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...

U.S. Officials Chastise Judge Who Complained of Agents ‘Stalking’

In a letter to California’s chief judge, the attorney general and homeland security secretary defended the practice of making immigration arrests in courthouses.

Carl Clark, Black WWII Hero Who Was Denied Bravery Medal, Dies at 100

More than six decades after World War II, Mr. Clark was recognized with a medal for saving several lives when Japanese kamikazes attacked a ship near Okinawa in 1945.

Anti-Abortion Activists Charged in Planned Parenthood Video Case

By RICHARD PÉREZ-PEÑA March 29, 2017 California prosecutors filed felony charges on Tuesday against two anti-abortion activists who secretly recorded videos in an attempt to discredit abortion providers, saying that some of the recordings...

Travel Ban Dampens Persian New Year Celebration

For hundreds of Iranian-Americans in Southern California, long-held plans and family gatherings have been disrupted because of uncertainty over the ban.

Crews Race Storms as Water Ebbs at California Dam

By JESS BIDGOOD February 13, 2017 Water stopped flowing Monday over a spillway that has eroded at the nation’s tallest dam, allowing crews to assess the damage — and figure out how to shore it up — before another round of rain anticipated...