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The Blue Whale’s Heart Beats at Extremes

November 25, 2019

Researchers prepare to attach a heart monitor to a surfacing blue whale.

The Smoldering State

October 30, 2019

The Kincade Fire has incinerated more than 120 square miles since it began a week ago.

California Is Becoming Unlivable

October 30, 2019

A fire burns on a hillside next to a freeway as cars drive by.

The Big Question

If You Could Go Back in Time and Change One Thing, What Would It Be?

November 2019 Issue

The Deportations Last Time

November 2019 Issue

illustration of a family standing on a train track in silhouette

Dear Therapist: My Fiancé Believes Spanking Is Good Parenting

October 14, 2019

An illustration of a child with a hand imprint on his face.

The Atlantic Daily: The California Blackout Foreshadows Our Future

Caroline Mimbs Nyce

October 11, 2019

This Is What Adapting to Climate Change Looks Like

October 11, 2019

In this December 16, 2017, file photo provided by the Santa Barbara County Fire Department, flames burn near power lines in Sycamore Canyon near West Mountain Drive in Montecito, California.

Trump’s Attacks on California Are Shortsighted

September 28, 2019

Morning traffic makes its way along a freeway interchange in Los Angeles. The traffic signs read Los Angeles, Sacramento, and Santa Monica.

Trump’s War on Blue America

Ronald Brownstein

September 19, 2019

Cars and trucks drive in bumper-to-bumper traffic on a highway in Los Angeles.

California’s Wildfires Are 500 Percent Larger Due to Climate Change

July 16, 2019

An air tanker drops retardant while battling the Ferguson Fire in the Stanislaus National Forest, near Yosemite National Park, California, on July 21, 2018.

Living in California Is Living on the Edge

July 15, 2019

Two men examine a crack in Highway 178 caused by the recent earthquakes in Ridgecrest, California.

Dear Therapist: The Child My Daughter Put Up for Adoption Is Now Rejecting Her

June 17, 2019

An illustration of a Polaroid photo of a mother holding a baby

Put That Cow on a Diet

July 2019 Issue

A Scorecard for Police Departments

Conor Friedersdorf

May 30, 2019

Los Angeles police officers. The LAPD got an F rating from the Campaign Zero scorecard.

National Policies Have Local Effects

May 14, 2019

Outside the Putah Creek Cafe in downtown Winters, California

The Cults of California

Carey Mcwilliams

March 1946 Issue

Fighting the Flu

February 1941 Issue

During the influenza epidemic, members of the Red Cross Motor Corps, all in uniform with cloth face masks, pose for a portrait with stretchers behind a row of ambulances, St Louis, Missouri, October 1918.