August 27, 2025, 6:31 a.m. Pacific time
Good morning. Here are the top stories from across California.
The trillions of dollars that tech companies are pouring into new data centers are starting to show up in economic growth. For now, at least.
The two PACs reflect a new level of political engagement by companies like Meta and investors such as Andreessen Horowitz, which are spending heavily on artificial intelligence.
The group in Southern California stole goods worth millions of dollars since January, officials said. Nine people were charged this week over the thefts.
The “Old Town Road” rapper was arrested last Thursday after video appeared to show him walking down a street in Los Angeles wearing only his underwear.
Directors use our canine friends to convey connection even as we’ve grown more disconnected from the animal world.
Last spring, when we recommended five state parks to visit, readers told us we had missed some of their favorites. So here are a few you wanted us to share.
Amid deep cuts, more than 90 parks have reported problems like lost revenue and cuts to emergency services. One expert called this “a dangerous path.”
Many of Southern California’s plants and animals evolved with fire as part of their life cycles. Can they weather the worsening fires to come?
Ramos’s backslide defensively is just one more thing that didn’t go the way the Giants were hoping it would in 2025.
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