California Today: Suicides Were Frequent at the Golden Gate Bridge. Not Anymore.

January 20, 2026, 6:31 a.m. Pacific time

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Suicides Were Frequent at the Golden Gate Bridge. Not Anymore.

For decades, there had been an average of 30 each year. With a new deterrent in place, there were none in the second half of 2025.

At Yosemite, Rangers Are Scarce and Visitors Have Gone Wild

After the Trump administration’s cuts, workers at the national park are spread too thin to stop people from littering, flying drones and cliff-diving.

LeBron James’s MLK shoes Modeled After Lorraine Motel Look Cool But Miss the Mark

Nike plans to release the “Honor the King” edition of the LeBron XXIII basketball shoe on Feb. 24. The shoe has a teal colorway in a nod to the color of the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, the motel where Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was shot and killed in 1968.

Before Urban Raids, Border Patrol Tested Tactics in California Farm Country

Just before President Trump took office, Border Patrol agents led by Gregory Bovino arrested immigrants in Kern County using the same playbook later seen in places like Chicago and Minneapolis. Then a federal judge ordered them to stop.

See You Later, Claude: San Francisco Mourns Its Beloved Alligator

The 30-year-old albino resident of the California Academy of Sciences died last month. On Sunday, thousands paid tribute.

Netflix Revamps Its Warner Bros. Bid, Seeking to Thwart Paramount

Netflix will pay all cash for the $83 billion deal to acquire major parts of Warner Bros. Discovery, instead of a mix of cash and stock.

Rick Caruso, a Los Angeles Billionaire, Will Not Run for Office This Year

Mr. Caruso had the potential to shake up the contests for Los Angeles mayor or California governor.

An A.I. Start-Up Says It Wants to Empower Workers, Not Replace Them

Founded by researchers from Anthropic, Google and xAI, the new company, Humans&, is already valued at $4.48 billion.

Falsehoods Fueled Trump’s First Year Back in Office

The president has justified many significant moves of his second term with inaccurate claims and overstated boasts.

Times Opinion in L.A.

On Jan. 20, join New York Times Opinion columnists Jamelle Bouie and Ross Douthat in Los Angeles at the Aratani Theatre for a conversation about the first year of President Trump’s second term, hosted by Kathleen Kingsbury, the editor of Times Opinion. You can buy tickets here.