September 9, 2025, 6:31 a.m. Pacific time
Good morning. Here are the top stories from across California.
A federal judge had ordered agents not to make indiscriminate stops relying on factors like a person’s ethnicity or that they speak Spanish.
The ruling allowed immigration agents to stop people for reasons that lower courts had deemed likely unconstitutional.
Two senators have begun an investigation into whether government officials could have done more to stop the Los Angeles fire. President Trump and other Republicans have blamed Democratic leaders for the disaster.
Giant sequoias can live for thousands of years, but wildfires have killed staggering numbers of the trees in recent years.
Representative Sara Jacobs, Democrat of California, said her experience planning for a future pregnancy inspired her to write a bill to expand coverage of fertility treatments.
If the results are promising, veterinarians hope to give the shots to wild Hawaiian monk seals, which are endangered.
The bumpy snailfish, discovered 10,000 feet down off the coast of California, shows that not all denizens of the abyss are frightening.
At Atelier Crenn, the world-famous chef Dominique Crenn is weaving the bounty of California through the narrative of her French upbringing.
When José Ureña signed a contract with the Angels last week, he joined his fifth big-league team of the season and tied a big-league record held by only two other players.
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