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Authorities conduct searches along the shore at D.L. Bliss State Park after a weekend incident in which a boat capsized, killing several people, on Monday, June 23, 2025, in South Lake Tahoe, Calif.

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  • National

Last body found after boat capsizes on Lake Tahoe in storm, bringing death toll to 8

Ten people were on board the 27-foot (8-meter) vessel when it flipped Saturday afternoon on the lake's southwest edge, as the storm whipped up high waves, U.S. Coast Guard officials said.

June 24, 2025
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  • The Associated Press
Protesters stand off against California National Guard soldiers at the Federal Building in downtown Los Angeles during a "No Kings" protest on Saturday.

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  • USPS

An appeals court backs Trump's control of the California National Guard for now

The ruling maintains a block on a lower court's order that found President Trump was using the Guard in LA illegally in his immigration crackdown.

June 20, 2025
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  • Laura Fitzgerald and
  • Larry Kaplow
Federal prosecutors say seven men from Southern California stole approximately $100 million worth of gold, diamonds, rubies, emeralds and watches in 2022, some of which are pictured in this photo shared by the FBI Los Angeles Field Office.

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  • National

Prosecutors call it the biggest jewelry heist in U.S. history. Here's what to know

A federal indictment accuses seven Californians of stealing approximately $100 million worth of gold, precious gems and luxury watches from an armored semitruck leaving a jewelry show in 2022.

June 18, 2025
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  • Rachel Treisman
Two Waymo taxis burn near the metropolitan detention center of downtown Los Angeles, Sunday, June 8, 2025, following last night's immigration raid protest.

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  • National

Photos: Protests continue for third day in Los Angeles

Members of the California National Guard arrived in the Los Angeles area Sunday morning after being activated by President Trump.

June 08, 2025
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  • NPR Staff
Patricia Krenwinkel enters the superior court in Los Angeles for an arraignment in February 1970. Krenwinkel, who is serving a life sentence for her role in the 1969 Manson murders, has been recommended for parole for a second time.

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  • National

A Manson Family member was recommended for parole again. But she's not free just yet

Patricia Krenwinkel was 21 when she participated in the August 1969 murders. Her parole recommendation would need to be approved by Gov. Gavin Newsom, who rejected the last one in 2022.

June 02, 2025
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  • Rachel Treisman
A person crosses a street as smog fills the air Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2024, in Los Angeles.

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  • Business

Upending norms, the Senate votes to undo California's EV rules

The Senate parliamentarian advised lawmakers that they couldn't use the Congressional Review Act to revoke California's right to set vehicle standards. But they did it anyway. Expect a legal fight.

May 22, 2025
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  • Camila Domonoske
Tory Lanez, pictured performing in 2019, was stabbed in the California prison where he is serving time after being convicted of shooting Megan Thee Stallion in the feet.

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  • Music News

Rapper Tory Lanez is hospitalized after being stabbed in a California prison

The rapper's Instagram account says his lungs collapsed after he was stabbed 14 times, but he is "in good spirits." Lanez is serving a 10-year sentence for shooting Megan Thee Stallion in 2020.

May 14, 2025
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  • Rachel Treisman
Professional photographer Emily Scher told NPR she came across tens of thousands of glittering <em>Velella velella</em> on a stretch of sand between Zuma and Broad beaches in Malibu, Calif.

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  • Animals

Glittering blue creatures are washing up on California beaches. Here's why

Hundreds of thousands of Velella velella, more commonly known as by-the-wind-sailors, are drifting onto the coastline. Beachcombers say they look like "blue diamonds strewn across the beach."

May 08, 2025
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  • Vanessa Romo
Vehicles drive along the 101 Freeway in Los Angeles, Calif., during a heat wave in October 2024. California has ambitious rules requiring automakers to phase out gas-powered vehicles (except for plug-in hybrids), to combat air pollution and climate change. The Trump administration has vowed to overturn California's stringent standards.

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  • Business

The House strikes a blow against California in a fight over EVs

California, which has the unique ability to set vehicle standards, has set ambitious rules requiring all new cars to be zero-emission by 2035. The fate of those rules is now up to the Senate.

May 01, 2025
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  • Camila Domonoske
The Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival has been a tradition since 1999. But it's not actually held in the city of Coachella.

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  • National

Word of the Week: Coachella began as a typo. Here's what happened next

When you think of Coachella, you probably picture the festival. But there's much more to know about the place it calls home.

April 16, 2025
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  • Rachel Treisman
Cannabis plants at Vibe Cultivators, an indoor growing facility and dispensary in Sacramento, Calif., are about 2 weeks away from harvest. California's cannabis regulator inspects facilities like this regularly in an effort to keep contaminants out of the weed supply.

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  • Health

Could legal weed make you sick? Here's how California tries to keep it safe

With no help from the federal government, states are trying to regulate recreational marijuana. California's Department of Cannabis Control works to keep contaminants out of joints, vapes and edibles.

March 24, 2025
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By:
  • Sydney Lupkin
Abdulwahab Omira, 28, stands in front of his destroyed family home in Damascus, Syria. Omira and his family fled Syria's civil war in 2012 when he was a teenager. Now a U.S. citizen and a graduate student at Stanford, Omira recently returned to his home country to look for ways the tech industry could help rebuild it.

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  • World

He fled Syria's war as a teenager. He went back to help launch a tech industry

Abdulwahab Omira escaped Syria's war with his family as a teenager. He recently returned as a Stanford graduate student and a budding entrepreneur, hoping to help jumpstart the country's tech industry.

March 11, 2025
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  • Greg Myre
An aerial view shows the long-depleted Colorado River (L) as it flows between California (R) and Arizona, and an irrigation ditch (R) carrying river water toward Quechan tribal land on May 26, 2023 near Winterhaven, Calif.

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  • Environment

Trump funding freeze includes payments to keep the Colorado River flowing

President Biden promised billions in funds to farmers and others to not take water from the Colorado River. President Trump is halting some of those funds, leaving questions about the river's future.

February 26, 2025
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  • Alex Hager
Rubble from the Pasadena Jewish Temple and Center, which burned down in the Eaton fire.

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  • Opinion

Opinion: A miracle amid the fire

NPR's Scott Simon shares the story of the Pasadena Jewish Temper and Center, which burned from the Eaton fire. A mural was concealed behind one of the walls.

January 25, 2025
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  • Scott Simon
Vice President Harris signs the drawer of her desk as second gentleman Doug Emhoff takes a picture on Jan. 16, 2025.

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  • Politics

What's next for Kamala Harris

Inauguration Day marks the first time in more than 20 years that Kamala Harris will not be in public office. "It is not my nature to go quietly into the night," she told allies on Thursday.

January 17, 2025
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  • Deepa Shivaram
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