The wealth tax ballot proposal has set off a feverish debate in California, as well as plenty of confusion.
El número de multimillonarios se ha disparado en el mundo, pero a menudo pagan impuestos a tasas muy inferiores a la media. Además: tragedia ferroviaria en España y adiós a Valentino.
For decades, there had been an average of 30 each year. With a new deterrent in place, there were none in the second half of 2025.
After the Trump administration’s cuts, workers at the national park are spread too thin to stop people from littering, flying drones and cliff-diving.
The number of billionaires has exploded, yet they often pay taxes at rates well below average.
A ranch house in South Lake Tahoe, a Queen Anne Revival in San Jose and a bungalow in Los Angeles
Just before President Trump took office, Border Patrol agents led by Gregory Bovino arrested immigrants in Kern County using the same playbook later seen in places like Chicago and Minneapolis. Then a federal judge ordered them to stop.
The 30-year-old albino resident of the California Academy of Sciences died last month. On Sunday, thousands paid tribute.
Artificial intelligence meets the entertainment industry: What could possibly go wrong?
At the request of Thompson’s widow, the Colorado authorities are re-examining his death. “The whole Hunter world is buzzing,” a lawyer said.
The robbery at the Poké Court on Wednesday was the latest in a string of thefts of high-value Pokémon trading cards.
Mr. Caruso had the potential to shake up the contests for Los Angeles mayor or California governor.
Instead, the man was convicted of lesser charges, including involuntary manslaughter, in the death of Vicha Ratanapakdee. The killing became a symbol of rising attacks against Asians during the pandemic.
Southern California Edison said its equipment most likely started the Eaton fire but asserted that government agencies and other businesses shared liability for the devastation.
Track the latest polls in the California governor election.
Gov. Gavin Newsom framed the move as a rebuke to President Trump, who recently cut the holiday from the list of free-entry days at U.S. national parks.
One year after the Los Angeles fires, 2hollis talks about losing his childhood home in Altadena last year.
A vote by the state senate on Friday could send an amendment to voters that, if approved, would allow the legislature to gerrymander the state.
London Breed has said little in the year since she left office. She has thoughts on the praise that the current mayor, Daniel Lurie, has received.
The Justice Department has sued about two dozen states over access to voter rolls, as the federal government pushes to create a national database.
The famed highway reopened this week after consecutive landslides shuttered two sections of the road in Big Sur and forced major repairs.
He and Steven Z. Meyers opened their first low-cost legal clinic in 1972. Within a decade, they had revolutionized the legal industry.
Mr. Reiner, who is accused of killing his parents, was under a yearlong legal arrangement that allows for involuntary psychiatric treatment.
El gobierno de Trump ha puesto fin a las protecciones del TPS para unos 600.000 migrantes venezolanos, parte de su esfuerzo por frenar las vías de acceso para que permanezcan en EE. UU.
View the location of the quake’s epicenter and shake area.
Bowing to pressure, the company said it would restrict X users from generating explicit images of real people in jurisdictions where such content is illegal.
The Trump administration has ended Temporary Protected Status for about 600,000 Venezuelan immigrants, part of a broader effort to curb avenues for immigrants to remain in the United States.
The case, escalating the interstate battle over abortion, is the second time Louisiana has criminally charged out-of-state doctors with sending abortion pills to Louisiana residents.
A panel in Los Angeles sided with Gov. Gavin Newsom in a decision that will help Democrats counter Republican gerrymandering in Texas. Republicans are expected to appeal.
A little-known and rarely enforced law prohibits ball games on some Los Angeles streets and sidewalks. The local council has begun the process of repealing it.
The actor also made “criminal threats” toward the driver, according to the Los Angeles police.
Starting Wednesday, prospective buyers can enter a lottery to get a chance to purchase the first tickets in April.
Beloved places to dine out are portals to past versions of ourselves. But they keep disappearing.
Gov. Gavin Newsom said he was working behind the scenes to block a proposed tax on billionaires’ wealth and was committed to defeating the measure if it reached the ballot.
Graffiti denouncing Zionism was discovered Sunday on a wall of the campus, which has not yet been rebuilt after the Eaton fire.
Jinchao Wei sold technical manuals for American warships to a Chinese intelligence officer who had recruited him on social media.
A U-Haul truck sped through a street packed with demonstrators in Los Angeles on Sunday as they marched in support of the anti-government protests in Iran. The truck hit one person, who was not significantly injured.
A Gothic Revival in Napa, a Spanish-style house in Los Angeles and an Arts and Crafts-style house in San Diego.
The city is home to a large Iranian American community, and protests against the Iranian government drew thousands on Sunday.
Selena Gomez, Timothée Chalamet and the stars of “Heated Rivalry” were among the celebrities who arrived at the annual ceremony in high style.
More large donations from wealthy Silicon Valley figures are expected as they try to marshal opposition to a proposed ballot measure that would impose a new tax on billionaires.
The annual awards show will anoint a best podcast for the first time this year, a sign of the industry’s increasing status in Hollywood.
His songwriting and rhythm guitar playing helped shape the San Francisco band’s sound as it became an American institution.
The death of a Sonoma County resident last week prompted public health officials to urge foragers not to consume wild mushrooms.
The city’s towering challenges include an abandoned skyscraper covered in graffiti. At David Kordansky Gallery, it inspires a tower of its own.
She was the family’s first baby in 16 years. And she came into their world as the Altadena fire changed everything. They struggled for months to find housing, stability and peace.
The rooms of the interior designer Sean Leffers’s West Hollywood home are filled with his own fabric designs and many, many antiques.
Dr. Mehmet Oz, the head of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid, and Bill Essayli, a Los Angeles-based prosecutor, said they were investigating federally funded services.
The ruling temporarily halted plans to freeze more than $10 billion in funds for anti-poverty programs bound for five Democratic-led states.
The California governor is powered by smoothies and bursting with thoughts about U.S. politics.
We help a reader track down furniture from a photograph taken in the early 1950s.
Sergey Brin is joining his Google co-founder, Larry Page, in reducing ties to the state where they built their fortunes.
Entre aplicaciones, teorías y métricas, un grupo de tecnólogos intenta escalar la conexión humana sin perder de vista lo que la vuelve impredecible.
Mario Miralles spent decades acquiring the spruce and maple for string instruments worthy of Yo-Yo Ma and Gustavo Dudamel. Then he was forced to evacuate.
The administration cited without evidence “potential” widespread fraud in its move to cut off funds for child care subsidies and other support for low-income families.
At the premiere of Season 2 in Los Angeles, the cast and crew of HBO Max’s hyper-realistic medical drama learned the show would be renewed.
Gov. Gavin Newsom will portray his state as “a beacon” of democracy in a State of the State address that suggests national ambitions.
The star of “The Hills,” whose house burned in the Palisades fire, has used his social media profile to hammer Mayor Karen Bass and other California Democrats over the past year.
Nick Reiner, a quien se acusa de asesinar a sus padres, estará representado ahora por una abogada de oficio. Su comparecencia está prevista para el próximo mes.
All those targeted in the shootings were fired on while in their vehicles.
The artificial intelligence start-up, which competes with OpenAI, is aiming to raise around $10 billion amid talk of a potential initial public offering.
The White House is intensifying and broadening its probes into fraud in states led by prominent Democrats.
Mr. Reiner, who is charged with killing his parents, will now be represented by a public defender. His arraignment has been rescheduled for next month.
It’s hard right now to be a progressive Democrat in the heart of America’s tech industry.
After wildfires destroyed much of Altadena and Pacific Palisades, residents are struggling with how to move forward and who is to blame.
Shawn Hubler, our Los Angeles bureau chief, reported on the reasons Pacific Palisades and Altadena are still largely barren, a year after they burned in the Los Angeles fires.
From neighborhood diners, to Michelin-starred restaurants loyalty has its privileges.
Leaders use a mix of new rules, visual aids and incentives to convince residents to protect their homes — and entire neighborhoods — from wildfires.
Rourke’s landlord said in court documents that the actor owed nearly $60,000 in rent. Rourke said he had declined to pay rent after the home became uninhabitable.
The California Republican’s sudden passing, on the same day that Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene’s resignation took effect, made the party’s House math even trickier.
Ray Jayawardhana, the incoming president, is an astrophysicist, but leaders at the California Institute of Technology also praised his credentials as a communicator at a time when science is under attack.
A group of tech executives, app developers and Silicon Valley philosophers is seeking to streamline the messy matters of the heart.
An architect who wanted a bicoastal life took on a 1,000-square-foot second home built below street level in Silver Lake.
Companies like Kairos Energy are building new types of reactors with the encouragement of the Trump administration, but their success is far from assured.
The funding pause could jeopardize child care and other programs that serve hundreds of thousands of households in California, Colorado, Illinois, Minnesota and New York.
Our list for the new year features an eclipse, a revolution and a tiger reserve. What’s on yours?
Because families have complicated schedules.
This week’s properties include a 1969 cottage in Mendocino, a 1980 Mediterranean-style house in Rancho Mirage and a 1922 bungalow in Los Angeles.
One year later, we haven’t really begun to reckon with the real meaning of the Los Angeles fires.
Lia Smith was a senior at Middlebury College, a transgender woman and, for a time, an athlete on the school’s diving team. But she struggled to feel accepted, and in October, she took her own life.
Experts say that it’s too early to tell what will happen during the rest of the state’s rainy season, but that extreme drought is unlikely.
Stockton is known for its grit in the face of tragedy. A recent shooting that left four people dead, including three children, is testing the resilience of a city in search of reinvention.
Highways were blocked and a regional airport shut down on Saturday when the latest in a long run of drenching rainstorms coincided with especially high tides.
COSM, a company once focused on planetarium displays, is immersing sports fans with giant screens and desirable angles.
The gray-market drugs flooding Silicon Valley reveal a community that believes it can move faster than the F.D.A.
A Ninth Circuit panel said the ban ran afoul of a 2022 Supreme Court ruling that required courts to evaluate gun laws based on the country’s “historical tradition of firearm regulation.”
Some state-issued identification cards issued to legal immigrants could be valid longer than the people holding them are allowed to remain in the United States, state officials said.
The state has seen a nonstop run of storms in recent weeks. This one is expected to bring heavy rain through the weekend.
Saks Global’s executive chairman, Richard Baker, is taking over the luxury retailer he created with the 2024 acquisition of Neiman Marcus and Bergdorf Goodman.
Heavy rain has drenched California since mid-December, causing flooding and landslides. The National Weather Service forecasts another 1 to 6 inches of rain will fall this weekend.
In “American Reich,” the former New York Times journalist Eric Lichtblau dissects the culture of hate that led to the death of a gay man in Southern California.
Some start-ups, blurring the lines between home and office, are embracing a “no shoes” policy.
Side-blotched lizards probably don’t call the game that, but they play a version of it anyway. A new study explains the hidden biology that makes this possible.
The floods that struck last week just before the first anniversary of the January wildfires show how extreme weather is defining life in the L.A. region.
Starting today, landlords must provide tenants with working refrigerators.
The ruling is a win for Gov. Gavin Newsom, who has vigorously opposed President Trump’s moves to control California’s National Guard since the summer.
The troops had an almost nonexistent presence in two of the cities, Portland and Chicago, because of court fights to their deployment.
The authorities closed access to part of Mount Baldy, the tallest peak in the San Gabriel Mountains in Southern California. They cited dangerous and unpredictable terrain and weather.
After Christmas-week storms, two rounds of rainfall starting on New Year’s Eve could cause more flooding and mudslides.
Here’s a cheat sheet for decoding this year’s A.I.-driven tech lingo, from RAG to superintelligence.
The crackdown and detentions swept from one coast to the other: day laborers in Los Angeles, a flower seller in Chicago, immigrants in New York courtrooms.
Just like past tech booms, the latest frenzy has produced a group of billionaires — at least on paper — from smaller start-ups.
States across the country have also passed new rules around cellphone usage for minors, medically assisted death and gender-related care.
This week’s properties include a midcentury modern house in Los Angeles, a full-floor condo in San Francisco and a cottage in Carmel.
A Times investigation has found that insurers are driving families into homes contaminated by smoke. Lab results show how one family was exposed to neurotoxins and carcinogens.
Mario Rodriguez, who had a role in one of Mr. Perry’s films, sued him on Thursday, months after another actor filed a similar lawsuit.
It’s uncertain whether the proposal will reach the statewide ballot in November, but some billionaires like Peter Thiel and Larry Page may be unwilling to take the risk.
Images of the congresswoman have appeared in The New York Times throughout the decades. Here are a few noteworthy examples and others from our archives.
More rain was forecast for the Los Angeles Area on Friday, adding to wet weather that prompted emergency declarations across the state.
Champagne will always be there, but prices are rising. The quality of American sparklers has soared and even the best are relatively affordable.
The passage of Proposition 50, which redrew California’s congressional map, means that all of the state’s conservative north is likely to be represented by Democrats.
The nonfiction spy thriller “The Falcon and the Snowman,” which became a film, grew out of his work as a journalist covering the West Coast for The Times.
Much of Southern California remained at risk of potentially deadly floods on Thursday, as heavy rains showed little sign of easing through the week.
New technologies are complicating efforts to teach the scrolling generation to think critically and defensively online.
Michael Abatti was charged with fatally shooting Kerri Ann Abatti, who had filed for divorce and was living apart from him in Arizona.
A flash flood warning was in effect for parts of the Los Angeles area early Wednesday as a severe storm began deluging the region.
Voters keep resolving to change our country and yet we are increasingly disappointed in those we elect.
An 1850 rowhouse in Savannah, a 1970s house in Topanga, and a home in a converted stable in Washington.
The coalition of states seeks to stop a Trump administration effort to cut off federal funding to hospitals that provide such care.
Waves of atmospheric moisture could cause urban flooding and mudslides across California this week, according to the National Weather Service.
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
For ecologists, the Covid-19 pandemic has presented a remarkable natural experiment in what can happen to wild animals when humans stay home.
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.
Modern Love in miniature, featuring reader-submitted stories of no more than 100 words.
The downtown mall was long considered a thriving retail anchor, while the suburban-style one was an afterthought. They had a surprising role reversal.
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.
An unusually long strike in the San Jose area forced a shutdown of buses and light-rail trains. It was a possible harbinger of things to come for transit agencies elsewhere.
The society faced financial challenges that were exacerbated by the coronavirus pandemic. Its nearly 600,000 items stretch back before the Gold Rush.
Una pandemia humana puede prevenirse, incluso ahora, dicen los científicos. Pero una serie de acontecimientos de las últimas semanas indica que la posibilidad ya no es remota.
A pandemic is not inevitable, scientists say. But the outbreak has passed worrisome milestones in recent weeks, including cattle that may have been reinfected.
In a wide-ranging interview, Xavier Becerra, President Biden’s health secretary, defended his tenure and hinted that he might run for governor of California.
Facebook Marketplace, a platform often used for furniture and electronics, is an increasingly popular place to buy and sell home-cooked meals.
Federal prosecutors said that Andrew Do, an Orange County supervisor, enriched himself and his family with federal pandemic aid meant for seniors.
Andrew Do, an Orange County supervisor, has been asked to resign after directing more than $13 million to a nonprofit run by his daughter and allies. The group was supposed to spend the money on meals for vulnerable residents.
The city, which is among those most devastated in the country after the pandemic, is trying to lure businesses back with a free-rent period.
Violet Affleck, the eldest child of Jennifer Garner and Ben Affleck, called for greater access to masks in a short speech during which she revealed her own “post-viral condition.”
Although attendance remains down from prepandemic levels, the city’s arts groups are having some success getting audiences to return.
The footprint of gun violence in the U.S. has expanded, as shootings worsened in already suffering neighborhoods and killings spread to new places during the pandemic years.
Readers submitted small ways that the pandemic shifted their thinking for the better, or introduced a new joy into their life.
Prosecutors said Keith Berman falsely claimed he had invented a blood test that could detect Covid-19 in 15 seconds. His lawyer said he had put “genuine effort” into developing such a test.
The pandemic was tough on city centers and cultural institutions. What does that mean for Los Angeles, whose downtown depends on the arts?