California
Huntington Beach, saying parents have a ‘right to know,’ seeks to block a state law shielding teachers from having to disclose students’ gender identity.
Sept. 18, 2024
Opinion
If Gov. Newsom vetoes SB 1047, the forces of anti-regulation — AI companies — will have little incentive to work on alternatives.
Sept. 19, 2024
It took two decades of patient, vigilant community organizing to open a prime piece of San Francisco Bay shoreline to the public in Richmond, Calif.
Sept. 20, 2024
Climate & Environment
Ten years ago, California adopted a law to curb chronic overpumping of groundwater. Significant challenges remain, even as the state works toward its goals.
Sept. 17, 2024
Politics
Both Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Trump touted support from law enforcement this week as crime remains a prominent issue in the presidential race.
Sept. 6, 2024
Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a law to reunite a Jewish family with an Impressionist painting looted by Nazis. The law was designed to reverse a recent court ruling.
Sept. 16, 2024
A new poll shows that California voters overwhelming support Proposition 36, sponsored by the California District Attorney’s Assn. The November ballot measure would increase punishment for theft and hard drug offenses and impose required treatment for repetitive criminal addicts.
World & Nation
The Justice Department will investigate whether the Rankin County Sheriff’s Department engaged in a pattern or practice of excessive force.
At environmental charter schools, students are taught about the effects of environmental degradation — and how to be advocates for their community.
Sept. 15, 2024
Entertainment & Arts
James Ijames, whose ‘Fat Ham’ won the 2022 Pulitzer Prize for drama, confronts the grievous reality of lethal violence and racial injustice in ‘Kill Move Paradise,’ an earlier work now receiving its Southern California premiere at the Odyssey Theatre.