August 20, 2025, 6:31 a.m. Pacific time
Good morning. Here are the top stories from across California.
Republican state lawmakers argue that Democratic lawmakers violated 30-day disclosure rules in the California Constitution.
President Trump suggested this month that his Justice Department should investigate Mr. Schiff, who served on the Jan. 6 committee.
President Trump has personally stipulated that hefty financial penalties be part of agreements his administration is negotiating with the elite universities. Critics call it extortion.
At $500 billion, OpenAI would become the world’s most valuable privately held company.
After he was paralyzed in an accident, his use of marijuana for medical purposes led him to become one of the nation’s most influential cannabis activists.
A midcentury five-bedroom in Mill Valley, a historic four-bedroom in Los Angeles and a Spanish-style five-bedroom in Ojai.
The game that was once brutally beaten out of him slowly began to pull him back in.
The actor-turned-governor helped overhaul how California draws political maps. In an interview with The New York Times, he said he would fight to preserve that legacy.
As Altadena continues to recover from the devastating wildfires in January, roses have bloomed amid the charred ruins. “It just shows these are damn tough plants,” one longtime rose curator said.
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