“When it happened, I was like, ‘Oh my God — it’s time,’” the conductor Elim Chan said of her appointment in San Francisco. “It is groundbreaking. It’s another ceiling broken.”

Spencer Pratt’s campaign has received a boost from A.I. videos that depict him as a superhero fighting Democratic leaders.

OpenAI’s president, Greg Brockman, right, was also named in Mr. Musk’s lawsuit.

The blaze, called the Sandy fire, broke out on a warm, breezy day in Simi Valley.

Nearly all of the 19 people who died in the Eaton fire lived in West Altadena.

Eight candidates took the stage at Pomona College in one of the final debates in the California gubernatorial primary race.

Federal authorities searched a house connected to Cole Tomas Allen in Torrance, Calif.

Many undocumented immigrants who want to file tax returns have sought the help of clinics like this one in Los Angeles.

It was unclear whether Sam Altman was home at the time of the attack.

Representative Eric Swalwell of California, one of President Trump’s most vocal critics in the House, said that he was being targeted by the Trump administration.

The Super Bowl in Silicon Valley “is tech billionaires who got picked last in gym class paying $50,000 to pretend they’re friends with the guys who got picked first,” a venture capitalist said.

Nick Reiner was charged with two counts of first-degree murder. If he is convicted, he could face a life sentence without parole or the death penalty.

Peter Arnett covered conflicts for decades, first for The Associated Press and then for CNN.

A new corruption case has rattled the State Capitol community of lobbyists, government aides and elected officials.

Travelers at Denver International Airport last week. On Monday afternoon, insufficient air traffic controller staffing caused arriving flights to be delayed about 40 minutes.

Grand Canyon National Park will remain open to the public during the shutdown.