Prison worker dies at Atwater federal prison in Central Valley; possible fentanyl exposure
The mailroom supervisor at a federal prison in Atwater died Friday as a result of exposure to mail laced with…
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Who is running to replace Gavin Newsom as California governor in 2026?
(Rich Pedroncelli/Associated Press) Top work: California ControllerThe biggest stir: During Yee's tenure as controller, her agency uncovered tens of millions…
Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson's Pacific Palisades estate was targeted by burglars
Burglars broke into the Pacific Palisades property of Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson, Los Angeles police sources told The Times.…
Taiwanese athletes claim Olympic gold against China. Not everyone is cheering
Taipei, Taiwan – Taiwan’s first gold medal on Sunday at the 2024 Paris Olympics quickly reignited geopolitical fervour over Taiwanese…
Keep talking about Project 2025, even if the GOP wants us to ignore it
August 5, 2024 3 am Pacific Time To the editor: One letter writer hopes the media and others will downplay…
Column: Trump criticizes Harris' mixed-race identity. Will it work?
In 2020, I wrote a column about Kamala Harris’s mixed-race identity in which I argued that a lack of critical…
Doping controversy in Chinese swimming intensifies at Paris Olympics
PARIS — Swimming competition at the 2024 Summer Games will conclude with four medal races on Sunday, but that won't…
Heat and thunderstorms threaten to fuel the already massive park fire
Firefighters battling to contain the raging Park Fire got a brief respite Friday morning thanks to low clouds and slightly…
Justin Timberlake's driver's license suspended in New York
Justin Timberlake's arrest over the summer in the Hamptons is the DUI case that keeps on giving, or rather, taking…
The Manson follower who tried to kill a president and the man who stopped her
She was one of Charles Manson's first disciples, a flower-grown orphan who spoke passionately about LSD and redwoods, and one…