond the boundaries of hospitals and clinics.
In recent months, a handful of exclusive credit card lounges have opened in airports in the United States. More are coming this year.
Melina Abdullah, a racial justice activist in Los Angeles and professor of Pan-African Studies at California State University, joins the independent presidential ticket.
Visitors make Hollywood Boulevard one of their first stops in Los Angeles. But when they arrive, the reality may not match the fantasy.
Mediante inteligencia artificial, estudiantes de secundaria y bachillerato han fabricado y compartido imágenes explícitas de compañeras de clase.
The request by NewJeans is the latest effort by the K-pop industry in its struggle to stem rumors on platforms based outside South Korea.
The Ranch, which specializes in long hikes, communal vegan meals and snacks of precisely six almonds, is opening an outpost in the Hudson Valley.
He used his church, First African Methodist Episcopal, as a base to address the social ills that confronted the city’s Black population.
The pandemic was tough on city centers and cultural institutions. What does that mean for Los Angeles, whose downtown depends on the arts?
Wildflowers are beginning to spring to life across the state after another wet winter.
A Tesla driver’s family had sought damages for the 2018 crash, which happened while the carmaker’s driver-assistance software was in use.
Ms. Tang, who had been running the news organization on an interim basis since January, takes charge at a turbulent time for the publication.
Californians in the Bay Area and in Southern California braced for a favorable view of the partial eclipse as clouds dissipated on Monday morning.
Using artificial intelligence, middle and high school students have fabricated explicit images of female classmates and shared the doctored pictures.
The popularity of the Cornish pasty, a meat pie eaten by hand like a sandwich, is a legacy of the gold rush.
A 1929 Spanish-style house in Riverside, a two-bedroom condominium in Pasadena and a midcentury ranch house in Long Beach.
Last July, a recently divorced writer who had found solace in hiking took on a towering challenge: Mount Whitney, the highest peak in the lower 48 states.
She wrote about politics and the patriarchy as a left-wing writer, then alienated her compatriots with exposés critical of the Black Panthers and the environmental movement.
Democrats are targeting incumbent Republicans in a number of districts President Biden won in 2020 — but the general rule is, as goes the presidential race, so go House races.
The urban “doom loop” seems to have come to a halt.
Una demanda acusó al estado de no proporcionar una educación equitativa a estudiantes de bajos ingresos, negros e hispanos durante la pandemia.
A lawsuit accused the state of failing to provide an equal education to lower-income, Black and Hispanic students during the pandemic.
Two of the most cautious states have bypassed the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention by letting students and workers who have the virus but are asymptomatic avoid isolation.
The country is on track for a record drop in homicides, and many other categories of crime are also in decline, according to the F.B.I.
From the revamped Transamerica Pyramid to a small public radio station broadcasting from a former copy shop, the street offers hope for recovery in the city.
Since Senator Dianne Feinstein died in September, her admirers have looked for ways to honor her legacy.
A new study found that California schools got positive results from a targeted investment in the science of reading — even with the challenges of pandemic recovery.
The Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation conference comes at a pivotal moment for the city as it struggles to rebound from the pandemic.
Many restaurants are fundamentally changing how they do business after the pandemic.
As they struggle to recover after the pandemic, regional theaters are staging fewer shows, giving fewer performances, laying off staff and, in some cases, closing.
In California, Bay Area Rapid Transit has suffered so much that it needs a state bailout — and possibly a new business model.
Park Hotels & Resorts said it stopped making payments on a $725 million loan tied to two prominent hotels in a city hit hard by pandemic-related changes.
Tech workers have stayed home, and ongoing social problems downtown are forcing civic and business leaders to confront harsh realities about the city’s pandemic recovery.
As the nation’s schools ‘return to normal,’ teachers in an L.A. neighborhood hit hard by Covid are left to manage their students’ grief — and their own.
As tech companies cut costs and move to remote work, their left-behind office furniture has become part of a booming trade.
Facing an existential crisis over empty space, owners are trying to fill malls with residences, building on the live-work-play model sought by young adults.
San Francisco has been held up as an economic success story, but the heart of the city is yet to recover from the pandemic.
California’s law sought to punish doctors who give patients false information about Covid-19.
Also, another mass shooting in California and New Zealand’s next leader.
Also, New Zealand’s next leader and a Lunar New Year travel surge in China.
Caring for seriously ill patients needing round-the-clock attention during the pandemic has added layers of commitment.
Hospitalizations and Covid cases have increased sharply in Los Angeles since Thanksgiving. But fear — and masks — are missing this time around.
Two lawsuits in California have pre-emptively challenged a new law that would punish doctors for misleading patients about Covid-19.
What seemed like a transitory step to avoid infection has become a major force driving the future direction of urban America.
The pandemic has been a time of great loss — and a time of great reflection. Perhaps no one understands that more than Rachel McKibbens.
A story of lies, family, America and what Covid revealed, as well as what it destroyed.
The wealthy California county just north of San Francisco has one of the nation’s highest Covid-19 vaccination rates after years of being known for parents who opposed shots for childhood diseases.