October 8, 2025, 6:31 a.m. Pacific time
Good morning. Here are the top stories from across California.
Many residents say that illegal dumping has inundated Oakland, Calif., a city with more garbage than almost anywhere else.
The ruling, usually referred to as NIFLA, arose from a First Amendment challenge to California law regulating “crisis pregnancy centers.”
The Lakers superstar’s original “The Decision” was a fascinating display of self-regard on TV. Tuesday’s stunt is beneath him, a columnist for The Athletic writes.
The artist’s 2012 documentary on a particular pursuit of excess arrives on Broadway when, she says, “we have gotten farther and farther away from the value of modesty.”
Investors worried about the financials of the technology giant’s cloud computing business, compounding broader worries about a sky-high stock boom.
The case involves a California woman who died from mesothelioma, a rare cancer. Her family claimed Johnson and Johnson’s talc powder products were to blame.
Charging an electric car battery is usually cheaper than going to the gas pump. But it depends on where you live.
The national air space has long been reeling from a staffing crisis among air traffic controllers, as the F.A.A. grapples with a shortage of about 3,000 controllers.
About 15 bystanders helped to lift the aircraft off a critically injured woman after it crashed in California’s capital on Monday evening, officials said.
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