Artists who created public depictions of the civil rights icon Cesar Chavez have had to revisit their works after accusations emerged of Mr. Chavez’s sexual abuse of girls in the movement.
Kinship and a notoriously expensive housing market spurred a family to join forces and buy a multifamily house in California. Here’s what they found.
The nonpartisan primary remains volatile after the departure of Eric Swalwell. A televised debate featured six leading candidates, but produced few fireworks.
Tornadoes are uncommon in the state, but a storm system caused three near Fresno on Tuesday.
Teresa Peroni, 27, was last seen on July 4, 1983, in Selma, Ore. Marcus Sanfratello, the man seen with her that day, pleaded guilty to first-degree manslaughter after his arrest last year.
The Los Angeles police sought to keep the findings secret for months as they investigated the singer D4vd, who was charged this week with the murder of the teenager.
Six candidates for governor will face off Wednesday night in a race that has been upended by Eric Swalwell’s sudden departure.
Our critic calls the David Geffen Galleries “a beacon of glam with brains.” As a space to show art, it has problems. The Latino art is a revelation (if you can navigate the maze).
The Trump administration and Democratic state leaders are blaming each other for what everyone agrees is a big problem. The president has targeted California and Gov. Gavin Newsom in particular.
With Virginia’s vote on Tuesday, Democrats pulled close to even with Republicans, who may have further cards to play in the race to gain extra House seats.
There were no immediate reports of damage.
The pop star said she was “hoping and praying” for someone to find the ensemble, from her personal collection, after her surprise performance at the music festival.
Andon Market in San Francisco is billed as the first retail boutique run by an artificial intelligence agent. So far, the inventory seems random, and there are too many candles.
Apple’s corner office has been a seat from which executives like Steve Jobs changed how we interact with technology.
Betty Yee, the former state controller, had faced pressure to drop out after hovering near the bottom of polls for months. The move could help Democrats begin to unify behind a front-runner.
The state claimed the e-commerce giant pressured brands like Levi’s and Hanes to ask competing retailers to raise prices on certain products.
The singer is accused of committing unlawful sexual acts against Celeste Rivas Hernandez, killing her because she was a witness to an investigation, and mutilating her body.
Fuel station owners take some of the hit for consumers when oil prices surge. On the way down, they try to get their money back.
Mr. Craig and Rachel Weisz had owned their Cobble Hill home for almost a decade. Ms. Allen’s sale in Carroll Gardens comes amid the breakup of her marriage.
The California residents collected more than $141,000 in insurance payouts after staging bear attacks on their luxury cars, state officials said.
A California man was charged with grand theft after the police said he reaped about $34,000 in what an official called an “off the charts” pasta-and-switch scheme involving Lego kits.
Readers respond to a guest essay about the city’s recent efforts to reduce drug use and homelessness.
San Diego County is shopping a surplus of desalinated seawater to Western states that are facing increasingly urgent drought and short supplies.
El músico, creador del himno de Fortnite, ha sido detenido en relación con la muerte de Rivas Hernández, cuyos restos fueron encontrados en el maletero de su Tesla el pasado septiembre.
After years of struggling to keep the doors open, the Bob Baker Marionette Theater joined a lineup that included Justin Bieber and Katseye.
A teenage girl went missing. The police found her remains in a musician’s car. Then the Los Angeles media machine got to work.
The singer was detained in connection with the death of Celeste Rivas Hernandez, who died before her 15th birthday. D4vd’s lawyers said they would vigorously defend his innocence.
Gov. Gavin Newsom offered supporters who gave any amount a copy of his book. Roughly 67,000 donors received the memoir, accounting for roughly two-thirds of its total print sales.
View the location of the quake’s epicenter and shake area.
Ms. Barrymore put her house on the market for nearly $5 million; Mr. Davidson wants almost $2.3 million for his. Also, a purchase from Pink.
The city, named for an early settler, is a more affordable option to nearby San Francisco and Sacramento.
Across the city’s fire zones, there’s a surge of experimentation — collective rebuilding, catalog homes and new technologies that are safe and reduce costs.
New tools tailored for use in senior living communities allow for shared experiences and social bonding.
Democratic candidates see sudden voter interest in the sleepy contest as a campaign opportunity. All are scrambling for support from former backers of Eric Swalwell.
The boat was carrying 19 migrants from Mexico to Southern California when it overturned in May 2025, the authorities said. Two of the victims were children.
James M. Heaps pleaded guilty on Tuesday to sexually abusing patients, sparing them from having to testify at another trial after his conviction was overturned in February.
Aides to Greg Abbott and Gavin Newsom were weighing whether to call quick elections to replace two House members accused of sexual misconduct.
The woman said Mr. Swalwell, who resigned from Congress on Tuesday afternoon, raped her in a West Hollywood hotel room in 2018. She said she believed she was drugged.
The strike would have shut down classes on Tuesday for hundreds of thousands of students in the nation’s second-largest school district.
Why no one is surprised when another member of Congress is accused of sexual misconduct.
After $724 million and a decade of battles, the pugnacious David Geffen Galleries reassert the city’s role as a petri dish for experimental design.
The Bay Area family made a deal with SFMOMA that called for exhibitions of the collection’s works every 10 years. Some 250 pieces are now showing.
The authorities said a 20-year-old Texas man charged with throwing a homemade bomb at the gate of Sam Altman’s home had written at length about the threat of A.I.
For Democrats, the drama is reverberating well beyond the state.
The California lawmaker said in a social media post Monday that he would quit. He has denied accounts of abusing women.
With his brother Marty, he released a string of zany children’s programs. Some became cult favorites (even among adults) and others flopped.
Attempting a comeback after years of antisemitic statements, the artist formerly known as Kanye West is facing consequences while trying to navigate a test of his own making.
Democrats have struggled to find a candidate for governor who can capture the imagination of voters in one of their most important strongholds.
In a social media post, Representative Eric Swalwell announced that he was suspending his campaign for California governor after two news outlets published accusations of sexual assault and misconduct against him.
The animals might be entering the Bay in search of food as climate change disrupts traditional sources. They face huge risks from ships in the area.
In a social media post, the representative said he was “deeply sorry for mistakes in judgment I’ve made in my past,” but promised to fight what he called “false allegations.”
Natasha Newman-Thomas has stepped in as the new costume designer for the third season of HBO’s chaotic megahit. It’s a lofty task.
Representative Eric Swalwell, a Washington figure, was largely unknown in the California State Capitol. But influential groups began backing him for governor in the weeks before he was publicly accused of sexual assault.
All six board members that oversee the national historic landmark were terminated, part of the administration’s efforts to reshape the federal bureaucracy.
Accusations that Mr. Swalwell, a congressman running for governor in California, sexually assaulted a former staffer and behaved inappropriately with other women have upended the race.
In her new book “STAR,” Petra Collins, a photographer who helped shape the millennial aesthetic, lets us peek through her diffuse lens.
Sheriff’s deputies spotted the men fleeing in two box trucks on Wednesday. Deputies searching the cargo discovered a large amount of Lego products, the authorities said.
The Manhattan district attorney’s office is examining a claim that Representative Eric Swalwell, a candidate for governor in California, assaulted a woman in New York City in 2024.
Federal agents arrested a man whose mother served as a spokeswoman for the Islamist embassy captors during the hostage crisis that began in 1979.
The explosion last July in Esparto, Calif., killed seven people. Five of the eight arrested, including a former local police officer, have been charged with murder.
The suspect in a fire at a paper company facility in California complained about pay and raged against capitalism in videos posted to social media as he lit the blaze, prosecutors say.
While only its exterior ever appeared in “The Brady Bunch,” stepping into the real-life Brady house now is like going back in time. Here’s a look.
Eric Swalwell, a Democratic congressman, denied the account of a former staff member published by CNN and The San Francisco Chronicle. Nancy Pelosi called on him to withdraw from the governor’s race.
The device burned an exterior gate of the house, in San Francisco, the police said, and it was unclear whether the artificial intelligence executive was home. The authorities arrested a suspect.
California’s ballot initiative wars are so lucrative that signature gatherers are offering cash and pizza for names on a petition. The exchange is illegal, and state officials say they are investigating.
Self-deportation is an idea with deep roots. It’s making a comeback.
For Annie Judis, 82, defending her title as the world’s oldest competitive rope skipper — and sharing her journey on social media — has given her a sense of purpose.
The student, Tucker Collins, 18, was observing demonstrators in Los Angeles when he was struck, the lawyer said.
An activist in the academy, he wrote a foundational text in the field, “Occupied America: A History of Chicanos.” It is still in print and still assigned to students.
Agents shot Carlos Ivan Mendoza Hernandez in Patterson, Calif., this week. His lawyer said Thursday that they had fired at Mr. Hernandez before he tried to flee.
The art museum will close to the public in March 2027 to replace its aging tram system and modernize some galleries.
Eli Tan, who covered the San Quentin Giants last year, shares how the story inspired one effort to expand prison sports in California.
The winners of a lottery for a presale prioritizing locals often came away with sticker shock. Still, organizers said early sales had “significantly exceeded” those of other Games.
The investigation into the nation’s second-largest school district was prompted by a lawsuit from parents who say the policies contributed to their child’s death.
Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco, a candidate for governor, had seized ballots from a 2025 special election based on unsubstantiated claims of election irregularities.
The agency had been seeking him in Northern California, saying he was wanted for questioning in that country. On Wednesday, his lawyer said he was a victim of bad law enforcement work.
Prosecutors say Jasveen Sangha’s customers knew her as the Ketamine Queen. She sold the ketamine that killed the “Friends” star in 2023.
Mr. Shell, the former chief executive of NBCUniversal, is leaving after becoming entangled in a legal battle with a professional gambler, R.J. Cipriani.
Two decades in the making, the David Geffen Galleries will offer an unconventional approach to art history and cement the director Michael Govan’s legacy.
A record-mild winter and blistering spring heat will mean higher risks of water shortages and wildfires in the months ahead.
Tech leaders see Matt Mahan, a moderate Democrat, as their best option in the California governor’s race, but tensions have risen as he has struggled to gain traction in polls.
Over half a million U.S. residents are at least partly of Iranian descent. They may have left Iran, but many treasure it still.
No one was killed or injured in the fire in Ontario, Calif., but a gigantic building was destroyed in an act of arson, officials said.
A six-alarm fire consumed a 1.2 million square foot warehouse of the paper company Kimberly-Clark in Ontario, Calif.
His best-received book explored the state’s infatuation with voter initiatives, which were sometimes pushed with anti-immigrant fervor.
A federal official said the agents were pursuing a “wanted gang member” who tried to run one of them over. No confirmation of that account was immediately available.
The authorities said they were examining the skull, which a child found in a park in Long Beach on Sunday, to identify the remains.
The fashion designer lent her signature “color and print and optimism” to the home, now on the market for $3.495 million.
As the company’s antitrust trial continues, one incident involving an amphitheater shows how it clashed not with another industry titan, but a small city.
President Trump endorsed Steve Hilton, a Republican, in the governor’s race, which could help Democrats avoid being shut out of the general election.
View the location of the quake’s epicenter and shake area.
Residents of Imperial County, Calif., are in dire need of an economic boost. Experts say the answer lies beneath the Salton Sea, where a lithium trove sits.
A condominium in a Spanish Revival-style complex in Los Angeles, a Craftsman house in Long Beach and a home from 1924 in Oakland.
San Francisco gets its act together.
The architect of President Trump’s mass deportation campaign wants “a moratorium on immigration from third world countries until we can heal ourselves as a nation.” The chaos in Minneapolis has not pushed him off that course.
With the global entertainment business reeling during a period of rapid change, there was little enthusiasm on either side for a costly standoff.
Raw Farm, a dairy producer in California, denies that its products have caused the outbreak, which has sickened people in three states.
After cartel violence erupted in Mexico, just weeks before their wedding in Punta Mita, Lauren Futterman and Tyler Olson quickly decided to move the ceremony to California.
Tell us how the sharp increase in gas prices is changing how you live and work.
After years of antisemitic behavior, the rapper formerly known as Kanye West performed at SoFi Stadium for his first full live show in the United States since 2021.
A 4.6-magnitude quake struck near Boulder Creek, Calif., early Thursday.
View the location of the quake’s epicenter and shake area.
Looking for a quieter life in an arts community, a couple left Oakland, Calif., for a house in Kingston, N.Y. Here’s what they found.
Who needs more than two employees when artificial intelligence can do so many corporate tasks? It’s super efficient — and a little bit lonely.
In Los Angeles, the jewelry designer Jean Prounis and the gallerist Rosa Park co-hosted an evening in two parts.
There has never been more competition in the leisure industry, as Disney and niche parks appeal to young families and high-income visitors.
Cuando tenía 14 años, Chris Espinosa empezó como demostrador de las computadoras hechas en la casa donde creció Steve Jobs. Medio siglo después, con 64 años, sigue en la empresa.
A federal judge in California ordered agents to thoroughly document any future stops in an area spanning 34 counties.
In 1976, 14-year-old Chris Espinosa rode a moped to his job demonstrating computers made in Steve Jobs’s childhood home. The company has changed a bit since then.
Trump wants to find out just how weak this Supreme Court is.
Despite once being valued at $4 billion, the company that made sneakers from Merino wool struggled to capture a wide customer base and turn a profit.
From a vegetarian version with smoky salsa to a carne asada style that’s an after-school staple.
The civil rights icon had a history of sexually abusing women and girls, which the Times reporters Manny Fernandez and Sarah Hurtes spent five years investigating. They spoke to “The Daily” about how they uncovered the story.
Reckoning with the United Farm Workers founder means reckoning with his movement.
The reconsideration of the legacy of Cesar Chavez after he was accused of abusing women and girls has led some to question the lionization of icons, when reality is so often a letdown.
In these homes — built as far back as 1878 and as recently as 2021 — sunken living rooms appear in many styles.
A Trump administration effort to gather documents from an old investigation had alarmed law enforcement officials, who feared it would be used to smear the Democratic lawmaker.
Airport security officials have been sharing passenger data with immigration agents, but the program received little attention until videos captured a woman and her daughter being detained at San Francisco’s airport.
Claudia Sheinbaum, president of Mexico, said her country would take legal steps to demand better conditions at immigration detention facilities, where she said 14 Mexican citizens had died since President Trump took office.
Parts of the state are expected to see light rain this week.
A corporal is accused of taking weapons from his base, Camp Pendleton near San Diego, and reselling them.
A midcentury modern in Los Angeles, a Queen Anne Revival in Alameda and a contemporary house in Laguna Beach.
The founders of Modern Elder Academy are on a mission to make “Golden Girls”-style living mainstream.
In his remote headquarters, the United Farm Workers leader began to see himself as not just a union leader, but a visionary healer.
El rostro de la ofensiva migratoria de Trump se retira esta semana y afirma que no fue lo suficientemente lejos en sus acciones.
Marshall McLuhan was right about Claude, too.
The urgent instructions at the Trump administration’s behest to gather and relay the files on Representative Eric Swalwell have alarmed some career law enforcement officials.
When homes are separated by just a few feet, an extensive or improper renovation project can wreak havoc next door.
The investigations are the latest moves by the Trump administration to force prisons to house transgender women with male inmates.
The Federal Aviation Administration said it was investigating after a helicopter crossed into the path of United Airlines Flight 589.
The decision is an early victory for the artificial intelligence company in a rancorous legal battle with the Department of Defense.
Gov. Gavin Newsom signed legislation to rename Cesar Chavez Day as “Farmworkers Day,” moving quickly before the March 31 holiday.
The suit said the nondisclosure agreement that was part of her court settlement with Mr. LaBeouf, her former boyfriend, effectively silenced her. His lawyer disputes that.
Chad Bianco, the Riverside County sheriff and a Republican running for governor, is examining votes from 2025 after unsubstantiated claims of fraud.
A cocreator of Neil Gaiman’s Sandman series, he dreamed up a character who is homeless in the real world and a superhero in a subconscious realm. It was adapted for an MTV series.
A truck careened into a ravine in Jerome, Mo., leaving the tofu to stew for weeks. “It was worse than a landfill on a hot July day,” said the general manager of a towing company.
A handful of airports, including San Francisco and Kansas City International, participate in a program that lets them rely on private screeners instead of T.S.A. agents.
For a couple and their toddler, moving from a noisy street in Hollywood to a tranquil home in the San Fernando Valley meant adding extra income — even if they had to build a house in the backyard.
As in other Hispanic areas of the country, voters shifted toward Republicans in 2024. But there are increasing signs that this was a blip more than a durable trend.
Un jurado determinó que las empresas perjudicaron a una joven usuaria al diseñar productos que le crearon adicción y le provocaron trastornos mentales.
Funcionarios de la Administración de Seguridad en el Transporte informaron al ICE que una madre y su hija sobre las que pesaba una orden de detención habían planeado un vuelo nacional, según muestran documentos federales.
A jury found the companies harmed a young user with design features that were addictive and led to her mental health distress.
The writer, and the artist JD Beltran, have come up with Art + Water, to host exhibitions, give 30 artists studio space, and offer community events.
A gallon has climbed to nearly $6 in the state, about $2 above the national average.
Mr. Chavez began organizing in San Jose, Calif., in the 1950s and once lived there. After revelations of sexual abuse by the labor leader, the city and his old neighborhood confront his legacy.
Transportation Security Administration officials told ICE that a mother and daughter under a detention order had planned to fly domestically, federal documents show.
The San Francisco school board will vote on a plan to restore algebra as an option at all middle schools, more than a decade after it was removed over equity concerns.
The debate would have featured six candidates, all white. The inclusion of a low-polling mayor drew scrutiny in particular.
The Bay Area Rapid Transit system was once so successful, it could rely mostly on riders to sustain itself. But the pandemic dealt BART an unusually heavy blow.
Federal officials are subjecting some states to higher scrutiny in an antifraud campaign, as the president rails against California and states led by Democrats.