COACHELLA, Calif. — The sun-baked desert valley tucked behind the San Jacinto Mountains is best known for an annual music festival that draws 100,000 fans a day and a series
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Smoky Artwork by Judy Chicago at Desert Zoo Is Canceled
Two years ago, the arts organization Desert X in Palm Springs, Calif., canceled a Jenny Holzer light projection to be shown on a local mountainside during its biennial exhibition for
Angelo Quinto Died After Police Knelt on Him for 5 Minutes, Family Says
When Maria Quinto-Collins started filming her son at her home in Antioch, Calif., on Dec. 23, he was already on the floor, unresponsive. In the footage, a pair of officers
Residents Say Tiger Woods Crash Happened on Dangerous Stretch of Road
RANCHO PALOS VERDES, Calif. — The area where Tiger Woods was injured in a wreck on Tuesday is a perilous stretch of road for drivers in Southern California, with steep
California OKs $600 stimulus payments for 5.7M people
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California lawmakers on Monday cleared the way for 5.7 million people to get at least $600 in one-time payments, part of a state-sized coronavirus relief package aimed at
Highlights of COVID-19 relief bill progressing in House
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., speaks during a news conference at the Capitol, Thursday, Feb. 11, 2021, in Washington. | AP Democrats beat back hundreds of amendments from Republicans
California Sheriff’s Deputy Is Charged With Faking Attack
Sukhdeep Gill, a sheriff’s deputy in Santa Clara County, Calif., said he had been walking back to his patrol car on a dark road near a reservoir when a silver
Section of Highway 1 in California Collapses After Heavy Rains
A portion of Highway 1 near Big Sur, Calif., collapsed this week and fell into the Pacific Ocean after heavy rains caused a “debris flow” of trees, boulders, water and
In Home District, McCarthy Faces Some Backlash From the Right
BAKERSFIELD, Calif. — As Congress prepared to vote on impeachment for a second time, David Bynum reached out to his former boss — Representative Kevin McCarthy of California, the Republican
Live Vote Results: The Second Impeachment of Donald Trump
Alma Adams N.C. 12 — Y Pete Aguilar Calif. 31 — Y Colin Allred Texas 32 — Y Jake Auchincloss Mass. 4 — Y Cindy Axne Iowa 3 — Y
Losing a Loved One Twice: First to Prison, Then to Covid
The calls usually came on Sundays. Hank Warner of Huntington Beach, Calif., would see a familiar area code pop up on his phone, telling him that his younger brother was
YouTube Suspends Trump’s Channel for at Least Seven Days
OAKLAND, Calif. — YouTube said on Tuesday that it had suspended President Trump’s channel over concern about “ongoing potential for violence,” the latest move by one of the large tech
Manhunt Underway for Six Escaped California Inmates
Six men escaped from a jail in Merced County, Calif., using a rope of braided bedsheets, setting off a manhunt throughout the region, the authorities said on Sunday. The men
Trump’s Twitter Account Permanently Suspended
OAKLAND, Calif. — Twitter said on Friday that it had permanently suspended President Trump from its service “due to the risk of further incitement of violence,” effectively cutting him off
For nurses, California’s virus outbreak has a personal toll
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — For Caroline Brandenburger, the coronavirus outbreak that has overwhelmed California hospitals comes with a very personal toll. “Just today we had two deaths on this unit. And
A New Tool in Treating Mental Illness: Building Design
Residents of the Taube Pavilion in Mountain View, Calif., wake up in private rooms with views of the wooded Santa Cruz Mountains, have breakfast in airy communal spaces and can
Hundreds of Google Employees Unionize, Culminating Years of Activism
OAKLAND, Calif. — More than 225 Google engineers and other workers have formed a union, the group revealed on Monday, capping years of growing activism at one of the world’s
Nancy Pelosi narrowly reelected House speaker
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., speaks to the media, Wednesday Dec. 30, 2020, on Capitol Hill in Washington. | Jacquelyn Martin/AP Photo The California Democrat, who has led her
The Latest: California reports first case of virus variant
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California Gov. Gavin Newsom has announced the first known case of the new and apparently more contagious variant of the coronavirus in the nation’s most populated state,
Lori Loughlin Released From Federal Prison
The actress Lori Loughlin was released from federal prison in Dublin, Calif., on Monday, having completed a two-month sentence for conspiring to pass her daughters off as rowers so they
‘Stay Alive and Survive’: Ski Resorts Brace for a Pandemic Season
OLYMPIC VALLEY, Calif. — A trickle of skiers recently zigzagged down the slopes at the Squaw Valley Ski Resort. Couples and families wandered through the resort’s village, which was decorated
As Christmas Nears, Virus Experts Look for Lessons From Thanksgiving
SANTA BARBARA, Calif. — More than three weeks after Thanksgiving, epidemiologists and local health officials across the country are picking apart the holiday, seeking signs of the pandemic’s latest riddle:
Most of California Locks Down Again as Coronavirus Strains Hospitals
MORAGA, Calif. — Most of California was on lockdown on Monday as two vast regions, Southern California and the heavily agricultural San Joaquin Valley, reached a serious enough shortage of
Police Drones Are Starting to Think for Themselves
CHULA VISTA, Calif. — When the Chula Vista police receive a 911 call, they can dispatch a flying drone with the press of button. On a recent afternoon, from a
Jets’ Second-Half Push Falls Short Against Chargers
INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) — Keenan Allen set a single-game Chargers franchise record with 16 receptions, Justin Herbert threw for 366 yards and three touchdowns and Los Angeles held on for
52 Years Later, IBM Apologizes for Firing Transgender Woman
In August 1968, Lynn Conway, a promising computer engineer at IBM in Sunnyvale, Calif., was called into the office of Gene Myron Amdahl, then the company’s director of advanced computing
California Is Trying to Jump-Start the Hydrogen Economy
IRVINE, Calif. — Since President George W. Bush fueled a minivan with hydrogen 15 years ago, the promise of cars and trucks powered by the fuel has come up mostly
Uber and Lyft Drivers in California Will Remain Independent
OAKLAND, Calif. — Drivers and other workers for so-called gig economy companies in California will not become their employees. California voters carried Uber and Lyft to victory, overwhelmingly approving Proposition
California Tax Revolt Faces a Retreat, 40 Years Later
OAKLAND, Calif. — In 1978, a Los Angeles businessman named Howard Jarvis led an insurgent campaign to pass Proposition 13, a ballot measure that limited California property taxes and inspired
Grow a Hydroponic Garden
Emily Marsh, who lives in Sonoma County, Calif., always thought the best thing about gardening was the feel of soil on her fingertips. But last year she and her fiancé