California News

These inventive, meticulous competitors can teach us something about setting the “perfect” table.

By Tejal Rao

The storm, driven by the season’s first major atmospheric river, inundated the Pacific Northwest and Northern California, killing at least three people and causing widespread power outages.

By The New York Times

It took nearly 25 years for biologists to discover that a swimming and glowing organism in the ocean’s midnight zone was actually a sea slug.

By William J. Broad

Daniel Lurie held his first news conference since Mayor London Breed conceded the mayoral race this week.

By Heather Knight

Mayor London Breed acknowledged on Thursday that Daniel Lurie, a first-time candidate, would succeed her in office.

By Heather Knight

The fast-moving Mountain fire forced thousands to evacuate and destroyed neighborhoods in the hilly communities of Ventura County. “We figured we were trapped,” one resident said.

By Corina Knoll and Rachel Parsons

Ceviche, quinoa, sushi — the nation’s kaleidoscopic culinary traditions are earning popularity and prestige around the world.

By Julia Moskin

As Shohei Ohtani played in the World Series, Japanese American ballplayers gathered in Manzanar for the first baseball games in the internment camp since World War II.

By Tim Arango, Hana Asano and Scotty Uyeda

Celebrating its 150th anniversary, the San Diego Natural History Museum has opened more of its vast paleontology exhibit to visitors.

By Michael Janofsky and Alan Nakkash

The California prison used to house some of the state’s most violent criminals, but has become more known lately for creative pursuits.

By Heather Knight

When independent movies like “Rosemead” travel to a state for tax incentives, they save money but add creative challenges.

By Christopher Kuo

The bill would have been the first in the nation to place strict guardrails on the new technology, but Gov. Gavin Newsom said the bill was flawed.

By Cecilia Kang

Mexican drug cartels are turning thousands of Americans into fentanyl smugglers, sending an army of couriers who can easily cross between both countries.

By Natalie Kitroeff, Robert Gebeloff and Meridith Kohut

A team’s plan to build a palace in Las Vegas highlights a cultural shift in the American sports experience, driven by a single factor: money.

By Jack Nicas and Jim Wilson

Some restless entrepreneurs are releasing pollutants in the sky to try to cool the planet.

By David Gelles and Ian C. Bates

The lawsuit, seeking ‘multiple billions of dollars,’ opens a new front in the legal battles with oil and gas companies over climate and environmental issues.

By Karen Zraick and David Gelles

The Motion Picture Association has been wooing the company for years. The addition gives the group a lot more muscle.

By Brooks Barnes

An immersive article shows readers what a New York Times reporter has tracked for nearly a decade: Robot taxis still need human help.

By Cade Metz

Many Southern Californians have moved to San Bernardino County for more affordable homes and calmer lifestyles, but some also face disaster risks.

By Soumya Karlamangla, Vik Jolly and Isabelle Taft

Experts say these intentional burns reduce the risk of wildfires and more should be done. But real barriers remain.

By Kate Selig

Can Zac Posen, known for over-the-top glamour, reinvent the American mall brand — and change his reputation in the process?

By Vanessa Friedman

How some high-tech entrepreneurs are trying to use new forms of technology to solve the problem of mega-wildfires in the age of climate change.

By Tim Fernholz and Ian C. Bates

Bob Garrison was determined to rescue his son from the streets. The path was more difficult than he had imagined.

By Shawn Hubler

Entrepreneurs and venture capitalists are setting up firms across the Pacific, only to find that any investment with Chinese ties is a hard sell.

By Li Yuan

Gov. Gavin Newsom must now decide whether to sign into law the fiercely debated legislation.

By Cecilia Kang

During an often quiet season in the art world, several outstanding solo shows and one group show offer a feast for the eye and the mind.

By Jonathan Griffin

The nation’s largest dam removal project is nearly complete after a lengthy campaign by Native tribes to restore the river at the California-Oregon border.

By Soumya Karlamangla and Loren Elliott

The company, founded in the city as Twitter, is moving its headquarters to Texas as a shadow of its former self.

By Heather Knight and Kate Conger

At the impressive new home of the Los Angeles Clippers, new artworks foster a community spirit. But there are no outright slam dunks here.

By Jonathan Griffin

The city has become a hothouse for experimentation in local news. Could it serve as a model for the rest of the country?

By Eli Tan

Silicon Valley companies still worry that state lawmakers are jumping the gun on regulating a still-unproven technology.

By Cecilia Kang and Cade Metz

A California state senator, Scott Wiener, wants to stop the creation of dangerous A.I. But critics say he is jumping the gun.

By Cade Metz and Cecilia Kang

The leading mayoral candidates are racing to hire influential activists in the city’s large Chinese community and looking for every opportunity to reach Chinese-speaking voters.

By Amy Qin

Gov. Gavin Newsom, frustrated by county leaders who spurned his executive order cracking down on encampments, visited their turf to clear homeless sites.

By Shawn Hubler

There are palms, of course. But the city has one of the most diverse urban forests in the world and each neighborhood has its own characteristic plantings. Just follow the greenery.

By Danielle Pergament

Mayor London Breed has told city officials to issue citations and encourage homeless people to leave town by offering free bus tickets.

By Heather Knight

Shoplifting and fentanyl use have tested the patience of California voters, who will decide in November whether to impose stricter laws that would lead to more incarceration.

By Tim Arango

San Diego serves up gorgeous beaches, arty neighborhoods and rich history, yet it still excels at being underrated.

By Freda Moon

The great ape was euthanized because his health had declined, staff members said.

By Alexandra E. Petri

Jesse Katz’s true-crime narrative, “The Rent Collectors,” delivers a nuanced portrait of a community racked by poverty and violence and deprived of opportunities to get ahead.

By Ben Ehrenreich

NASA sent the song “The Rain (Supa Dupa Fly)” from a radio dish in California last week. It took 14 minutes to travel the 158 million miles.

By Mike Ives

The state has had more than 3,500 wildfires this year, and the peak of the annual fire season has yet to arrive.

By Jill Cowan and Jonathan Wolfe

Here are readers’ choices for some of the books published since 2000 that are most representative of the state.

By Soumya Karlamangla

Across the country, copper and other valuable materials have been stolen from streetlights, statues and even gravesites, costing millions to repair.

By Michael Corkery and Mark Abramson

Northgate González Market, one of the largest Mexican supermarket chains in the country, imagines the future of food as a family-friendly mercado.

By Tejal Rao

After thousands of sequoias were destroyed by extreme wildfires, tribes are conducting cultural burns.

By Jim Robbins and Eros Hoagland

Residents moved to Mountain House, Calif., to escape soaring housing costs near the coast. Now, they just have to survive the searing summer heat.

By Jonathan Wolfe and Mike Kai Chen

The budget includes $12 million for reparations measures for the state’s Black residents.

By Soumya Karlamangla

Subjects include safety at work and in bars, and the cost of renting a home or buying a gun.

By Soumya Karlamangla

The pandas, Yun Chuan and Xin Bao, will be the first to enter the United States in 21 years, the San Diego Zoo said.

By Jesus Jiménez

More than two dozen wildfires have ignited in California this week, and experts warn of an extreme season ahead.

By Soumya Karlamangla

Mays, who died on Tuesday at 93, had been perfect for so long that the shock of seeing baseball get the best of him was the shock of seeing a god become mortal.

By Kurt Streeter

An emerging coalition that views Donald J. Trump’s agenda as a threat to democracy is laying the groundwork to push back if he wins in November, taking extraordinary pre-emptive actions.

By Charlie Savage, Reid J. Epstein, Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan

Scientists and officials spent days at sea searching for vaquitas, shy porpoises threatened by fishing gear.

By Catrin Einhorn

Hamdi Ulukaya called the craft brewer, said to be the country’s oldest, a “grand jewel.” Anchor’s former owner, Sapporo, put it into liquidation last year, citing the effects of the pandemic.

By Emily Schmall

For families with children, we found half a dozen beaches in the United States and Mexico, each tailored to a particular summer activity.

By Freda Moon

A tug of war in San Francisco over whether to teach algebra in eighth or ninth grade gets at wider national questions about serving all students fairly.

By Soumya Karlamangla

The artist on his new work at the Freedom Monument Sculpture Park in Alabama, the development of his practice and taking drum lessons from Jimmie Smith.

By Adam Bradley

Three leaders of major public school systems will appear before members of a House committee looking into claims of antisemitism in schools.

By Soumya Karlamangla

They’re delivering solar power after dark in California and helping to stabilize grids in other states. And the technology is expanding rapidly.

By Brad Plumer and Nadja Popovich

State demographers are optimistic that the population will continue to grow for the foreseeable future.

By Shawn Hubler

As the well-connected pastor of the Glide Memorial Church in the blighted Tenderloin district, he preached a “radically inclusive” gospel in serving people in need.

By Richard Sandomir

A challenge to a small Oregon city’s law that imposes fines on homeless people for sleeping outdoors could have big implications for the Golden State.

By Soumya Karlamangla and Shawn Hubler

In a city still struggling to recover from the pandemic, Mayor London Breed hopes giant pandas will lift the spirits — and the economy — of San Francisco.

By Heather Knight

The town threw a party for the opening of a $1.7 million public restroom.

By Heather Knight

Don Tamaki was integral to getting redress for Japanese Americans. He says serving on a California task force transformed his view on racism in America.

By Amy Qin

For a Los Angeles community contending with gentrification in its historic center and an aging population of cultural standard-bearers, Ohtani’s accession with the Dodgers has been galvanizing.

By Jill Cowan

In the Los Angeles area, Mr. Parker was a common sight on billboards and television commercials in which he promised to stand up to faceless insurance companies.

By Emmett Lindner

The Middletown Art Center in Lake County has turned into a “focal point for the area’s resilience and growth,” one resident said.

By Soumya Karlamangla

Skyscrapers in the heart of Los Angeles were a financial failure that many people had ignored — until graffiti artists tagged their windows.

By Corina Knoll

Elected leaders in recovery are sharing their histories of drug abuse, fueled by worry over the epidemic that’s killing so many Americans.

By Heather Knight

The California governor last year said a fast-food minimum wage law didn’t apply to Panera Bread because of the “nature of negotiation.” He changed course after a scathing report suggested otherwise.

By Shawn Hubler and Kurtis Lee

Tech layoffs, fallout from Hollywood strikes and an uptick in rural joblessness challenge a state with one of the nation’s highest unemployment rates.

By Kurtis Lee

In his memoir, “What Have We Here?,” the actor writes about his friendships with Hollywood icons and literary lions.

By Elisabeth Egan

A recently renovated house in Yucca Valley, a three-bedroom home in Benicia and a one-bedroom condominium in Laguna Niguel.

By Angela Serratore

We’re adding Amy Tan’s San Francisco classic “The Joy Luck Club,” John Steinbeck’s early novel “Tortilla Flat” and more.

By Soumya Karlamangla

Under intensifying scrutiny from U.S. lawmakers, top firms have pulled back from investing in Chinese start-ups.

By Erin Griffith

A fierce contest between Democratic members of Congress has become a strategic battle that could send the 75-year-old Republican to the general election. He still has little chance of winning office, however.

By Shawn Hubler

Todd Michael Schultz, the longtime partner of the infamous author, had ambitions to run for office.

By Jacob Bernstein

Union members reached a tentative deal with the California State University system after mounting a strike last month that was the largest by university professors in U.S. history.

By Soumya Karlamangla

Car No. 53 took a special Valentine’s Day ride up Nob Hill, stopping at the hotel where Bennett debuted “I Left My Heart in San Francisco" in 1961.

By Heather Knight

The Super Bowl is bringing to the surface an amusing but very real generational divide in the Bay Area.

By Heather Knight

In an unlikely act of altruism observed two years ago, a male elephant seal prevented a younger animal from drowning.

By Darren Incorvaia

When the nation’s oldest person has a birthday, a California community makes sure to celebrate.

By Soumya Karlamangla

Hurricane-force wind gusts brought down trees and power lines.

By Heather Knight and Sam Mondros

It’s been delightful reading your emails about favorite stops, and seeing the state’s highways and landmarks through your eyes.

By Soumya Karlamangla

The San Diego region was overwhelmed by a surprisingly intense storm that flooded homes and turned roadways into rivers. Some residents wondered why they did not receive more warning.

By Vik Jolly, Corina Knoll and Tim Arango

An intense downpour brought more rain to the city on Monday than Tropical Storm Hilary did last year.

By Corina Knoll and Vik Jolly

In Solano County, Calif., a who’s who of tech money is trying to build a city from the ground up. But some of the locals whose families have been there for generations don’t want to sell the land.

By Conor Dougherty

Film, music and scent combine in Cauleen Smith’s immersive ode to her city. Her touchstone is Wanda Coleman, a great poet of L.A.

By Siddhartha Mitter