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  • Yurok tribeEnvironment

    California tribe that lost 90% of its land during the Gold Rush get back 126 acres with the world’s tallest trees

    By Julie Watson and The Associated Press
  • A skier walks passed cars parked near a wall of snow at Sugar Bowl ResortEnvironment

    California ski resort employees have to tunnel their way to work after area is slammed with 10 feet of snow

    By Julie Watson, Scott Sonner, and others
  • A panda is eating a string of food at Chongqing Zoo in Chongqing, China, on February 16, 2024. (Photo by Costfoto/NurPhoto via Getty Images)Leadership

    Beijing revives its panda diplomacy with the U.S., promising 2 bears to the San Diego Zoo as early as the end of summer

    By Julie Watson and The Associated Press
  • A person eating tinned fishLifestyle

    A pandemic trend that stuck has restaurants serving customers tinned fish straight out of the can—just like they do in Europe

    By Julie Watson, Haven Daley, and others
  • Sheriff's OfficePolitics

    College professor arrested in connection with death of Jewish demonstrator in Southern California

    By John Antczak, Julie Watson, and others
  • Gavin Newsom, Karen BassPolitics

    After the LA freeway catches fire, Gavin Newsom is reconsidering California’s obscure policy of letting anyone lease land underneath

    By Julie Watson, Amy Taxin, and others
  • The site of a fire is shown under Interstate 10 in Los AngelesLifestyle

    The fire that shut down a huge LA freeway was arson, Gov. Gavin Newsom claims

    By John Antczak, Julie Watson, and others
  • Long Beach, CA – August 18: Long Beach lifeguards fill sand bags as residents pick them up to fortify their homes while crews build a sand berm along the shore of Long Beach near Alamitos Bay ahead of anticipated high surf, strong winds and flooding from the approaching Hurricane Hilary in Long Beach Friday, Aug. 18, 2023. Long Beach, an area ravaged by the last tropical storm to hit California in 1939, is urging residents in low-lying areas to protect their property with sandbags.As Hurricane Hilary continues its march toward Southern California, officials have issued an unprecedented tropical storm watch for the region. The watch is in effect for much of southwestern California, from the San Diego deserts to the San Bernardino County mountains and onto Catalina Island, something the National Hurricane Center said is a first for this area. A tropical storm watch indicates that tropical storm conditions are possible meaning more than 39 mph sustained winds within 48 hours, according to the hurricane center. (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)Environment

    Hurricane Hilary has Southern California preparing for first tropical storm in 84 years: ‘A whole summer and fall amount of rain coming in probably 6 to 12 hours’

    By Ignacio Martinez, Julie Watson, and others
  • Special Agent in Charge Brice Miller of Naval Criminal Investigative Service, Office of Special Projects, speaks during a press conference at the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of California on Thursday, Aug. 3, 2023, in San Diego. Two U.S. Navy sailors have been arrested and accused of providing sensitive military information to China — including details on wartime exercises, Naval operations and critical technical material, federal officials said Thursday. (Meg McLaughlin/The San Diego Union-Tribune via AP)

    Federal officials accuse U.S. Navy sailors of sending ‘sensitive military information’ to a Chinese government ‘unrivaled in its audacity’

    By Julie Watson, Lolita C. Baldor, and others
  • FILE – Powerful waves batter the Capitola Wharf after the storm destroyed a section of the structure on Jan. 5, 2023, in Capitola, Calif. Giant waves, measuring as high as 13 feet, are becoming more common off California’s Pacific coast as the planet warms, according to new research that used a unique approach to gather historical data over the past 90 years to track the increasing height of the surf. (Shmuel Thaler/The Santa Cruz Sentinel via AP, File)Environment

    Surf’s up in California as climate change leads to more massive waves

    By Julie Watson and The Associated Press
  • Fishing boats can be seen at Pier 45 in San Francisco, Monday, March 20, 2023. On April 7, the Pacific Fishery Management Council, the regulatory group that advises federal officials, will take action on what to do about the 2023 season for both commercial and recreational salmon fishing. (AP Photo/Godofredo A. Vásquez)Environment

    Salmon fishing to be banned in California and part of Oregon after a drought and weakened protections decimated the fish population

    By Julie Watson, Lisa Baumann, and others
  • A military aircraft takes off from the military airport in Kabul on August 27, 2021, as the Pentagon said the evacuation of tens of thousands of people from Afghanistan still faces more possible attacks like the bombing that killed scores of people outside the Kabul airport. (Photo by – / AFP) (Photo by -/AFP via Getty Images)International

    How a U.S. veteran is trying to save one Afghan translator after losing another

    By Julie Watson, Andrea Rosa, and others
  • Immigration Court Remains Open, Despite Coronavirus WarningsPolitics

    Close immigration courts? Lawyers and judges push to stop in-person hearings amid coronavirus spread

    By Julie Watson, Amy Taxin, and others
  • A cafe in Clarkston, Ga., part of the non-profit Friends of Refugees, provides educational opportunities, job placement services, and emotional support for immigrants. By some estimates, half the town’s population is from outside the U.S.Politics

    Trump’s Refugee Resettlement Order Could Harm Businesses

    By Julie Watson, David Sharp, and others