Rachael Ray and other food celebrities are speaking up in defense of nonstick pans. The actor Mark Ruffalo, who starred in a movie about the risky chemicals, is criticizing them.
A judge had ordered that Temporary Protected Status be kept in place, but Venezuelans who needed to re-register weren’t able to.
The legislation responds to immigration raids by federal agents who have shielded their identity. It heads to Gov. Gavin Newsom, who has not said whether he would sign it.
The intent is to protect health care providers who send the pills to patients in states with abortion bans, and to reassure patients who fear they could be identified.
We’ll never know with certainty that carcinogens in the smoke, dust and ash from the World Trade Center caused my wife’s cancer and my own.
Check out these standout dining scenes that we encountered in our reporting for the 2025 Restaurant List.
The city’s turmoil, from wildfires to curfews, has exacted a toll on some of its best-loved restaurants and raised worries about the future.
Planning and fund-raising for the “Cultural Olympiad,” the arts programming that is part of the 2028 games, should have been well underway by now, several experts say.
Las celebraciones por el décimo aniversario del Observatorio de Ondas Gravitacionales con Interferometría Láser se han visto ensombrecidas por la muerte de uno de sus fundadores y un posible recorte drástico de presupuesto.
Naasón Joaquín García and his associates used La Luz del Mundo Church to traffic women and children and produce and distribute child pornography, New York prosecutors said.
Readers respond to a guest essay about the Proposition 50 redistricting proposal in California. Also: Erasing history.
Ten years ago, astronomers made an epic discovery with the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory. Cosmology hasn’t been the same since, and it might not stay that way much longer.
The 13-part podcast, from Molly Lambert and iHeartPodcasts, recalls an era in the late ’90s and 2000s when porn stars were (almost) mainstream.
Los Angeles residents are anxious once again following a Supreme Court ruling that allowed aggressive immigration raids to resume.
Prosecutors said Rockim Prowell, 34, also stole their cars and tried to kill a third man. He was being held without bail.
The apparel company thinks that a little-used wheat alternative can boost regenerative farming and help the planet. Not everyone agrees.
Improved service, better seating and heartfelt messages are at the heart of Brian Niccol’s turnaround plan, but baristas say they’re under pressure.
If the results are promising, veterinarians hope to give the shots to wild Hawaiian monk seals, which are endangered.
Giant sequoias can live for thousands of years, but wildfires have killed staggering numbers of the trees in recent years.
The ruling allowed immigration agents to stop people for reasons that lower courts had deemed likely unconstitutional.
Two senators have begun an investigation into whether government officials could have done more to stop the Los Angeles fire. President Trump and other Republicans have blamed Democratic leaders for the disaster.
The bumpy snailfish, discovered 10,000 feet down off the coast of California, shows that not all denizens of the abyss are frightening.
A rustic cabin in Sycamore Canyon, a converted 1900s house in San Francisco’s Mission District and a private retreat in Sonoma County.
As part of the group exhibition “Monuments,” the artist took a Stonewall Jackson bronze and transformed it into a radically new, unsettled thing.
Micia Mosely founded a group to support Black teachers transforming schools across the country. She also tells a joke or two.
He left the House of Representatives while struggling with a crack addiction, his political career seemingly over. Actually, it had just begun.
A judge denied a neighbor’s petition to raze the Spanish-style hacienda, which the City Council had declared a cultural landmark.
Funcionan para la depresión y el TEPT. ¿Podrían también ayudar al cerebro a repararse tras una catástrofe neurológica?
Flag football offers girls as well as boys a means of enjoying the sport without the risk of brain damage.
The department had assigned officers to protect the former vice president after her Secret Service detail was terminated. Some criticized the use of the officers.
Some mayors and police chiefs said they would welcome more traditional law enforcement cooperation with federal agents, but see the National Guard as a step too far.
Moist, cool air pulled inland by an area of low pressure off the West Coast has led to a high number of lightning strikes, especially in Northern California.
The president has sent soldiers and federal agents to some cities, and promised to do the same in others, prompting lawsuits and stirring outrage among local leaders.
Bay Area Rapid Transit suffered a systemwide outage for the second time in four months because of a computer problem.
A Syrian immigrant in Southern California beat the odds — twice — and now some Powerball players see an ineffable magic at work in his store.
On Sept. 24, the Times will host leaders, policymakers and executives in frank discussions about a consequential year in the fight against climate change.
Federal prosecutors say the January blaze that swept through Altadena, as well as another fire in 2022, were sparked by faulty equipment.
The figure reflects the cost of the deployment since June 7, when President Trump ordered National Guard soldiers and Marines to Los Angeles to quell immigration protests.
These winemakers navigate a difficult world, often working day jobs and piecing together businesses on the margins. Somehow, they make great wine.
The number of millionaire renters in the United States more than tripled between 2019 and 2023.
They work for depression and P.T.S.D. Could they also help the brain repair itself after a neurologic catastrophe?
A large wildfire in Northern California destroyed some buildings in Chinese Camp, a historic town for early Chinese American life during the Gold Rush.
Total spending could top $200 million in a November contest that could help determine control of the House next year.
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.
We explore an act of defiance in China. But first, a look at President Trump’s health.
Fires, likely sparked by lightning strikes that hit California early Tuesday, razed over 9,000 acres in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada Mountains, officials said.
The rapper and pop star had been accused in a lawsuit of scratching and spitting on a security guard in 2018.
How a lifelong speedster learned to love the right lane.
As Democratic cities brace for possible military deployments, Democratic governors see in a lower-court ruling the potential for legal protections.
The federal judge found that the deployment exceeded legal limits that generally prohibit the use of the military for domestic law enforcement.
If Democrats gerrymander California, they will lose the moral high ground.
A new generation of activists has used extreme tactics and viral video to challenge farmers in Sonoma County, a region known for some of the industry’s most humane practices.
Spirituality and politics influence major N.Y.C. and L.A. exhibits, and shows featuring Tom Lloyd, Wifredo Lam, Coco Fusco and Vaginal Davis are must-sees.
The oil giant accused the state’s attorney general and four nonprofit groups of defamation after they sued over recycling claims.
A Spanish-style house in Los Angeles, a desert retreat in Palm Springs and a Joseph Eichler house in Sunnyvale.
High-strength, California-grown marijuana is so popular in the U.K. that large quantities are being illegally smuggled on passenger flights, officials say.
Gene Pressman, the impresario behind the world-famous department store, would have done things differently.
Democrats would probably need to win the national popular vote by two or three percentage points to retake the House next year.
Republicans and Democrats in Congress are wary of the potential consequences of President Trump’s drive to redraw districts.
Some first-time home buyers, facing high interest rates, are trading their metropolitan lifestyles for lower-cost living.
In February, the publication Marin Lately began satirizing the wealthy, idyllic swath of the Bay Area. The author has been a mystery, until now.
A war hero turned politician, he was first elected to the House in 1990 but stepped down in 2005 after pleading guilty to tax evasion and conspiracy to commit bribery.
The federal public defender's office challenged the legality of allowing the U.S. attorneys in Los Angeles and Las Vegas to continue in their jobs without congressional approval.
Weather Service employees help air traffic controllers keep planes away from severe weather. Fewer than half of the country’s control centers are fully staffed, a government report says.
When his firm was hired to design an auxiliary dwelling unit in a California yard, a designer customized the project with a mix of prefabricated and original features.
Gregory Bovino has orchestrated thousands of arrests, using confrontational tactics that have made him a MAGA star. His critics say he’s crossing legal and political lines.
Urban wildfires are becoming public health emergencies.
Instead of chasing trends, the California designer is doubling down on the neutral palette she built her brand on.
The season for strong storms came late. This week, it has led to travel delays, a snarled start to Burning Man and a recharged waterfall in Yosemite.
An analysis of the turbulent weather that caught people off guard, flipping over boats and killing eight people.
Readers react to the Trump administration’s deployment of U.S. military in cities. Also: A California voter’s choice on gerrymandering; the impact of ICE raids.
The group in Southern California stole goods worth millions of dollars since January, officials said. Nine people were charged this week over the thefts.
Este verano, el proyecto FoundHer House, una casa de “hackers” exclusivamente para mujeres, ofreció a sus residentes una comunidad de apoyo para crear sus empresas emergentes.
Modern Love in miniature, featuring reader-submitted stories of no more than 100 words.
Last spring, when we recommended five state parks to visit, readers told us we had missed some of their favorites. So here are a few you wanted us to share.
The “Old Town Road” rapper was arrested last Thursday after video appeared to show him walking down a street in Los Angeles wearing only his underwear.
It is highly unusual for prosecutors to fail even once to obtain an indictment from a grand jury given the way the process is stacked in favor of the government.
A Queen Anne Revival in Yreka, a bungalow in Oakland and a condo in Los Angeles.
At San Francisco’s de Young, an Indigenous team of scholars and artists is rethinking the display of Native objects and helping to rebuild fraught community ties.
San Francisco, Philadelphia and others are retreating from “harm reduction” strategies that have helped reduce deaths but which critics, including Trump, say have contributed to pervasive public drug use.
We need a bipartisan solution that ensures a stable farm work force and protects farmworker families and the future of American agriculture.
He was frequently crammed into airport lockers, popcorn machines and grandfather clocks as Agent 13, the long-suffering spy.
Calabasas residents thought it would be easy to keep wildfire ash from being trucked to their local landfill. They were wrong.
More than 1,000 homes in Oregon were under some kind of evacuation because of the Flat fire, which was one of many wildfires burning in the West, amid hot weather.
Young people energized a push for redemption — and the release of Lyle and Erik. Parole commissioners took a different view and a harder line.
The Silicon Valley chipmaker’s journey from icon to a government project, with the sale of a 10 percent stake to the Trump administration, underlines how even the mightiest in tech can fall.
FoundHer House, a home in San Francisco’s Glen Park neighborhood, is the rare all-female hacker house where residents are creating a supportive community to build their start-ups.
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.
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.