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California Today

October 21, 2024, 9:31 a.m. Eastern time

Good morning. Here are the top stories from across California and the region, selected for you by Times editors.

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After 43 Years, Yankees and Dodgers Resume Their World Series Rivalry

Even as the sport and the country have changed, the rivalry has produced some of baseball’s most memorable moments.

California Man Is Charged With Drugging and Sexually Assaulting 9 Women

The man, Michael DiGiorgio, is also charged with murdering one of the women, who died after being drugged, prosecutors said.

Fire in Oakland Hills Prompts Evacuations Under Gusty Conditions

Firefighters in Northern California on Friday responded to a blaze that burned two homes and 15 acres.

How Los Angeles Is Trying to Keep Homeless People Off the Streets

The city relies on an army of case managers to help homeless people stay in motels and on the path toward finding an apartment.

Our Boundless Love for Big Sur May Be Killing It

Some 90 percent of the economy in this coastal California region relies on visitors. But overtourism, the high cost of living and most worrisome, the effects of global warming, create a future of uncertainty.

$900,000 Homes in California

A 1922 bungalow in West Hollywood, a four-bedroom house from 1898 outside Monterey, and a two-story midcentury house in the Bay Area.

Can Harris Really Build 3 Million New Housing Units?

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