City officials have called for a hearing investigating Waymo after the company’s self-driving taxis suffered widespread problems during a power outage.
At least one person was killed in flash flooding caused by heavy rain in Northern California on Sunday, officials said.
A house in Lake Arrowhead with spalike amenities, a Craftsman in Mill Valley and a contemporary house in Laguna Beach
As floodwaters submerged cars and prompted rescues in the state’s far north on Sunday, forecasters warned that Central California would receive heavy rain later in the week.
She began working as a park ranger at age 85, educating visitors about the women and people of color who served on the home front in World War II, herself among them.
The self-driving cars came to a halt at intersections when the power outage knocked out traffic signals, causing tie-ups but no accidents or injuries.
The Chinese government once focused on political dissidents and exiled activists. Now, federal officials say, it is targeting artists in the United States whose creative protests test its tolerance.
Michele Singer Reiner was the guiding force in the lives of her family, stressing the need to help and respect one another.
Two high-profile crashes and a Trump administration crackdown have brought worry, and wariness, to the community.
The widespread outage forced businesses to close and the cancellation of a “Nutcracker” performance.
Forecasters said a parade of storms from the Pacific Ocean will pull in a river of moisture. Over the next week, parts of Northern California could get seven to 10 inches of rain.
A video analysis of one early morning raid in Los Angeles revealed the vast web of consequences brought by new aggressive Border Patrol tactics.
He was a foremost authority on the president, tracing his career in unvarnished accounts from his time as California governor through his years in the White House.
Politics and border hassles have chased away foreign visitors, costing businesses billions. Some fear next year’s World Cup won’t be enough to bring tourists back.
The top Democrat on the Oversight Committee, Representative Robert Garcia has brought aggressive tactics and reality-show flair to investigating Trump.
The Transportation Department said the new rules were intended to make roads safer, but there’s no data to suggest that immigrants cause more truck accidents.
The Silicon Valley college town has changed drastically as Mark Zuckerberg, Larry Page and other tech founders have scooped up multiple properties.
Wineries and boutique hotels have sprouted along the backroads and once-sleepy main streets of this Central Coast county.
He won the prestigious award for his daring coverage of the Vietnam War for The Associated Press, and went on to cover conflicts for CNN for nearly two decades.
Security camera footage from a gas station convenience store in Los Angeles shows Nick Reiner buying a sports drink. About an hour later, Mr. Reiner is arrested across the street. Mr. Reiner was charged with first-degree murder in the stabbing deaths of his parents, Rob and Michele Singer Reiner.
After finding the slain couple, investigators focused on their younger son, Nick, as a suspect. He was formally charged with murder on Tuesday and appeared in court on Wednesday.
Mr. Reiner was filmed entering a gas station’s store in South Los Angeles to buy a sports drink roughly an hour before he was arrested by the police across the street.
An unrelenting gloom has blanketed much of the state’s Central Valley since late November.
Noche Buena brings together Filipino communities over rich dishes and great music. This year, the celebration started early.
Nick Reiner, facing murder charges in the deaths of his parents, Rob and Michele Reiner, appeared at an arraignment that lasted just minutes before it was rescheduled for January. He has not entered a plea.
Una persona allegada a la familia brindó un relato detallado de lo ocurrido en la casa de los Reiner después de que no abrieran la puerta para una cita de masaje.
El hijo de Rob Reiner y Michele Singer Reiner, quien fue imputado con dos cargos de asesinato en primer grado, ha luchado durante años con su adicción a las drogas.
The media company formally rejected a hostile takeover bid by Paramount and questioned the purported political advantages held by its unwanted suitor.
The two first-degree murder counts include a special circumstance, which increases the maximum punishment if he is convicted.
Los Angeles prosecutors charged Nick Reiner with two counts of first-degree murder in the deaths of his parents, the director Rob Reiner and Michele Singer Reiner.
A person close to the family provided a detailed account of what occurred in the Reiner house after a massage therapist received no response at the gate.
Prosecutors said that Mr. Reiner killed his parents, Rob and Michelle Reiner, using a knife. He has not yet entered a plea.
The doctor, Mark Chavez, who had used fraudulent prescriptions to acquire the drug and conspired to sell it to Mr. Perry at inflated prices, was sentenced to three years of supervised release.
The son of Rob Reiner and Michele Singer Reiner, who has been charged with two counts of first-degree murder, has long struggled with drug addiction.
With Tony! Toni! Toné!, his songs captured the mood of how people lived and died in Oakland.
Por años, Reiner, quien fue detenido en relación con las muertes de Rob y Michele Reiner, osciló entre la rehabilitación y la indigencia, los esfuerzos por alcanzar la sobriedad y las recaídas.
Some who worked on the semi-autobiographical “Being Charlie” saw challenges play out on the set.
Mr. Reiner, who was arrested in connection with the deaths of Rob and Michele Reiner, once estimated he had been in drug treatment 18 times as a teenager.
The former speaker failed to appreciate the groundswell of support for banning the practice, refusing to give an inch amid G.O.P. accusations that she was corrupt.
For ecologists, the Covid-19 pandemic has presented a remarkable natural experiment in what can happen to wild animals when humans stay home.
Reiner fue detenido a última hora del domingo, luego de que sus padres, el director Rob Reiner y su esposa Michele, fueron hallados muertos en su casa de California.
He and his father, the director Rob Reiner, also worked together on a film that was loosely inspired by the son’s early life.
La familia del director dijo que él y su esposa habían muerto el domingo. La policía dijo que había encontrado dos cuerpos en la casa de la pareja en Los Ángeles.
The Los Angeles Police Department was investigating what it described as “an apparent homicide” after the director Rob Reiner and his wife, Michele, were found dead in their home.
A Streamline Moderne house in Los Angeles, a contemporary home in Berkeley and a wood-shingled house in Redondo Beach
Advocates fear damage to labor protections if the Supreme Court upholds the president’s move to control federal agency staffing.
The 2026 exhibition focuses on how artists measure American influence and their relationship to a country whose role in the world is changing.
The director’s family said that he and his wife, Michele, had died on Sunday. The police said they had found two bodies at the Reiner home in Los Angeles.
Mr. Reiner, who was in “All in the Family,” directed films including “This Is Spinal Tap,” “When Harry Met Sally …,” “The Princess Bride” and “A Few Good Men.”
The Palisadian-Post was published for 97 years, but the twice-monthly community newspaper couldn’t survive the Los Angeles wildfires.
Cuando los estudios dejaron de producir películas, los tours comenzaron a sentirse vacíos.
Both women said the shooting on Saturday had damaged a sense of security they had cultivated for years based on the notion that they were unlikely to witness two school shootings in one lifetime.
While the decision did not remove the National Guard troops from the president’s control, it blocked him from using them in the nation’s second-largest city.
Gaza has turned California classrooms into political battlegrounds.
Beijing is pouring vast resources into fusion research, while the U.S. wants private industry to lead the way. The winner could reshape civilization.
California and New York are among the states arguing that the Trump administration’s decision to charge that fee for skilled foreign workers is illegal.
A veteran of the Fluxus art movement, he brought an anarchic spirit to the California acid-rock scene with his band, the United States of America.
The benefits of serving have never been more appealing, but the Pentagon needs a better approach to recruiting new talent.
A gas line explosion in Hayward, Calif., sent multiple victims to the hospital and led to a fire that burned several houses. Two people remained unaccounted for, an official said.
Carl Erik Rinsch secured funding from the streaming company for a science-fiction series, “Conquest,” that was never completed.
Crumbling highways. A housing shortage. Broken infrastructure. America is stuck. But the pendulum may be ready to swing.
It’s hard to make a movie studio tour exciting when movies aren’t made there anymore. “A vibe of tiredness, like the end of something,” one guest said.
Tens of thousands of residents in Washington were poised to evacuate, as days of heavy rain sends rivers bursting over their banks.
Patty Scanlon bought a box of snapshots for $20 at a flea market and was stunned to find family photos of Ms. Lake, whose house burned down in January.
Osefo, of “The Real Housewives of Potomac,” faces several counts of fraud. She is the latest in a long line of “Housewives” personalities to face legal trouble.
En un barco de Royal Caribbean, Michael Virgil fue sujetado por miembros de la tripulación, algunos de quienes se pusieron de pie sobre su espalda, señaló el informe forense.
A federal judge ruled that the Trump administration had illegally kept troops in Los Angeles after emergency conditions had ended. The administration is expected to appeal.
Four of the additions are for districts where President Trump won handily, but Democrats are feeling emboldened by election outcomes this fall.
How the California governor became the 2028 Democratic front-runner.
For the incarcerated players of the San Quentin Giants, batting practice coincided with efforts to earn back their freedom.
Even for a region used to heavy rain, this week’s system has forecasters on edge. The heaviest rain is expected into Wednesday.
After the police found the Grammy-nominated performer in his home with fatal wounds, his son was taken into custody, the authorities said.
Michael Virgil, 35, became agitated on a Royal Caribbean ship and was restrained by at least five crew members, including some who stood on his back, before he died, the medical examiner said.
Readers discuss the Trump administration’s National Security Strategy. Also: Hollywood and culture; fighting in a family.
Using hardware store materials, the architect turned a pink suburban bungalow into a Deconstructivist icon in the late 1970s.
Through their reporting, the columnists share how regular citizens stand up to governments they oppose.
Some states are enacting legislation to make it harder to get an abortion, while others are passing laws to protect people who provide them.
She was seen for two decades as a future face of the Democratic Party. Is she now suddenly a figure of its past?
A landlord crowded tenants into his house and yard without running water or power. One, determined to find an alternative, was up against the city’s housing crisis.
As Gen Alpha’s attention drifts from TV and movies, video creators like Alan Chikin Chow are eager to fill the void.
Visitors will instead get free entry on President Trump’s birthday, which coincides with Flag Day.
View the location of the quake’s epicenter and shake area.
A compound in Ojai, a contemporary home in Los Angeles and a Spanish-style house in Santa Barbara.
The architect Suchi Reddy designed a weekend home on a cliff in the famed planned community to help Ivy Ross, a Google executive, get out of her mind and into her body.
Movies and pop stars wrestled with faith in 2025. That may be changing culture.
At an appearance in California, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth was noncommittal about releasing the full video of a U.S. military attack on a boat in the Caribbean.
Officials said one person was killed and 20 others were poisoned after eating death cap mushrooms, which look and taste like safe mushrooms but can cause liver failure.
Much of the entertainment capital fears that Netflix’s deal will lead to more job losses and theater closings and fewer boundary-pushing movies.
In the age of artificial intelligence, some company leaders are framing new business lines as radical reboots.
There’s a place outside Los Angeles where donkeys roam free, stumbling into backyard weddings. The creatures were the cause of headaches, until they became a cause of their own.
Konoa Wilson was 16 when he was fatally shot. The settlement, one of the largest in a police killing, surpasses the $27 million paid to the family of George Floyd.
Architects, artists, clients and partners assess his life and impact over eight decades.
Irrumpió en escena con una reforma de su casa del sur de California que llamó la atención, antes de pasar a diseñar algunos de los edificios más reconocibles del mundo.
A singular genius, Gehry redefined architecture with joyful buildings like the Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles and the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao.
He burst onto the scene with an attention-getting renovation of his Southern California home before going on to design some of the world’s most recognizable buildings.
Una de las primeras baterías de este tipo se instaló en el desierto de Atacama hace 15 años. Ahora, con la caída de los precios, se utilizan cada vez más en todo el mundo.
Surveillance video shows a woman crouching beside a Waymo self-driving taxi, trying to lure a beloved neighborhood cat to safety. A second later, the car drove off.
Footage obtained by The New York Times of the moment a Waymo car ran over Kit Kat, a beloved San Francisco bodega cat, raises new questions about the company’s safeguards. Critics say that Waymo has not been transparent about how its technology prevents accidents.
An early grid battery was installed in the Atacama Desert in Chile 15 years ago. Now, as prices have tumbled, they are increasingly being used around the world.
The actor, born in Japan, starred in dozens of film and television shows, including Amazon’s “The Man in the High Castle.” His career spanned more than three decades.
Prosecutors are looking at potential connections to a former resident, who faces a murder charge in another case.
Readers told us how insurers are raising premiums and, in some cases, cutting back coverage, as climate change shakes up the real estate market.
In high-profile operations, more than half of those arrested had no criminal record, an analysis shows.
She elbowed her way into what had long been a man’s game and won the first women’s national championship in 1967 — and then repeated the feat four more years in a row.
Investors are deciding within 15 minutes whether to shovel millions into A.I. start-ups and taking entrepreneurs weight lifting and rock climbing to get deals done.
A California man discovered a 550-pound black bear moved into the crawl space of his house by installing a security camera in June after finding the underside of his house in disarray.
Seeking a ‘self-contained, low-maintenance house,’ a couple headed west for a new chapter in the California sun. Here’s what they found.
Mr. Lew is a veteran police officer whose experience includes major operations against drug dealing.
The California governor weighed in on the 2028 presidential election, and called out executives for “bending the knee” to President Trump.
As Trump steps up his crackdown, our reporters explain what’s happening.
The pilot was in stable condition after losing control of the fighter jet near Trona, Calif., about 180 miles northeast of Los Angeles.
During an interview at the DealBook Summit with Andrew Ross Sorkin, editor at large, Gov. Gavin Newsom of California said that Democrats needed to design a compelling economic vision for the future.
Security camera footage shows a 550-pound bear taking shelter underneath a house in Altadena, Calif.
The doctor, Salvador Plasencia, had asked “I wonder how much this moron will pay” before supplying the drug to Mr. Perry, who became increasingly reliant on it before his death.
Ken Johnson has tried noisy tactics to encourage the 550-pound houseguest in his crawl space to leave. He is not sure it’s working.
Federal officials said the suspect, who has ranted against the Trump administration on social media, told them he had set his apartment on fire earlier in the day.
The city attorney accuses large manufacturers of causing diseases that have burdened governments with public health costs.
Los estadounidenses de ascendencia japonesa ven paralelismos entre el encarcelamiento de sus familias por parte del gobierno durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial y la actual detención de latinos.
Midcentury modern homes in Rolling Hills Estates and San Rafael, and a Spanish Revival in Altadena
As children, they watched their parents work double shifts and multiple jobs. As adults, they gave their parents a version of the American dream.
Unregulated e-bikes are a growing danger on American streets. In one Bay Area town, a terrible accident finally led to reform.
David Sacks, the Trump administration’s A.I. and crypto czar, has helped formulate policies that aid his Silicon Valley friends and many of his own tech investments.
Japanese Americans are seeing parallels between the government’s incarceration of their families during World War II and the current detention of Latinos.
The scores aimed to predict a property’s risk from a fires, floods and storms, but some in the real estate industry as well as homeowners have called them inaccurate.
The shooting in Stockton, a city in California’s Central Valley, left 11 others wounded. The authorities said they were looking for a suspect.
The closure happened in 2023, prosecutors said. As part of the video, drivers conducted doughnuts around a performer, who was charged with conspiracy to commit exhibition of speed.
Although nature is sometimes very fragile, decades of conservation rhetoric have perhaps overstated that fragility.
Los agentes están deteniendo a cónyuges nacidos en el extranjero durante el último paso para obtener la residencia permanente. Los acusan de infracciones en sus visas que podrían terminar en una deportación.
Paulina Borsook’s “Cyberselfish,” which offered dire predictions about the tech world’s love for libertarianism, is finding fans. It only took 25 years.
In an internal memo, Guard commanders warned that troops were in a “heightened threat environment.”
Agents are arresting foreign-born spouses when they report for the final step to obtain permanent residency, and charging them with visa violations that could result in deportation.
View the location of the quake’s epicenter and shake area.
California and eight other states have outdated restrictions on building nuclear power plants.
As Americans become increasingly concerned about affordability, there’s scrutiny on the annual meal.
At Popoca in Oakland, Anthony Salguero puts Salvadoran ingredients and flavors in the spotlight.
The case is among the first in which a prosecutor is accused of filing court papers marred by A.I.-generated mistakes.
More than two dozen people described the upheaval the raids had caused in immigrant communities and aired accusations of mistreatment by agents.
Weary of being captive to geopolitics, car companies are looking for ways to replace powerful rare-earth magnets in electric motors.
View the location of the quake’s epicenter and shake area.
The Renaissance artist painted more than 100 figures in the Sistine Chapel ceiling, yet studies for only a handful remain. Could this five-inch drawing at Christie’s be one?
A midcentury modern compound in Yucca Valley, a cabin in Cazadero and a townhouse in Oakland.
After Oakland, Calif., reneged on a contract allowing coal shipments, a Kentucky company went under. Courts say the city must now pay hundreds of millions of dollars.
The San Quentin Giants’ opponents are impressed. But what about the parole board that decides the players’ fate?
A survey of museum directors reveals the impact of federal cutbacks: reduced arts programs for rural areas, students and people who are elderly or disabled.
The daughter of a politician, she didn’t expect to become one. But once she ran for office in 1987, there was no stopping her.
The guidelines, from California, Oregon, Washington and Hawaii, mirror those of major medical organizations. They were issued a day before an advisory panel was set to meet to review potential changes to federal recommendations.
The state has led the country in adopting electric cars and reducing gas use, but it now faces much higher gas prices as oil companies plan to shut down refineries.
Governors in California, Oregon and Washington said their states would work together on vaccine guidance in a time of turmoil at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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