California wants to cut greenhouse gas emissions more than even President Barack Obama had proposed. But can the state pull it off, or will it falter?...
Did the university move too slowly in responding to allegations of drug abuse by one of its most prominent deans?
The attorney general told cities and states they could lose millions of dollars in federal grants unless they cooperate with immigration agents.
The U.S. Travel Association takes issue with California’s ban on state-funded travel to Texas because of an anti-gay law.
Richard Atkins was at the beginning of a promising musical career — until a single disastrous performance changed the course of his life.
The fast-food chain is testing a program in which riders using Lyft can request a stop at a drive-through during late-night rides home.
Flowers bloom after wildfires at one of the newest national monuments, where the California landscape is a trip through time.
The tiny federal agency investigates industrial fires and explosions, and its findings can prevent future accidents.
A Berkeley radio station canceled an event promoting Mr. Dawkins’s new book, citing past comments and tweets that it said had “hurt people.”...
The state is making a bold global statement with its cap-and-trade program.
Skeptics scoffed when Blake Irving vowed to reform the internet business built on salacious television ads. But the change is looking real.
The actor rebutted an article saying that his days as the Caped Crusader were numbered.
Two Times journalists knew their ride-along with ICE agents could be sanitized theater, but it was also a rare chance to see the impact on the families left behind.
Before Friday’s game, Cespedes, a cornerstone in the team’s roster, told a Bay Area reporter he would like to finish his career in Oakland, where it began.
A day in the field with immigration enforcers in California, a state hostile to President Trump’s efforts to step up deportations.
Some see Mr. Simpson, who is set be released after serving nine years for a 2007 armed robbery, as a “fallen comrade.” Others are less sympathetic.
Once in the United States, the new arrivals sometimes land in towns that are not exactly prepared for them.
The photographer Peter Duke is on a mission to make reactionaries look glamorous.
The museum’s acquisition of 16 drawings and a painting from an unidentified British collector is its “biggest in terms of financial value,” its director said.
Mr. Paul, a YouTube star and actor on the Disney channel show “Bizaardvark,” has taken a heel turn in recent months, capped off by a viral news clip of him annoying his neighbors.
Whether or not you’re in San Diego for the convention you can get into the Comic-Con spirit by exploring these travel options.
Peak TV has brought in a flood of global acting talent. It’s the job of dialect coaches like Samara Bay to help them all sound right.
A handful of left-leaning states have barred public employees from using tax dollars to travel to states with laws they contend are discriminatory.
A former chapel in San Francisco will house prayer mats designed by 36 artists, including Ai Weiwei.
The Army Corps of Engineers is drilling and taking soil samples to determine the most effective types of barriers in various places along the Mexican border.
The state legislature approved a measure extending the state’s pioneering cap-and-trade program until 2030. Governor Brown lobbied intensively for the bill.
An explosion in costs has emerged as a central problem for the state, and state and local governments are pondering a series of measures to correct course.
Leading a new wave of defiant activism, Lizbeth Mateo is one of a few undocumented immigrants working as a lawyer in immigration courts.
Read about how the other side thinks: Writers from across the political spectrum take on the news of the week.
With passage rates for the test sagging, the court has asserted its authority over the exams, traditionally among the toughest in the country.
For President Trump’s supporters, an open society is not the goal.
Hotels in London, New York and Mexico are offering fashionable pajamas for guests to purchase (Sant and Abel and Olivia von Halle are among the brands).
In San Diego’s Barrio Logan, locally owned art galleries, breweries and restaurants are popping up alongside auto body shops and fruterías.
As France’s bread falters in sales and quality, Pascal Rigo has returned home from a corporate career in America to start a chain of small bakeries.
President Emmanuel Macron of France is in Lausanne, Switzerland, rallying support for Paris’s effort to host the Summer Games in 2024.
Crews have been fighting wildfires in multiple states in the past week, some of which continued to rage on Monday.
About 140,000 residents were left without electricity late Saturday after a fire broke out at a receiving station.
Weirdly, we’re still building corporate campuses like it’s the 1950s.
Maxine Waters has been in Congress for a quarter-century, but in President Trump, her barbed tongue has found a perfect target — and an audience.
Ian Johnstone’s father was shot and killed two decades ago. Now he’s applying tech expertise, along with old-fashioned political organizing, to the problem of gun violence.
Shortly after opening Glasserie in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, Ms. Kramer left to pave a path elsewhere, but her cooking still pulls from her roots.
The artisanal fragrance maker Mandy Aftel will let you in for only an hour, to inhale aromas ancient and modern, and send you out with scented keepsakes.
SingleThread, in Healdsburg, Calif., offers personalized meals that are inspired by California and Japanese cuisine and use a lot of local ingredients.
Ms. Harris, California’s junior senator, has gained notice during her first year in office, in some cases for being cut off by Republican colleagues.
A reader says Californians don’t want the president in their state.
A subpoena requires testimony from two confidants of the real estate scion, who is accused of killing a close friend in 2000.
Ms. Harris, California’s junior senator, has gained notice during her first year in office, in some cases for being cut off by Republican colleagues.
The hip-hop producer has a new album, aptly named “Grateful”; a new baby; and new endorsement offers “all the time.” Here is how he stays grounded.
Apple Park, headquarters for 12,000 people, has brought tourists, businesses and higher real estate prices to the surrounding area.
A wave of revelations about investors mistreating female entrepreneurs has spurred the resignation of a prominent venture capitalist and calls for change.
Imhoff led California to the 1959 N.C.A.A. title, won an Olympic gold medal and had a long career in the N.B.A., including two seasons with the Knicks.
Mr. Trump has been in no rush to visit the country’s most populous state, breaking with decades-old presidential history.
The Bay Area tech scene has start-up incubators and hacker spaces. But what do you do when you want to figure out your next move?...
Lee Friedlander’s series “The Little Screens” was an early artistic attempt to document television’s nascent dominance of America.
Rural residents in the state’s northern reaches say they are underrepresented and politically alienated by a system that doesn’t have their interests in mind.
Lee Friedlander’s series “The Little Screens” was an early artistic attempt to document television’s nascent dominance of America.
More than two dozen women in the tech start-up industry spoke to The New York Times about being sexually harassed by investors and mentors.
Two Times reporters discuss the Jay-Z album debut on Tidal, and the bad behavior that runs rampant in the venture capital industry.
After a $75 million face-lift, the John Anson Ford Amphitheater, the lesser-known neighbor of the famous Hollywood Bowl, is ready for its close-up.
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is expanding to a record 8,427 people; if all accept, female and minority membership would rise.
Code.org, a tech-backed nonprofit, is pressing schools to teach computer science. But are tech firms swaying education to serve their own interests?...
The auto camera firm, blending Apple’s passion for design with a more open culture, died from a classic business problem: Its product cost too much.
Strong winds and high temperatures remained obstacles for firefighters as they battled separate wildfires in California and Utah.