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New businesses are reinvigorating the small desert city of 29 Palms, located just 20 minutes from Joshua Tree. Here are nine new shops worth checking out.

For 75 years, the property has welcomed visitors seeking peace and solace to its grounds. As the Palisades fire raged around it last week, it was anything but.

As Hollywood goes through vast technological, financial and global change, the state’s cornerstone entertainment industry and its workers face a hard reality: Lost jobs may never come back.

Rising immigration levels helped the state curb the California exodus. A Times analysis shows which counties are most impacted by new arrivals.

Google, the Mountain View-based search and digital advertising giant, is facing increasing scrutiny as the government has recommended it be broken up and its lucrative search index opened to rivals.

The state’s recent population growth comes with caveats, but hopefully will put an end to the premature death notices and hyperbolic takeaways. At the least, it should end the groundless talk of mass “exodus.”

On Dec. 23, a surfer from Santa Cruz rode a wave at Mavericks that witnesses say was over 100 feet tall, which would set a world record. But how do you reliably measure a wave?

In a year markedly difficult for the city’s restaurant industry, here are more than 100 notable restaurant and bar closures that occurred in 2024.

Working with Japanese American woodworker Toshi Kawabata of Barrban Woodworks, Lizabeth Altounian realized her dream of living in a Kyoto-style dwelling, on a small scale.

Though the city looms large in the pop-culture psyche as the capital of conspicuous consumption, you can explore the famed patch of real estate without breaking the bank.