Column One

In 1944, Esther Takei Nishio, who died last month, was the first Japanese American internee to return to the West Coast and attend school. Her warm welcome was short-lived.

This year our family learned to tell a different kind of Thanksgiving story.

Making the most of a beautiful day with Mrs. Rogers. At 91, Joanne Rogers tends to the legacy of her late husband, known to generations as Mister Rogers. But she doesn’t want him put on a pedestal, even with Tom Hanks playing him in a movie, and she tells a reporter why.

After his wife had been in the ICU for 27 days, doctors asked Steve Simmons: Did he want to disconnect her from the life-sustaining treatment?

In the richest sportfishing contest on the planet, teams compete to catch the largest black and blue marlin.

An indigenous community survived Guatemala’s civil war. But a volcanic eruption is forcing them out of a town that had symbolized their resilience and grit.

The studio T-Series has overcome powerful rivals, legal challenges, gangsters and tragedy on its way to dominating the world’s biggest video-sharing site.

Former California Gov. Pete Wilson is the face of Proposition 187, making him public enemy No. 1 for Latinos who suffered the consequences.

It’s a tale of dedication, perseverance and obsession: one man’s effort to write the definitive history of the Illinois Watch Co.

A UC Davis professor’s simple mission: Record and identify every butterfly he sees. What he’s discovered has disturbed him.

My job is to write about the wonders and challenges of our coast and oceans, but I’ll admit: Before this story, I had no idea what an abalone looked like.

The mega-mansion boom in L.A.’s “Platinum Triangle” draws armies of workers to build them, and a squadron of caterers like Jennifer Ramirez to refuel their lines.