California

Vira Ustyanska, a 34-year-old artist, fled her home in Zaporizhia, Ukraine, soon after the war started. She now lives in San Diego, California, with a host family waiting for the war to end.
Ukraine
Finding home in California after fleeing war in Ukraine
Nora Vargas is the newly elected vice chair of the powerful San Diego Board of Supervisors.
Every 30 Seconds
This Latina landed a seat on the powerful San Diego County Board of Supervisors — a first for her community
A farmworker, considered an essential worker under the current COVID-19 pandemic, harvests beans, May 12, 2020, in Homestead, Florida.
COVID-19
Farmworkers are getting coronavirus. They face retaliation for demanding safe conditions.
Politics with Amy Walter: How California is Preparing for the General Election During the Pandemic
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A young woman standing on campus.
Global Nation Education
A public college in California makes strides in recruiting, graduating Latino students
“To Me, This Is The Right Thing To Do”: California Governor Halts State’s Executions
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A school campus with small blue buildings
Global Nation Education
Newcomer students face daunting obstacles to graduate. This California high school makes it possible.
California fire firefighter with flames
Climate Change
Megafires are becoming increasingly common in California and climate change is a leading factor
The Camp Fire Creates a Humanitarian Crisis
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“We Had to Drive Through a Wall of Flames”: Escaping the Camp Fire
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Violence Against Transgender People is On The Rise
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Inside the Fight to Reunite Families Separated at the U.S. Border
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Woman in church holding book and singing
Religion
American evangelicals are more diverse than ever. But some don’t want to be part of the ‘evangelical movement.’
What Happens to Young Children Torn From Their Parents?
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Black and white photo of woman at tabel, facing away from camera, bending over recording device
Music
In the 1930s, an ethnomusicologist tried to preserve the history of immigration in California — and combat anti-immigrant feelings — with song
American Icons: The Disney Parks
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American Icons: The Disney Parks
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Arts, Culture & Media
Zoot Suit Riots
Arts, Culture & Media
Chiura Obata
Arts, Culture & Media
Uncollected
Arts, Culture & Media
Calexico/Mexicali
Arts, Culture & Media
The Garden of Earthly Delights
Arts, Culture & Media
War of the Californias
Arts, Culture & Media
Mario
Arts, Culture & Media
Death of a Valley
Arts, Culture & Media
War of the Californias
Arts, Culture & Media
Our Town
Arts, Culture & Media
Our Town
Arts, Culture & Media
Conspiracy Con
Arts, Culture & Media
Five Things You Had to See Online This Week
Man at microphone speaking with hands up
Business, Finance & Economics
It’s Trump versus California, but immigrants and employers already feel the fallout
Woman putting bills in public bus machine, with windshield behind her
Justice
She escaped violence in El Salvador, but there’s little time or resources to heal while seeking asylum in the US
Omar Naré singing and playing guitar
Culture
Nuevo mariachi is telling the story of one man’s California experience
San Francisco Public Defender Jeff Adachi wearing a suit and tie leads Jose Ines Garcia Zarate, wearing prison orange, into court.
Justice
Immigration wasn’t part of the San Francisco trial for the death of Kathryn Steinle — but here’s why it became part of the story
A man is standing in front of an audience pointing at something. A woman stands next to the man.
Justice
After the California wildfires, community leaders are trying to rebuild homes — and trust in government agencies
Boy on horse in carousel, looking at camera. Old, scanned photo
Conflict
On being Korean in America in the time of the ‘Axis of Evil’ and ‘Rocket Man’
CA wildfire
Health
After wildfires, health risks linger
Dr. Olga Maeve is finishing up her medical residency at Clinica Sierra Vista in Bakersfield, California.
Health
Teaching health clinics work in underserved communities across the US, but funding is set to run out
wildfire
Environment
We’re the biggest culprits behind wildfires. Now what?
Large photo installed on one side of metal fencing looks out over Border Patrol SUV
Arts
Mexicans and Americans bond over a giant baby and a border wall
Oroville Dam
Technology
Does a ‘green spot’ signal trouble for California’s massive Oroville Dam?
Erick Silva Palacios
Global Politics
Young, undocumented and trying to ‘keep my sanity’
Solar panels
Technology
California’s electrical grid can’t handle all the solar energy the state is producing
Saber Askar in East Porterville, California
Conflict
For one Yemeni American, the long wait to bring his family to safety
Two men in suits at front of room holding microphones
Conflict
As California considers a ‘sanctuary state’ bill, this sheriff isn’t ready to give up his relationship with immigration agents
Kabul Dreams
Music
Afghanistan’s first rock band wants to build a cultural bridge in the US
Garment
Economics
California’s undocumented workers help the economy grow – but may pay the cost
Jim
Conflict
Japanese Americans remember a dark chapter when they were ‘more number than name’
Man with beaten face on pavement, black and white still
Media
Justin Chon seeks to fill a hole in the history of the Los Angeles riots
Woman in rain parka holding sign that reads "I STAND WITH #IMMIGRANTNYC"
Justice
To protect their immigrant residents under Trump, some cities are arming them with lawyers
Gun Violence on Christmas, Judicial Vacancies for Trump, Drought in California and a Town Without Water
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Students in a classroom talking to each other at desks
Education
California will soon provide ethnic studies classes for all high schoolers. Here’s why.
School
Education
How one school is helping students cope with post-election fears
Kimberly Medina, 19, votes during the U.S. presidential primary election at Gates Street Elementary School in Los Angeles, California, on  June 7, 2016. Californians will vote Nov. 8 on a ballot measure that seeks to overturn a ban on bilingual education.
Education
Should kids be learning in more than one language? Californians just decided “yes.”
Kristyn Leach on her Sunol, California farm, Namu. “There is significance to all this in terms of that sense of pride and connectedness,” she says.
Culture
A Korean adoptee finds her heritage through farming
Tijuana
Economics
Why Haitians are stranded in Mexico
This vista shows damage by mountain pine beetles to the forests surrounding Hume Lake in California as of April 2016.
Science
How can we save California’s forests?
Menkir Tamrath holds up two jars of Ethiopian blends spices, Berbere and Mitmita, from plants he grows on his farm in Sunol, California.
Food
This MBA missed the tastes of Ethiopia — so he starting growing it for himself
Fog among the redwoods in the Lady Bird Johnson Grove of California’s Redwood National Forest.
Science
Redwoods and fog: a love story
Two boba milk teas, close up
Global Politics
Too much boba is bad for you. California’s new data law could show who’s most at risk.