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California Today

June 27, 2025, 6:31 a.m. Pacific time

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For the Future of Water Conservation, Look to … Los Angeles?

Years of drought forced the city to rethink its water usage and, almost under the radar, to remake its identity.

Justice Dept. Opens Inquiry Into University of California Hiring Practices

The Trump administration has targeted the state system as part of its broad effort to eliminate diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives and programs.

In Pursuit of Godlike Technology, Mark Zuckerberg Amps Up the A.I. Race

Unhappy with his company’s artificial intelligence efforts, Meta’s C.E.O. is on a spending spree as he reconsiders his strategy in the contest to invent a hypothetical “superintelligence.”

Scorched Stumps and Spotless Art at the Reopening Getty Villa

Although the museum’s artwork was unscathed, roughly 1,400 trees on the property burned during the Palisades fire. Visible traces of the devastation are intentional.

Trump Administration Says California’s Trans Sports Policies Discriminate Against Girls

The Education Department cited Gov. Gavin Newsom’s own words questioning transgender girls in female sports, and said the state had violated federal civil rights law.

Lakers sale announced, with Jeanie Buss staying in charge ‘for the foreseeable future’

Last week, Mark Walter agreed to buy a controlling interest in the storied franchise from the Buss family.

Federal Judge Blocks Trump From Collecting Data on Small-Dollar Border Transactions

So far, the courts have sided with business owners who sued after their money service businesses were caught up in President Trump’s crackdown on cartels.

The Artist Who Bends Photography Into Many Shapes

Kunié Sugiura’s first American retrospective, at SFMOMA, follows a long career full of experimentation.

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