Tag: California

A professor returns to the California military base where she grew up to make sense of her family’s role developing weapons for the US government.

Can humans coexist on the beaches of Santa Monica along with wildlife? A beach “rewilding” project aims to find out.

Even when you’re already bracing for a negative response, no one expects an attack golfer.

How California farmers are planning ahead for climate change while balancing their immediate economic concerns.

Annette Miller, a longtime resident of West Oakland’s Ghost Town neighborhood, has witnessed the dramatic transformation of the city as changes sweep the block she’s lived on for over 50 years.

Democrats can flip Orange County, California, from red to blue, as long as they don’t mess it up.

“If you’re doing something small, something that’s mostly your labor and vision, then stick to what makes you satisfied.”

The desert has its own version of Sasquatch, and it’s just as smelly and hairy.

Alex R. Jones starts grocery shopping late at night, and finds a new world opens up to him.

Durante el tiempo que pasó en el Valle de Coachella, California, el periodista Gabriel Thompson exploró cómo las comunidades latinas de la región se han adaptado a una vida de miedos e incertidumbre durante la administración de Trump.

Spending time in California’s Coachella Valley, journalist Gabriel Thompson explores how the region’s Latino communities have adjusted to a life of fear and uncertainty under a Trump administration.

After 40 years of public service, California Governor Jerry Brown is retiring. This is the story of his last days.

Ken Layne designs, edits, and distributes his independent magazine Desert Oracle from tiny Joshua Tree, California.

An interview with Mark Arax about the two decades he spent writing about the San Joaquin Valley empire of Lynda and Stuart Resnick.

Taxpayers have helped Stewart and Lynda Resnick turn an irrigated desert into a dangerous and lucrative agricultural gamble.

The modern hip-hop classic reflects growing up in Compton “one thousand percent.”

“There just aren’t enough firefighters in the West to fight that much fire.”

Christopher Goffard’s seven-part series on a dangerous Orange County con man is an astonishing tale of love and violence.

The staff at Laney Tower take a close look at the past, present, and future of Oakland’s artistic community.

When a group of Sufis wanted to build a large sanctuary in the California hills, locals pushed back and the town grew divided.

It’s not the pace of housing construction. It’s that the world’s most successful companies are gathered in a small number of cities.

Apparently, feeling great about yourself does not improve your chances at success.

At Outside, Peter Vigneron reports on a spree of nut heists thought to be linked to a Russian organized-crime ring.

In this oral history, a produce truck driver and former lettuce worker recounts the sexual harassment she faced while working in the fields of Salinas Valley, California.

In this oral history, a former sheepherder describes the loneliness and medical hardship he experienced while tending sheep in California’s Central Valley.

Daniel Patterson, and the challenges of bringing fast healthy food to the impoverished neighborhoods trapped in food deserts.

Essayist Lynell George muses on California and the two cities—Los Angeles and San Francisco—that own a part of her heart.

Alexander Nazaryan recounts one man’s search for a Spanish galleon that legends say traveled up the Sea of Cortez into California’s desert interior and never got out.

At Pacific Standard, Rachel Nuwer reports on the aging homeless population of California and how something seemingly innocuous — like forgetting to renew your driver’s licence on time — can instigate a downward spiral into poverty and homelessness that skyrocketing rent and street-inflicted trauma can extend, sometimes indefinitely.

Alexander Nazaryan details the many ideological and legal fronts on which California and President Trump clash, and the ways Californians are resisting and preparing for future federal incursions.