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Grizzly Bears Are Mostly Vegan

Katherine J. Wu

January 10, 2024

a black-and-white photo of several brown bears walking across a grassy plain, in front of mountains

The Solar-Panel Backlash Is Here

October 31, 2023

A person installing a solar panel

California’s Math Misadventure Is About to Go National

October 2, 2023

Palm trees by water with an algebra X for a tree

We’re in an Age of Fire

Caroline Mimbs Nyce

August 10, 2023

A fire burns in a smoky landscape, with a helicopter flying overhead.

Work In Progress

The Root Cause of the Homelessness Crisis

Jerusalem Demsas

July 18, 2023

Tents housing homeless people line up in front of closed storefronts near downtown Los Angeles, California, on February 16, 2022.

It’s Weirdly Hard to Make Seawater Drinkable

July 8, 2023

A desalination plant along the beach, in California

How Long Will Canada Burn?

Caroline Mimbs Nyce

July 1, 2023

Flames reach upwards along the edge of a wildfire as seen from a Canadian Forces helicopter surveying the area near Mistissini, Quebec, Canada June 12, 2023.

A Clear Indication That Climate Change Is Burning Up California

Caroline Mimbs Nyce

June 12, 2023

The Dixie Fire near Janesville, California, in 2021

The Crop That’s Sucking the Colorado River Dry

June 10, 2023

A field of green alfalfa

Gavin Newsom Is Not Governing

Conor Friedersdorf

April 21, 2023

Close-up picture of Gavin Newsom looking as if he's seraching for words.

California Isn’t Special

Jerusalem Demsas

April 19, 2023

Black-and-white aerial photo of detached, suburban homes

Why California Can’t Catch a Break

Caroline Mimbs Nyce

April 11, 2023

Yellow wildflowers at night, lit up by camera flash

What California Means to Writers

March 31, 2023

black-and-white photo of beach

The Future of Conservation Is Basically Shazam for Wildlife

March 4, 2023

Black-and-white bird in one panel and mountains in the other panel

An Ode to Swearing

March 2023 Issue

Black-and-white drawing of smiling open mouth with "FUUUUC..." on the tongue on pink background

Suddenly, California Has Too Much Water

January 11, 2023

A two-story white house in California shown surrounded on all sides by muddy water halfway up its first level

‘Biological Strip Malls’ Have Taken Over the Planet

December 10, 2022

Beekeepers in California

The Housing Revolution Is Coming

October 5, 2022

GIF of a house with additional units being built on top, under, and to the side of it

A Very California Lesson on Just How Weird Electricity Is

September 13, 2022

The bear from the California State flag carrying a power cord in its mouth

California’s Water-Saving Policies Could Start a Mini Dust Bowl

Caroline Tracey

September 10, 2022

Geese fly above a fallow field in California.

The End of California’s Meteorological Superiority

September 6, 2022

A photo-illustration of a hot Los Angeles Road with the Hollywood sign in the background

Abortion Could Define California’s Elections

Ronald Brownstein

September 2, 2022

Picture of a masked girl with a sign that reads "STOP the Supreme Court from taking away Abortion Rights!"

The World Needs to Start Planning for the Fire Age

Caroline Mimbs Nyce

July 28, 2022

San Fernando Valley fire

One Developer’s Case for Building in a High-Risk Fire Zone

Caroline Mimbs Nyce

July 20, 2022

Photo of a row of homes in Santa Clarita, California, with hills in the background

Why We Remember Floods and Forget Droughts

July 17, 2022

An old man's hand rests on a post in a drought landscape in central California

Your Odes to Summer

Conor Friedersdorf

July 11, 2022

Umbrellas on a beach, with beachgoers strolling around them

Under the Fluorescent Lights

black and white photo of office cubicles with a female office worker's head visible in the back over the cubicle walls

People Deserve to Know Their Houses Are Going to Burn

March 15, 2022

A fire approaches a house; the sky is orange.

Silicon Valley Is Coming for Your Chocolate

Larissa Zimberoff

February 23, 2022

An image of chocolate squares with a lab dropper above them.

Nadja Drost Wins 2021 Michael Kelly Award for California Sunday Magazine Cover Story

January 27, 2022

What Slavery Looked Like in the West

November 25, 2021

Artwork depicting a historical photograph of two Native American children overlaid on a blue-toned photograph of the Santa Barbara Mission

Floating Wind Farms Are About to Transform the Oceans

Judith Lewis Mernit

November 4, 2021

Climbing the Economic Ladder in Fresno, California

November 2021 Issue

Vinson riding the bus

What Is Larry Elder Running For?

September 11, 2021

black-and-white photo of Larry Elder in a small crowd

Why Afghan Refugees Aren’t Actually Welcome in California

Darrell Owens and Muhammad T. Alameldin

September 9, 2021

Afghan residents in Fremont, California

What California’s Recall Election Says About America

Edward-Isaac Dovere

August 27, 2021

Gavin Newsom, looking pensive and worried.