California needs to burn vegetation both for wildfire mitigation and to generate power. So why do biomass energy projects keep leaving the state?

The Jimmy Kimmel suspension underscores the enormous challenges facing the next leader of Walt Disney Co. as the company searches for a successor to Disney CEO Bob Iger.

Police in San Bruno were patrolling for drunk drivers when they observed a car traveling erratically. But this couldn’t be chalked up to an impaired or distracted driver. There wasn’t anyone behind ...

From repressive regimes to questionable selections, the Oscars' international feature category is a perennial source of controversy. But the obvious fix could actually make things worse.

Werner Herzog's new book, 'The Future of Truth,' is an analysis of our present 'post-truth' landscape, a loose-jointed memoir in which Herzog shares anecdotes about his life and career, as well as ...

Argentine writer Mariana Enriquez guides us around 21 of the world’s most distinctive cemeteries in a collection of essays percolating with social commentary.

Thomas Pynchon hasn’t lost a step with his 1930s tale about the misadventures of a Milwaukee cheese heiress and the detective that travels to proto-fascist Budapest to find her.

Marquez Elementary burned down in the January Palisades fire. Students return to the campus Tuesday in temporary bungalows -- as permanent construction proceeds.

Just 38% of the 22,500 homes burned down in California's five most destructive wildfires from 2017 to 2020 have been rebuilt, The Times found.

It’s unlikely certain communities devastated by recent megafires in California ever will have the same number of homes as before, building data analyzed by The Times shows. Fire-scarred areas have ...

A former Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputy and helicopter pilot pleaded guilty to federal crimes in connection with his work for a Southern California cryptocurrency mogul.

Districts nationwide are weighing how many public schools they can keep open as enrollment drops due to shrinking budgets, the falling national birthrate and a growing school choice movement ...