Gov. Gavin Newsom’s mandate is more exploratory in ideas than a law that will immediately change the jobs picture for California residents.

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.

Sergey Brin and his girlfriend, Gerelyn “GG” Soto, at a White House artificial-intelligence dinner last year.

Students in Los Angeles walk to class in a photo from 2025.

Representative Eric Swalwell of California had been in a crowded field vying to succeed Gov. Gavin Newsom.

Campaign officials and supporters are abandoning Representative Eric Swalwell.

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.

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

A leader at the University of Texas said the institution would be eager to work with the Trump administration. Other universities have been more circumspect.

President Trump is expected to meet President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia in Alaska on Friday to discuss the war in Ukraine.

The hearing will take place before the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.

Usha Vance, who clerked for Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. and was a top editor on The Yale Law Journal, referred to herself as a “former lawyer” in a recent appearance.

The aftermath of the Eaton fire in Altadena, Calif., in January. The peak of California’s fire season, when fires are most abundant and the most acres burn, occurs from June through October.

Steve Hilton, right, says that cutting regulations will make California friendlier to businesses and reduce the cost of living. He appeared recently with Michael Gates, the city attorney of Huntington Beach.