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Byline: Reis Thebault LOS ANGELES - Donald Trump has some thoughts about America's wealthiest, most populous and most culturally influential state. 'A symbol of our nation's decline.' 'The place is [...]

Byline: Holly Bailey, Emily Wax-Thibodeaux, Laura Meckler, Reis Thebault WINDER, Ga. - Four people were killed and nine others injured when a 14-year-old student opened fire Wednesday morning at a [...]

Byline: Reis Thebault, Molly Hennessy-Fiske, Kim Bellware, Danielle Paquette CHICAGO - Democrats worried that protesters might derail their shining moment this week, pushing the spotlight from Vice President Kamala Harris [...]

Byline: Reis Thebault CHICAGO - The marchers had moved on, the chants had faded away, and the protest had ended. But Julie Wroblewski's job is just beginning. She walked carefully [...]

Byline: Yasmeen Abutaleb, Michael Scherer, Reis Thebault CHICAGO - Democrats for weeks have been bracing for massive pro-Palestinian demonstrations outside this week's convention, fearing they would recall the protests of [...]

Byline: Molly Hennessy-Fiske, Reis Thebault, Kim Bellware, Danielle Paquette CHICAGO - On the eve of Vice President Kamala Harris formally accepting her party's presidential nomination here, several thousand chanting protesters [...]

Byline: Reis Thebault DEATH VALLEY, Calif. - Early in the year, when so much water flooded this place that kayaks could float across it, or later, when its hills burst [...]

Byline: Reis Thebault, John D. Harden OAKLAND, Calif. - Just when things were looking especially dire for the leadership of this proud Bay Area city, they got worse. And worse. [...]

Byline: Reis Thebault SAN FRANCISCO - Lateefah Simon arrived for her first day at the top cop's office in her usual outfit of tracksuit and Pumas, ready to work with [...]

Byline: Reis Thebault SAN FRANCISCO - They filed in tentatively, taking seats on plush couches and folding chairs arranged in a semicircle in the cafe's gently lit backroom. Here would [...]

Byline: Reis Thebault, Molly Hennessy-Fiske SAN FRANCISCO - California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Thursday ordered agencies to remove homeless encampments on state land and urged local officials to follow suit, [...]

Byline: Reis Thebault OAKLAND, Calif. - In a city famously forsaken by professional sports, Opening Day could not come soon enough. Sure, it was just minor league baseball, but what [...]

Byline: Joanna Slater, Molly Hennessy-Fiske, Reis Thebault MILWAUKEE - Thousands of protesters descended on this Midwestern city on Monday, denouncing the Republican Party and its presidential nominee Donald Trump, who [...]

Byline: Reis Thebault, Sarah L. Voisin Long before Lahaina burned to the ground, canals crisscrossed the community. Spring-fed pools and taro patches dotted downtown. The seat of the Hawaiian Kingdom [...]

Byline: Ann E. Marimow, Reis Thebault The Supreme Court on Friday ruled that cities may ban homeless residents from sleeping outside, rejecting a constitutional challenge to a set of anti-camping [...]

Byline: Ann E. Marimow, Reis Thebault The Supreme Court on Friday ruled that cities may ban homeless residents from sleeping outside, rejecting a constitutional challenge to a set of anti-camping [...]

Byline: Reis Thebault Two years ago, California was so flush that Gov. Gavin Newsom was moved to make a bold declaration about the state's estimated $100 billion budget surplus. âSimply [...]

Byline: Reis Thebault AGOURA HILLS, Calif. - The 10-lane freeway that slices through this part of Southern California is one of the busiest in the country, ushering more than 300,000 [...]

Byline: Reis Thebault, Hannah Natanson This has been a superlative spring, in the worst ways. The largest campus protest movement of the 21st century. The first criminal trial of a [...]

Byline: Dan Rosenzweig-Ziff, Reis Thebault, Richard Morgan, Niha Masih Clashes between pro-Palestinian student protesters and police intensified at colleges across the nation on Wednesday, as university officials aggressively cracked down [...]

Byline: Ann E. Marimow, Reis Thebault Supreme Court justices expressed concern on Monday about punishing homeless people for sleeping outside when they have nowhere else to go, while also struggling [...]

Byline: Reis Thebault, Ann E. Marimow GRANTS PASS, Ore. - Laura Gutowski pitches her tent in the same park where her son grew up playing Little League Baseball. Johnaton Babbâs [...]

Byline: Reis Thebault, Alice Li, Bridget Bennett TECOPA, Calif. - Sometimes the desert holds its secrets close, whispering them only to those who carefully listen. But this year, the hottest [...]

Byline: Reis Thebault Hank Stephenson has a finely tuned B.S. detector. The longtime journalist has made a living sussing out lies and political spin. But even he was fooled at [...]

Byline: Joanna Slater, Reis Thebault, Karin Brulliard - - - Correction: A previous version of this article incorrectly quoted a spokeswoman for Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey (D) as saying a [...]

Byline: Reis Thebault, Allan Lengel, Molly Hennessy-Fiske, Emmanuel Felton YORBA LINDA, Calif. - In this suburban Orange County city, a mosque is saving money otherwise spent on Ramadan meals to [...]

Byline: Reis Thebault Southern Californiaâs oceanside Republican stronghold continued its rightward march this week, as voters appeared likely to approve two controversial ballot measures that are sure to draw ire [...]

Byline: Reis Thebault Voters in San Francisco, a famously liberal stronghold, embraced unusually conservative policies this week as they passed a pair of controversial ballot measures that take increasingly aggressive [...]

Byline: Reis Thebault HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif. - This oceanside enclave is a lot like the rest of coastal California: Its signature pier juts into the Pacific as waves big enough [...]

Byline: Reis Thebault DEATH VALLEY NATIONAL PARK, Calif. - If it werenât for all the floating, the paddling, the sloshing around, the lake smack in the middle of this desert [...]

Byline: Reis Thebault KAHULUI, Hawaii - Nesi and LJ Vaâa pass the place where their new home should be at least once a day. They say a quick prayer as [...]

Byline: Praveena Somasundaram, Reis Thebault A day of delirious celebration in Kansas City, Mo., ended in anguish and chaos after a volley of gunfire cut through a crowd at a [...]

Byline: Reis Thebault KULA, Hawaii - When sparks lit the deadliest wildfire in modern U.S. history in Lahaina, another corner of this island had been spewing smoke all night. Wind-whipped [...]

Byline: Reis Thebault LAHAINA, Hawaii - From a ridge above the charred remains of this historic West Maui town, Buddy Greig could just make out the place where his house [...]

Byline: Reis Thebault Donald Trump's leading Republican primary challengers said in recent days that if they are elected, they would pardon the former president should he be convicted of any [...]

Byline: Reis Thebault More than four months since the deadliest wildfire in modern American history burned Lahaina to the ground, nearly 6,200 people are still looking for a place to [...]

Byline: Reis Thebault LOS ANGELES - Video Home System. Even the name sounds anachronistic. It's been nearly 20 years since the last major film was released on the clunky format, [...]

Byline: Reis Thebault ANAHEIM, Calif. - Mirvette Judeh knew she was going to a safe place: the falafel shop with a Palestinian flag on its wall in a neighborhood once [...]

Byline: Reis Thebault LOS ANGELES - When, many geologic eras from now, future earth beings excavate the remains of this great city, they will be left with an obvious conclusion: [...]

Byline: Reis Thebault LOS ANGELES - This city's most famous landmark, a glorified billboard for an exclusionary housing development, was never supposed to last for 100 years. And yet, its [...]

Byline: Steve Hendrix and Reis Thebault JERUSALEM - Hamas released two American hostages on Friday, U.S. and Israeli officials said, the first of the at least 200 captives the militant [...]

Byline: Reis Thebault SAN FRANCISCO - In June of 1933, Dianne Feinstein was born in this foggy city by the bay. That same year, a few miles away, a crew [...]

Byline: Joe Heim, Justin Wm. Moyer, Danny Nguyen and Reis Thebault WASHINGTON - With a government shutdown looming, federal employees and others who would be affected reacted the way they [...]

Byline: Reis Thebault One of the most complicated wildfire cleanup missions in recent memory is now underway on the Hawaiian island of Maui, where fleets of workers and equipment are [...]

Byline: Lori Rozsa, Molly Hennessy-Fiske, Danielle Paquette and Reis Thebault CEDAR KEY, Fla. - Tim Delaino didn't even consider leaving his home as Hurricane Idalia approached this week. His family [...]

Byline: Reis Thebault FRESNO, Calif. - The co-founders were usually ebullient, but on this emergency video call they sat together ashen. Always attentive to optics, they dressed in black to [...]

Byline: Reis Thebault The city council in the nation's second-largest municipality is a hot mess. This will not come as news to the 3.8 million residents of Los Angeles, who [...]

Byline: Reis Thebault LOS ANGELES - The company that rents mortuary props also offers real autopsies, so the Hollywood writers' strike won't faze its owners. But the man who designs [...]

Byline: Ashley Fetters Maloy and Reis Thebault NEW YORK and LOS ANGELES - Calise Hawkins, a television writer and stand-up comedian, cried Wednesday afternoon on her way into Manhattan from [...]

Byline: Reis Thebault, Alice Li and Melina Mara During the depths of California's latest drought, much of the Golden State was brown. But hidden beneath the parched, cracked - and [...]