Soumya Karlamangla

Some 207,000 acres have burned so far this year, more than five times the average.

Our California-focused newsletter will feature a curated collection of New York Times articles about the state.

Vice President Kamala Harris’s credentials are already well-known. But Senator J.D. Vance of Ohio has deep connections to the Golden State, too.

There are only a few states where Covid is spreading more.

The best of our readers’ love letters to California.

A blaze in San Bernardino burned suburban homes and threatened others nearby, adding to an already intense California fire season.

4.4-Magnitude Earthquake Strikes Near Los Angeles

The nation’s largest dam removal project is nearly complete after a lengthy campaign by Native tribes to restore the river at the California-Oregon border.

Lamont Jackson, who led California’s second-largest school district, engaged in “unwelcome, sex-based behavior” toward two female employees, the investigation found.

Hersh Goldberg-Polin was among the hostages whose bodies were found on Saturday. Many remembered him as a gleeful and good-humored person — who later became a symbol of hope.