California’s booming economy is one of the world’s largest, but a peek behind the curtain exposes the forbidding reality of a statewide job market that is ranked as one of the nation’s worst. “There’s no sugarcoating the situation in California.

Politically speaking, 2026 has been a busy year so far. And it’s about to get busier. The June 2 primary is just around the corner. Voters have a lot of things to consider this spring. For starters, Gov.

Bay Area firefighters have joined forces with other crews to contain several wildfires in Los Angeles County. One of the blazes, dubbed the Palisades Fire, started in the mountains north of the affluent Pacific Palisades neighborhood in Los Angeles around ...

From bans on declawing cats and plastic grocery bags to new anti-discrimination protections for students and cheaper insulin, a raft of new California laws takes effect Jan. 1, with others rolling out through 2026. The measures survived months of ...

Job markets in the Bay Area and California shed thousands of jobs in February, a decline that followed losses in January in a dreary start for the statewide economy in 2025. According to a new report from the state Employment Development Department, the ...

In the rush to add naval capacity to the Pacific, the U.S. Navy has almost completely overlooked the Bay Area. Central California’s Cold War-era naval support facilities are long gone, but the Bay Area’s gritty and often-overlooked riverine waterfront ...

This article was produced by National Geographic Traveller (UK). “You can’t beat a good sandwich on a Sunday afternoon,” Dennis Cantwell says as I squeeze a mortadella-filled hoagie roll, trying to compress it into something my mouth can negotiate.

Take a whale-watching tour to spot humpback whales, gray whales, otters, and sea lions. Sample fresh oysters and locally caught fish at seafood hotspots like Tognazzini’s Dockside Restaurant and Windows on the Water. Soak up views of the Pacific from ...