In a vast and sprawling state like California, regional identity holds a particular significance. People here don’t merely associate themselves with the state; they are deeply connected to their ...

While the East braces for the cold snap, the West will be warmer than average this week: "Temperatures will be well above ...

Mexico is implementing a new cruise tax in 2025 to combat overcrowding—a growing problem in popular cruise ports. Rather than join the masses, head to these lesser-visited coastal destinations instead ...

Lots of big projects were approved his first term, and more are coming. But California, where projects face extra scrutiny and delays, could lose major funds for transmission, storage.

In Southern California, December wildfires are somewhat uncommon, but not completely out of the norm. And this year, ...

After heat records were smashed and a torrent of extreme weather events rocked countless countries in 2023, some climate ...

After heat records were smashed and a torrent of extreme weather events rocked countless countries in 2023, some climate ...

Hailey Branson-Potts is an enterprise reporter on the State Team who joined the Los Angeles Times in 2011. She reports on a wide range of issues and people, with a special focus on Northern California ...

More rain and snow are expected to slam into the West Coast this week as multiple storms brew over the Pacific.

I decided to really research the best warm-weather spots, scouring reviews and polling my jet-setting colleagues. Here, the ...

So it's very Mars-like." Mueller is outfitted in a heavy tan work jacket and a NASA baseball cap, and though it's bitterly cold and windy for us humans, he says the robots don't mind. Even if they did ...

RH chairman, CEO and impresario-in-chief Gary Friedman was in a buoyant mood on the company’s earnings call last week—and for ...