The order expanded a previous one in April that barred the Trump administration from withholding federal funding to 16 cities and counties over their local laws.
The agency’s response to public records requests indicated potential violations of federal records laws, experts said.
The president focused on cities like Los Angeles and Washington as he deployed federal troops and railed against crime. But on Friday, in reference to San Francisco, he said, “We’ll clean that one up, too.”
Investigators said they were still searching for the boy, Emmanuel Haro, whose mother had claimed he was abducted outside a store in Yucaipa, Calif., on Aug. 14.
The black bear, which the authorities named Fuzzy, caused little damage but cleaned out much of the inventory at a popular parlor on south shore of Lake Tahoe.
It is not just a scourge of the Middle Ages. Plague still exists, though it is rare. Here’s what to look for and how to protect yourself.
Video showed the pop star walking down a major street in only underwear some time before an encounter with police officers.
Gov. Gavin Newsom has announced an aggressive plan to retaliate against gerrymandering by Texas Republicans. Will it work?
The battle over redistricting is playing out in the country’s two largest states. Texas and California passed redistricting efforts this week that counter each other. David Goodman and Laurel Rosenhall explain how redistricting is playing out in both states and what the final outcome could look like.
The Pickett fire spread across more than 1,000 acres on Thursday, threatening the city of Calistoga and nearby vineyards.
On Thursday, lawmakers in Sacramento approved a sweeping plan to elect more Democrats by redrawing congressional districts. This would counter the gerrymandered map that Republicans in Texas passed earlier the same day.
Gov. Gavin Newsom and Democratic state lawmakers moved quickly to create new districts that could help their party flip five congressional seats. Their plan still requires voter approval.
The figure makes plain how a gerrymandering push that began in Texas but spread nationwide has energized the Democratic base.
A neighbor’s doorbell camera showed Jossimar Cabrera dragging a large object in a tarp, two days before his wife was reported missing, the authorities said.
The hearings will be held on consecutive days, with separate deliberations for each brother.
Media attention has brought the Menendez brothers to the cusp of early release from prison. Criminal justice reform proponents hope other prisoners benefit.
Lawmakers in the nation’s two most populous states were planning to vote Thursday on competing proposals as the battle over U.S. House maps intensified.
After the pandemic forced them to leave Oakland, Calif., a couple returned five years later to realize their dream of owning a home there. Would $600,000 be enough?
As Erik and Lyle Menendez wait for a ruling on their parole, a new tour is retelling their story, in detail, from the back of a limousine.
Jinchao Wei provided a Chinese intelligence officer with defense and weapons abilities of U.S. warships, including their vulnerabilities, prosecutors said.
The California governor’s press office is mimicking President Trump’s distinctive Truth Social style on X. Liberals love it. The White House says it’s “just getting weird at this point.”
The former chief, Kristin Crowley, claimed that Los Angeles leaders retaliated against her for publicly blaming them for refusing to properly fund the Fire Department.
La Administración de Alimentos y Medicamentos instó a los consumidores a desechar los paquetes de camarones congelados vendidos en 13 estados. Una experta en seguridad alimentaria dijo que el riesgo para el público era bajo.
The former president suggested that Democrats opposing G.O.P. efforts in Texas and elsewhere should advance their own gerrymandering plans.
The Food and Drug Administration urged consumers to discard packages of frozen shrimp sold in 13 states. A food safety expert said the risk to the public was low.
A stretch of unusually hot weather combined with exceptionally dry vegetation will elevate the risk of wildfire.
After he was paralyzed in an accident, his use of marijuana for medical purposes led him to become one of the nation’s most influential cannabis activists.
At $500 billion, OpenAI would become the world’s most valuable privately held company.
Republican state lawmakers argue that Democratic lawmakers violated 30-day disclosure rules in the California Constitution.
The Sheriff’s Department in San Bernardino County, Calif., said that Emmanuel Haro’s mother had stopped speaking with investigators after being confronted with inconsistencies in her initial report.
The National Park Service terminated Shannon Joslin over the May 20 demonstration, which it said took place in a prohibited area and lacked the required permits.
Jasveen Sangha will plead guilty to selling the ketamine that killed the “Friends” star, prosecutors said. She could face decades in prison.
At first it seemed unthinkable that the school’s spring musical, “Alice in Wonderland,” would happen. But school leaders quickly decided that it should go on.
A midcentury five-bedroom in Mill Valley, a historic four-bedroom in Los Angeles, and a Spanish-style five-bedroom in Ojai.
Roughly a quarter of the national park’s more than 1 million visitors go there in June, July and August, when temperatures soar. Why?
Thousands assembled around the country to demonstrate against a Republican effort to redraw congressional maps in their favor for 2026.
It’s been a summer full of Trump’s overreach. Our round table convenes to discuss.
Republicans have a clear advantage over Democrats in the total number of states that could redraw their maps.
Isabelle Boemeke, una modelo brasileña que ha posado para marcas como Cult Gaia, comenzó a publicar en las redes sociales como Isodope, un personaje que creó para su labor de defensa de la energía nuclear.
In 1978, Jerry Slocum assembled the first International Puzzle Party in his living room. Now it’s a global event.
The actor-turned-governor helped overhaul how California draws political maps. In an interview with The New York Times, he said he would fight to preserve that legacy.
The plan would help Democrats flip five seats, offsetting the gains Republicans hope to make by redrawing maps in Texas.
The man, who was found with minor injuries and suffering from dehydration, was located by rescue crews operating a drone near where he had last been spotted.
Some have emerged as a front line against Trump’s push to grab more seats in Congress, putting the issue at the center of their party’s politics. Others are ceding the spotlight.
Will the battle over Texas’ gerrymandering lead to a new era for the party?
As an American and as a Jew I regard the right to dissent as a patriotic duty.
Here’s what states need to do: Buy renewables now while the discount is still available.
The man was hit by a vehicle. It happened about a month after an immigrant fell from a greenhouse and later died following a raid in Ventura County.
The governor kicked off his campaign for a proposition asking California voters to approve a new congressional map, a move that comes with both opportunity and risk.
He braved frigid waters and sharks and surfed even when he had a kidney stone while breaking the record for the most consecutive days surfed.
More than a dozen Border Patrol agents turned up in downtown Los Angeles on Thursday outside a museum where Gov. Gavin Newsom of California was holding a rally.
The leader of Democrats in the Texas House said the battle over redistricting, which could determine control of Congress, is likely to continue in the courts.
The armed and masked agents assembled outside a museum where the governor was speaking in what Mayor Karen Bass of Los Angeles called “a provocative act.”
Officials and volunteers patrolled areas around schools, part of an effort to warn families about potential raids and reassure them that their children were safe at school.
Federal agents are assisting the local police, but a surge in National Guard troops hasn’t hit the streets.
Electricity rates for individuals and small businesses could rise sharply as Amazon, Google, Microsoft and other technology companies build data centers and expand into the energy business.
A new tagging method called tap-and-go allows researchers to gather more data on the health and behavior of whales, with less disruption.
“Affordable” by California standards, this San Diego suburb is the site of a new community developed with fire preparedness in mind.
El multimillonario ha comprado al menos 11 propiedades en Palo Alto, California, creando un complejo para su familia, un colegio privado para sus hijos… y dolores de cabeza para sus vecinos.
A new level of partisan one-upmanship should spur urgent demands for reform.
The designer Mandy Cheng deliberately chose pieces she could recommend to her clients for her media room and bar.
Isabelle Boemeke is a Brazilian model with a cause that’s raising eyebrows.
A three-day trial opened Monday in state officials’ challenge of the legality of the deployment, which followed protests over immigration raids.
Plus, a Labubu heist.
A hillside house in Topanga, a condo in Corona del Mar and a Tudor Revival in Sacramento.
A Republican proposal to add five Republican congressional seats in Texas imperils Democrats’ midterm prospects.
The independent body that redraws the state’s political maps isn’t perfect, many Republicans say. But they prefer that to the gerrymander that Gov. Gavin Newsom seeks to offset one proposed in Texas.
The school, called BBS, enrolled 14 children in kindergarten through fourth grade and employed three full-time teachers and other staff members.
The mayor of Los Angeles has emerged as a leading voice of the city’s resistance to the Trump administration after facing criticism for her handling of the wildfires.
The billionaire has bought at least 11 properties in Palo Alto, Calif., creating a compound for his family, a private school for his children — and headaches for his neighbors.
Rescued from neglect, the hairless bulldog claimed the World’s Ugliest Dog Contest title on Friday but her prize came long before the competition results were announced.
The Hollywood landmark has hosted blood drives since 2014. Donors do a good deed, but the perk is entry into the private club.
A Los Angeles artist keeps upping the ante, whether photographing Arctic glaciers through lenses made of their own ice or using a camera that captures light itself at a trillion frames per second.
Demand for the trendy dolls, elf-like creatures with nine-tooth grins, has people lining up for hours to buy them.
The blaze, called the Canyon fire, began early Thursday afternoon near Lake Piru, a reservoir about 60 miles northwest of downtown Los Angeles.
The blaze grew to nearly 5,000 acres within hours, the state’s main firefighting agency said.
A deal designed to force compliance with tougher emissions standards is as risk after the Trump administration intervened.
After almost 30 years in Los Angeles, the star of “The Studio” and “Platonic” has grown to love exploring the less glamorous corners of his adopted hometown.
After Jessica Assaf wrote down the qualities of her ideal partner, she had a revelation at Burning Man: She had found everything she was looking for in Dean Prince.
The Canyon Fire was initially reported at about 30 acres but had rapidly grown to 1,050 acres in a few hours on Thursday, officials said.
A lower court had ordered agents not to make indiscriminate stops relying on factors like race or speaking Spanish.
A founding editor of Rolling Stone and a seasoned music journalist, he spent time with the Beatles and toured with the Grateful Dead and the Rolling Stones.
The court revived a legal challenge to a 2022 regulation that significantly reduced the compensation utilities paid to owners of home solar systems for the electricity they sent to the grid.
Lyten will acquire German and Swedish factories built by Northvolt, which declared bankruptcy in March.
For decades, a soft-touch style of soul music has found a strong Chicano and Latino audience in Southern California. A record label based there is helping it bloom.
A rented Penske truck was used to ferry agents to the Home Depot where the raid was conducted, days after an appeals court upheld an order limiting some enforcement tactics.
The 2028 Summer Olympic Games in Los Angeles will draw thousands of foreign visitors to the United States.
Summertime fire activity is creeping into spring, and the balmier climate is a major driver, scientists said.
The wildfire in the Los Padres National Forest grew to 82,000 acres on Tuesday. Officials are still trying to determine the cause.
The new Los Angeles restaurant from the electric car giant is a smash burger and content machine, drawing Elon Musk’s fans and protesters.
In unpublished research, researchers found live virus on equipment, in wastewater and in the air in so-called milking parlors.
This reality show is short on scandal, betrayal and tears, and has an unusual aim: Elevating U.S. manufacturing.
The long-running New York City tabloid will launch a new version with headquarters in Los Angeles in early 2026.
A union-backed effort would boost wages for hotel and airport workers. But with tourism down, and the city in a slump, hotel owners fear for their survival.
The shooting happened at an unsanctioned after-party following the Hard Summer Music Festival, which featured electronic dance music.
Here is why Democrats in the Texas House left the state, why Republicans in the Legislature want to redraw political maps and why other states are involved.
We explore the new vibe in Silicon Valley.
The blaze injured three people, put hundreds under evacuation orders and threatened 460 structures, officials said.
A cabin in Lake Arrowhead, a townhouse in Los Angeles and a split-level in Berkeley
Some dropped out of M.I.T., Georgetown and Stanford. Others decided not to go to college. They all say they could not afford to wait to build their own artificial intelligence start-ups.
The city is the tech industry’s hub for artificial intelligence, 30 miles north of the home of companies like Meta and Google.
In a major shift, Google, OpenAI, Meta and venture capitalists — many of whom had once forsworn involvement in war — have embraced the military industrial complex.
Goodbye to the age of consumer websites and mobile apps. Artificial intelligence has ushered in an era of what insiders in the nation’s innovation capital call “hard tech.”
The Gifford fire, which has been fueled by dry conditions and warm weather, has spread to two counties, officials said.
The downtown mall was long considered a thriving retail anchor, while the suburban-style one was an afterthought. They had a surprising role reversal.
An appellate panel upheld a finding that federal agents appeared to rely exclusively on race and other factors, such as speaking Spanish, in making arrests.
As governor, Arnold Schwarzenegger championed the state’s nonpartisan redistricting system. Now, Gov. Gavin Newsom wants to pause it to help Democrats.
It’s been so cold in San Francisco, painters on the Golden Gate Bridge had to break out heaters.
The asking price for the couple’s property is around $30 million, while other celebrities, like Adam Levine and Tony Parker, also have put their homes up for sale.
El movimiento contra el ICE en Los Ángeles —que está empezando a arraigarse en todo el país— demuestra el paso de la protesta simbólica a la acción directa.
Angela Lin, 29, was a software engineer at Google who loved to spend time outdoors.
Until she decided not to run, former Vice President Kamala Harris had loomed over the race as a likely favorite. Now, a host of hopefuls are jockeying for advantage.
A.I. technologists are approaching the job market as if they were Steph Curry or LeBron James, seeking advice from their entourages and playing hardball with the highest bidders.
Operating as a collective, they say, reduces the pressures and offers more opportunities to grow while maintaining the integrity of each brand.
Whether it’s bubbling up from a hot spring or rushing off a glacier, water can help relax muscles and soothe stress. Here are some places to harness that healing power.
Una aliada de Harris afirma que “todas las opciones están sobre la mesa”, pero advierte que no hay que darle demasiada importancia a la decisión de la ex vicepresidenta de no presentarse a las elecciones a gobernadora de California.
The move continues a scaling back of President Trump’s military deployment in Southern California that began on June 7.
A Harris ally says “all options are on the table” but cautions against reading too much into the former vice president’s choice to skip the California governor race.
Kamala Harris, the former vice president, announced that she has decided not to run for California’s top office.
The pilot was removed from the cockpit of a plane after it landed in San Francisco on Saturday night. A woman was also charged in a related felony complaint.
Plus, how people are helping discover new species with their phones.
The movement against ICE in Los Angeles — one that is starting to take root across the country — demonstrates a shift from symbolic protest to direct action.
Many of the world’s biggest earthquakes, volcanic eruptions and tsunamis occur along a chain of seismologically active regions that encircle the Pacific Ocean.
The new administration had already courted controversy in both cases. Now the Justice Department seeks to end them entirely.
The man who shot and killed four people in Manhattan had legally purchased a firearm in Nevada, where he lived, despite a record of mental health problems.
A similar approach in New Jersey has led to cancellations of court proceedings, as judges question whether the president’s designee for U.S. Attorney has any authority.
A lawsuit against David Geffen mentions a website where hypergamy — dating above your station — is celebrated. But the word carries darker intonations.
At Taquería Frontera, the art of Tijuana-style tacos is on full display.
The lawsuit argues that the federal government’s demand was an attempt to obtain sensitive personal information for use outside the food stamp program.
She put millions from her foundation into projects in California, like a performing arts center in Beverly Hills and a wildlife crossing over the busy 101 freeway.
The pilot was led away while the crew and passengers remained on board, according to eyewitness reports.
A midcentury modern in Los Angeles, a house with ocean views in Bolinas and a split-level in Santa Cruz
The plane has been located, the U.S. Coast Guard said, and two people have been found unresponsive. A search for the third person is continuing.
Widely admired if long underrecognized for his collage-based art, he died only days after the closing of his first retrospective at a major museum, in his native Pittsburgh.
His company, the Chiron Corporation, contributed important scientific discoveries toward treatments for H.I.V., hepatitis B, diabetes and more.
“The Opinions” round table discusses President Trump’s immigration policies and the emerging resistance to it.
The classical pianist Hunter Noack has embarked on an unusual journey, to take his music to natural landscapes well beyond the concert halls.
The sudden maneuver was made during a Friday flight out of California after two collision safety alerts sounded in the cockpit, causing the pilots to take evasive action, the airline said.
Las aguas residuales vertidas en el río que pasa por México y llega a California desbordan con frecuencia las plantas de tratamiento de ambos países. El problema ha empeorado en los últimos años.
The agreement addresses a longstanding problem that has sickened people in both countries.
After four years leading the Museum of Contemporary Art, Johanna Burton will next head the Institute of Contemporary Art Philadelphia.
Science, a top research journal, said there was no evidence of misconduct by researchers whose finding attracted heavy attention and scrutiny in social media’s early days.
The law violates the Second Amendment, a panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled in a 2-1 decision.
The brokerage, which has already handled transactions with digital payment in lieu of cash, is the first major U.S. firm to create a dedicated team for such deals.
One in five voters who cast a ballot for Donald Trump in 2024 was a person of color. Why?
An analysis released Thursday by the Council on Criminal Justice shows that the majority of crimes the council tracks are continuing to decrease in 42 U.S. cities.
The state’s life expectancy was lower in 2024 than in 2019, according to an analysis, but primarily as a result of causes of death other than Covid.
Through Covid, protests, strikes and fires, the Independent Hospitality Coalition is helping local business navigate a volatile civic landscape.
The temporary lowering of tariffs may compel some U.S. businesses to order goods that they had held off buying after President Trump raised them to 145 percent.
Clinicians at the Department of Veterans Affairs say the president’s return-to-office order is forcing many of them to work from makeshift spaces where sensitive conversations can be overheard.