California
Summer online reservations for Yosemite National Park have been postponed for an indefinite time. No reservations are needed to visit the park on weekdays until the end of March, with the exception of Firefall dates.
The first of two “pineapple express” storms has arrived in Southern California after delivering a stronger-than-expected pounding to the San Francisco Bay Area, breaking rainfall records.
A lawsuit filed this week alleges that the only full-time gynecologist at the California Institution for Women in Chino subjected women to abusive procedures and unwanted exams, with other medical staff and prison officials accused of failing to take action despite red flags.
Lawsuit accuses UC of giving racial preference in admissions to Black and Latino students
As much as $725 million will go to three fire-damaged campuses, under a broad ‘climate resiliency’ plan. Two smoke-damaged schools get a new safety evaluation.
After a 38-foot-long female gray whale washed ashore at Dockweiler Beach, scientists look for a cause of death: ‘Each mortality has a story to tell.’
Protests against Trump’s immigration crackdown continued for a third day in downtown Los Angeles, with hundreds of students walking out of class to join.
The Los Angeles city attorney’s office has filed a lawsuit against real estate firm Blueground, alleging it violated anti-price-gouging rules in place because of the fires.
County Supervisors Lindsey Horvath and Kathryn Barger, who both saw swaths of their districts decimated by fire, asked county lawyers to draft a resolution that would increase the maximum penalty for price gouging across L.A. County from $10,000 to $50,000.