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The Lede

Inside the Activist Groups Resisting ICE

As raids spread beyond L.A., organizers, lawyers, and volunteers in Orange County are attempting to slow down arrests and deportations.
Letter from Trump’s Washington

Donald Trump’s Dictator Cosplay

Just how dangerous is the President’s week of militarized theatre?
Fault Lines

What Gavin Newsom’s Embarrassing Podcast Suggests About the Democratic Party

There’s a new strategy of disavowal emerging among some progressive politicians—and it is destined to fail.
U.S. Journal

Lake Tahoe’s Bear Boom

The vacation hot spot has been overrun by people—whose habits are drawing fast-moving animals with sharp claws and insatiable appetites.
Onward and Upward in the Garden

The Rebellion of a Fruitless Apple Tree

As the rest of our culture thrives on overexposure, why shouldn’t a garden have the right to retain an air of mystery?
On and Off the Menu

A Food Critic Walks Into a Fasting Spa

How Southern California became the epicenter of hype diets and twenty-dollar smoothies.
Daily Comment

It’s Too Early to Give Up on Homelessness in America

The country’s most powerful deep-blue governor, Gavin Newsom, ordered encampments to be dismantled. But lasting solutions are still needed.
The Political Scene

Lara Trump’s R.N.C. Sets Its Sights on—California?

In a state that could decide the fate of the House, Republican efforts may not be as futile as they seem.
Dispatch

The Precarious Future of Big Sur’s Highway 1

How climate change is threatening one of the country’s most famous roadways.
Fault Lines

When a Pro-Free-Speech Dean Shuts Down a Student Protest

An online argument erupted after a video of a law professor grabbing a microphone from a student went viral. But the debate has obscured some fairly basic truths.
Persons of Interest

Barbara Lee’s Antiwar Campaign for the Senate

In California’s crowded primary, can a longtime congresswoman sell her progressive ideals to the mainstream?
U.S. Journal

The California Town Owned by a New York Investment Firm

Scotia was created, a century and a half ago, so that lumberjacks could live near the trees they cut down. Its current owners have been trying for more than a decade to bring new residents to town.
Photo Booth

Unearthing the History of Anaheim

William Camargo’s photographs confront the city’s racist past, provoking controversy in the present.
Our Columnists

What Does California’s Homeless Population Actually Look Like?

Politicians and commentators spend a disproportionate amount of time talking about a small subset of the homeless population.
California Chronicles

The Trial of the Malibu Shooter

Anthony Rauda, who was accused of terrorizing residents of Malibu, one of California’s wealthiest and safest communities, has been convicted of killing a man sleeping in a tent with his two young daughters.
Photo Booth

Sunday at the Drag Strip

In Riverside County, California, old-school car enthusiasts test their homemade hot rods.
Dispatch

The Black Families Seeking Reparations in California’s Gold Country

Descendants of enslaved people want land seized by the state returned and recognition of the gold rush’s rich, and largely ignored, Black history.
Photo Booth

The Superbloom Is a Glimpse of California’s Past

This year’s rains reversed, temporarily, more than a decade of catastrophic drought. Some of the seeds that caused the bloom have lain dormant for years.
Our Columnists

Revisiting the Brock Turner Case

In the midst of the #MeToo movement, California voters recalled a judge for being lenient on sexual assault. As a new documentary argues, that recall campaign had unintended results.
Under Review

The Marvellous Boys of Palo Alto

From Silicon Valley Bank to Sam Bankman-Fried, the recent scandals upending the tech industry are rooted in a longer tradition of innovation and impunity.