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California Today

July 14, 2025, 6:31 a.m. Pacific time

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Living ‘A Day Without a Mexican’ in L.A., 21 Years Later

The 2004 indie film imagined an absurd, Latino-less California. As fears of immigration raids empty out parts of Los Angeles, the film’s premise feels all too real, its creators say.

Farmworker Dies Fleeing an Immigration Raid in Southern California

During an immigration raid on Thursday, a worker fell from a greenhouse at a cannabis farm. A farmworkers union had initially said the worker died on Friday, but a lawyer for the family said the death occurred Saturday afternoon.

Judge Orders Los Angeles Police to Stop Shooting Projectiles at Journalists

Los Angeles Police Department officers fired foam projectiles and flash-bang devices at reporters and photographers who were covering the immigration protests in June.

$3.8 Million Homes in California

A Craftsman in Santa Barbara and contemporary homes in Manhattan Beach and San Luis Obispo.

‘They Kept Coming’: Hundreds of Packages Pile Up Outside Woman’s Home

A year ago, misdirected Amazon returns began arriving at Karen Holton’s house in California. Eventually, she said, they were stacked so high that she could not easily use her door.

At the Euros, San Diego Wave’s Delphine Cascarino is playing with ruthlessness for France

Cascarino's brilliance, familiar to NWSL watchers, was on full display in France's victory against the Netherlands

Immigration Arrests in Los Angeles Spike Amid Aggressive Enforcement

Nearly 3,000 people have been arrested since the beginning of June, more than three times the number in previous months this year.

In South Carolina, Newsom Tests the Presidential Waters (Without Saying So)

Gov. Gavin Newsom of California met with Democratic voters in an early primary state that has become pivotal in presidential races.

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