March 17, 2026, 6:31 a.m. Pacific time
In San Francisco, some passengers of autonomous taxis have experienced an unexpected hazard: being stuck in the vehicles when the cars are assaulted.
Oil had not flowed through the pipeline since a 2015 rupture caused an environmental disaster on California’s Central Coast. It sets up a new fight between the Trump administration and state officials.
At his annual fund-raiser, the rock star hosted Keke Palmer, Donatella Versace and Brooklyn Beckham for a private Oscars watch party in West Hollywood.
Soaring temperatures across California and the Southwest are expected to break records for March.
Workers are filing lawsuits against the countertop industry as cases of silicosis, a deadly lung disease, rise.
As the president’s immigration policies squeeze an already tight supply of farm labor, the Trump administration is making it cheaper to hire foreign farmworkers.
Enamored of stars like Charlie Chaplin, he matched outdoor scenes from their movies to contemporary locales, creating a visual record of vanished cityscapes.
Mookie Betts says his bat speed, sapped by an illness last spring, is back. “Now I’m swinging it just as fast as when I was younger,” he said.
A condo in San Francisco, a ranch house in Palm Springs and a bungalow in Los Angeles.
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