December 31, 2025, 6:31 a.m. Pacific time
After Christmas-week storms, two rounds of rainfall starting on New Year’s Eve could cause more flooding and mudslides.
The authorities closed access to part of Mount Baldy, the tallest peak in the San Gabriel Mountains in Southern California. They cited dangerous and unpredictable terrain and weather.
A Times investigation has found that insurers are driving families into homes contaminated by smoke. Lab results show how one family was exposed to neurotoxins and carcinogens.
The crackdown and detentions swept from one coast to the other: day laborers in Los Angeles, a flower seller in Chicago, immigrants in New York courtrooms.
Just like past tech booms, the latest frenzy has produced a group of billionaires — at least on paper — from smaller start-ups.
States across the country have also passed new rules around cellphone usage for minors, medically assisted death and gender-related care.
“I’ve been a lifelong Panthers fan ever since,” Steph Curry said, recalling the first games he attended in 1995.
Dumb phones as status symbols, a war on A.I. slop and bets on “The Real Housewives” should make the coming year interesting.
Perhaps the best way to confront the swiftly changing landscape is to swallow hard, and then move forward with a fresh approach.
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