“Climate. Housing. Crime. Depending on who you ask, the Golden State is a bellwether for progress, or a liberal hellscape. A journey through a land in crisis.”
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Is Gold Hidden Under a California Peak? This Treasure Map Says So
“The tale of that man, his map, and the place it led to is really one about Southern California’s twin mirages — fame and fortune — and the people who seek one or the other. Or both.”
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A Vaccine Dispute Turns Deadly
Misinformation’s tragic toll on one California family.
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This Isn’t the California I Married
“The honeymoon’s over for its residents now that wildfires are almost constant. Has living in this natural wonderland lost its magic?”
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How the Yurok Tribe Is Bringing Back the California Condor
Condor 746, on loan from a captive breeding program in Idaho, traveled to California in spring 2022. He’s the first California condor in over a century to reach the ancestral land of the Yurok Tribe, and made the journey to mentor four young birds in a condor facility in Redwood National Park. Condors are very […]
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He Grew Up in California. Now, He’s Forced to Live in His Birth Country — a Place He’s Never Known
“Gov. Newsom declined to stop the deportation of a man who spent 26 years atoning for a violent crime. Will Phoeun You ever get a second chance?”
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Dreaming of Water with Tiger Salamanders
“There is no more urgent form of communication than going extinct.”
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What We Search For
“What they searched for wouldn’t look like a body, not anymore.”
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Of Tacos y Heartbreak
“The tacos I eat here in the U.S. are not the tacos my family eats in Mexico. They come close but there’s something missing. Maybe it’s the salt.”
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The Sizzler: The California Origin Story Behind One of India’s Flashiest Dishes
Whether you’re a fan of culinary cross-pollination or just loaded nachos/fries/[insert substrate here], you’ll leave this gustatory lineage story with a growling stomach. And if you’re lucky enough to live near a place that serves sizzlers? Well, you’ll just have to try to beat me there. About ten minutes after we put in our order, […]
