Gavin Newsom’s gamble on Prop. 50 may be his most calculated yet
SACRAMENTO — Gov. Gavin Newsom stepped to the microphone at the state Democratic headquarters in mid-August with the conviction of a man certain he was on the right side of…
Salman Rushdie’s first work of fiction since attack is potent, poignant
Book Review The Eleventh Hour: A Quintet of Stories By Salman Rushdie Random House: 272, $29 If you buy books linked on our site, The Times may earn a commission…
Dick Cheney, former vice president who unapologetically supported wars in Iraq, Afghanistan, dies at 84
Richard B. Cheney, the former vice president of the United States who was the architect of the nation’s longest war as he plotted President George W. Bush’s thunderous global response…
California voters head to the polls to decide anti-Trump, pro-Democrat ballot measure
Californians are heading to the polls Tuesday to vote on a Democratic effort to block President Trump’s agenda by increasing their party’s numbers in Congress after the 2026 election. Proposition…
‘Coyote’ review: New Sam Shepard biography could use more context
Book Review Coyote: The Dramatic Lives of Sam Shepard By Robert M. DowlingScribner: 480 pages, $31 If you buy books linked on our site, The Times may earn a commission…
Is Elon Musk worth $1 trillion? Shareholders get to decide
Tesla shareholders have just days left to vote on whether to approve a staggering pay package for chief executive Elon Musk that could award him nearly $1 trillion in shares.…
California Supreme Court deals defeat to UC over policy barring undocumented students from campus jobs
The California Supreme Court has let stand an appellate court’s ruling that the University of California’s ban on hiring undocumented workers is discriminatory and must be reconsidered. The recent refusal…
Lakers still beat Trail Blazers with no Luka, Reaves or LeBron
PORTLAND, Ore. — After Nick Smith Jr. had scored eight consecutive points, slashing to the rim for a layup followed by two deep threes, Rui Hachimura could tell the 21-year-old…
How will Latinos vote on Prop. 50?
Latinos make up about 40% of the California population — the largest percentage of any ethnic group in the state. And with such great presence comes great political power. So…
Dodgers celebrate repeat World Series title with another stadium rally
The celebration had hardly begun, when Shohei Ohtani first voiced the theme of the day. “I’m already thinking about the third time,” he said in Japanese, standing atop a double-decker…