Gary Krist tells the story of the city through the lives of three people whose restlessness and ambition transformed it in the early decades of the 20th century.
A 1933 Tudor revival home in Beaverton, Ore.; a hillside condominium in Sea Ranch, Calif.; and a one-bedroom co-op in New York City.
A 1933 Tudor revival home in Beaverton, a hillside condominium in Sea Ranch and a one-bedroom co-op in Manhattan near Central Park.
In a letter, senior faculty members expressed “outrage and disappointment” over C.L. Max Nikias’s handling of accusations of misconduct against a campus doctor.
The “Atlanta” director on “This Is America,” surrealism and horror.
The event was held at Lake Merritt, where two black men were hassled for grilling. “It was a sea of love and blackness and food and fun,” an organizer said.
As state governments develop plans to introduce sports betting, some American Indian tribes in the casino business are working to make sure they’re dealt in.
A prominent Democrat in the nation’s most Democratic state is struggling for traction against Dianne Feinstein. At 84, she is a California fixture.
The Chinese Consulate General raised concerns over the allegations of misconduct against a gynecologist, George Tyndall, that included targeting Chinese students.
Kevin Cooper is awaiting execution for a quadruple murder. But he may have been framed.
Three people were also injured in the blast in Aliso Viejo, Calif., which the authorities called suspicious.
California is in fact losing population to domestic migration, but for many people, the calculation is more about social networks than economics.
There are potentially active volcanoes all over the West and Alaska as well as Hawaii, and about 50 are considered high priorities for monitoring. Here is where to find them.
A ballot measure brought by a real estate developer, a former C.I.A. analyst and a finance executive would create tough data privacy laws.
The nation’s housing policy for the poor can feel like a giant lottery. Sometimes it actually is a lottery.
The state’s moderate Republicans should forge a new party — and help create a blueprint for improving America’s dysfunctional politics.
“It’s not good enough to talk,” says Jeffrey Tibbetts, a registered nurse whose home plays host to Grindfest, an annual meetup of biohackers. “You should be taking action. That’s kind of our ethos.”
The president has directed his administration to negotiate with California over a proposed rollback of fuel economy and tailpipe emissions standards.
Savings on gasoline that would have resulted from better fuel economy will be lost, and consumers will be paying the bill.
A state-funded clinical trial will test whether nutritious daily meals for chronically ill people can improve health and reduce medical costs.
One 14-year-old student shot another at the school in Palmdale, Calif., the police said. The shooting occurred an hour before classes were set to begin.
In every house hunt, there’s a place that you didn’t buy that sticks in your memory, maybe even becoming lovelier as time goes by.
The president has created deep divisions among Korean-Americans: Some admire his foreign policy while others are angered by his talk on immigration.
The man, who is thought to have hacked thousands of sites around the world, was arrested in California and could face up to 21 years in prison.
The woman claims that the R&B star held her against her will during a party last year and that one of his friends repeatedly raped her.
The woman claims that the R&B star held her against her will during a party last year and that one of his friends repeatedly raped her.
Readers share their favorite creations from “The Australian Women’s Weekly Children’s Birthday Cake Cookbook.”
The state mandate, to take effect in 2020, is the first in the country and is expected to add $8,000 to $12,000 to the cost of a house.
People across California wrote in with their thoughts about heroin abuse in the state’s rural north
A colonial-style house in Raleigh, a 117-acre estate in Kirby and a 1968 home in Sonoma County.
A colonial-style house in Raleigh, N.C.; a 117-acre estate in Kirby, Vt.; and a 1968 home in Healdsburg, Calif.
A fiscally conservative Republican, he was admired for his bipartisanship and popular with voters as a foe of apartheid and assault rifles.
Across America, a Times reporter found, people aren’t just willing to talk about their struggles — they seem to need to share their experiences.
When it comes to the relationship between Silicon Valley companies and communities of color, hiring isn’t the only issue.
“Got surrounded by the police for being black in a white neighborhood,” one of the guests said after the police were called on her group. She and her friends are suing.
Surging opioid use and homelessness are driving an epidemic of despair in parts of the state that are short of housing, treatment options and patience.
Years of robust growth have brought California bragging rights and rising homelessness, soaring salaries and endless traffic, flooded state coffers and eye-popping house prices.
An off-duty officer in Southern California thought Jose Arreola was stealing a $1.19 roll of mints and pulled out his handgun.
Hitting rock bottom? California Republicans fear that they will have no candidate for U.S. senator or governor on the ballot in November.
Propelled by a predawn rocket launch from California on Saturday, the spacecraft will study the deep interior of the red planet, contributing to understanding of how planets form.
The decades-long effort to catch a serial murderer and rapist reached a turning point when an investigator decided to upload DNA evidence to a genealogy website.
Before genealogy websites helped crack the “Golden State Killer” case, a similar technique was used to solve a decades-old cold case in New Hampshire.
For anyone who remembers his mayoralty, his new role is a sad sight.
Luxurious L.A. may feel like a pricey destination, but these simple tips will help you enjoy a luxury visit to the city without breaking the bank.
The chief executive said the electric-car maker would be profitable in the second half of the year if it met its production goals.
It is the first reported death in the outbreak, which has caused 121 reported infections in 25 states, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
An official report calls into question a private autopsy that found an unarmed black man was hit primarily while facing away from two Sacramento police officers.
The state's move escalates a revolt against a proposed rollback of fuel economy standards that threatens to split the country’s auto market.
The state’s highest court made it much harder for companies like Uber to classify workers as contractors rather than employees.
California officials have said they will fight in court any attempt by the Trump administration to revoke or bypass their power to set their own auto emissions standards. Here are three big issues for the state.
The restaurant’s founders, who are Asian-American, said, “we choose to embrace the term and reinterpret it positively for ourselves.”
In the Boyle Heights neighborhood, a design intervention led by residents and activists unveils a “playground in a box” to reclaim streets for public life.
How a serial rapist and murderer in California flaunted his power as well as his belief that he could elude accountability forever. He was wrong.
Mr. Yarber was shot dead in a Walmart parking lot on April 5 in Barstow, Calif. At his funeral on Friday, mourners called for justice.
The arrest of a suspect has set off alarms among some scientists and ethicists worried that consumer DNA may be widely accessed by law enforcement.
The agency has drafted regulations on planet-warming emissions from vehicles that would dramatically weaken Obama-era standards.
Investigators used DNA gathered at a crime scene and created a fake profile and pseudonym on a genealogy website several months ago, according to law enforcement officials.
Eight of the festival’s 12 premieres were theatrically individual, with all four programs substantial.
San Diego may join a growing trend and become a retailer of electricity, seeking better rates than the local utility and pursuing clean-energy goals.
Weeks after Jennifer Hart drunkenly drove a sport utility vehicle off a cliff, killing her wife and their children, newly released documents detail disturbing allegations of neglect.
From the early reports of burglaries in Visalia to the chilling details of the violent crimes in Sacramento.
Giving up on training for a marathon was very much in keeping with the rest of my life right now, as I am learning the lost art of quitting.
For decades, those who survived the killer’s attacks or saw loved ones murdered suffered alone. But they bonded together in recent years and celebrated the arrest of a suspect this week.
After a decades-long search to solve a string of rapes and murders in California, Mr. DeAngelo, a former police officer, came under scrutiny last week.
Investigators used DNA from crime scenes and plugged that genetic profile into an online genealogy database, tracing DNA to the suspect, Joseph James DeAngelo.
The battle between the White House and blue states raises questions about the limits of federal authority.
The author devoted years to identifying the Golden State Killer, but she didn’t live to see the arrest of a suspect, or her book about the cold case published.
The author devoted years to identifying the Golden State Killer, but she didn’t live to see the arrest of a suspect, or her book about the cold case published.
Joseph James DeAngelo, 72, was arrested at a home in Citrus Heights, Calif. The so-called Golden State Killer is thought to have killed 12 people, raped at least 45 people and burglarized more than 120 homes in the 1970s and ’80s.
The suit, filed in January by Jennifer Jarosik, was dropped on Wednesday. She had said she was raped in 2016 and sought $5 million in damages.
Joseph James DeAngelo, 72, is the suspect in the case of a serial killer and rapist who terrorized communities in California in the 1970s and 1980s.
That’s why more and more towns are deciding to wrest control of their streets from the tyranny of the automobile.
Is California’s one-party rule our political destiny?
Employees in the tech industry have an unusual power: They can make their companies act more responsibly. All they have to do is speak up.
Wednesday: Digging for heirlooms in Montecito, Devin Nunes, Bay Area home prices soar further, California coffers are bursting, and finally, finding a buried portrait.
A 19th-century cottage in East Hampton, a Tudor-style home in Altadena and an 1871 house in Savannah.
A 19th-century cottage in East Hampton, N.Y.; a Tudor-style home in Altadena, Calif.; and an 1871 house in Savannah, Ga.
The donation, one of the largest ever to an American music school, will help build a $185 million performing arts center and residential tower.
The southern tip of Baja California, Mexico, turned out to be like an immersive choose-your-own-adventure novel. Here are a few of those turns, and the resulting ups and downs.
About three dozen development projects, valued around $3.5 billion, are underway or in the pipeline in Long Beach.
With no weapon or witness, a California prosecutor who has won more than a dozen cold cases must prove that Mr. Durst killed a confidante 17 years ago.