Marijuana Goes Industrial in California

By THOMAS FULLER April 15, 2017 SALINAS, Calif. — This vast and fertile valley is often called the salad bowl of the nation for the countless heads of lettuce growing across its floor. Now California’s marijuana industry is laying claim to a new...

California Moves to Become ‘Sanctuary State,’ and Others Look to Follow

By JENNIFER MEDINA and JESS BIDGOOD April 10, 2017 A 42-year-old immigrant was on her way to church in Mendota, a small city in California’s Central Valley, one afternoon last month when the police stopped her because the tinted windows on...

PTA Gift for Someone Else’s Child? A Touchy Subject in California

By DANA GOLDSTEIN April 8, 2017 SANTA MONICA, Calif. — Of all the inequalities between rich and poor public schools, one of the more glaring divides is PTA fund-raising, which in schools with well-heeled parents can generate hundreds of thousands of...

California, Drenched by Winter Rain, Is Told ‘Drought’s Over’

By MATT STEVENS April 7, 2017 After six years of a prolonged drought in California, it is all but over. On Friday, Gov. Jerry Brown ended the drought emergency for the vast majority of the state. The drought had reduced Folsom Lake, a major reservoir in...

Fist or Glove: California Democrats Debate Response to Trump

By ADAM NAGOURNEY April 4, 2017 LOS ANGELES — After greeting the election of Donald J. Trump with a defiant stream of attacks, California Democrats are now divided over how best to deal with an administration whose policies on immigration, health care...