California Today: F.B.I. Letters Send Shivers Through California’s Political Inner Circle
Today's top stories from California.
The New York Times
California Today

November 24, 2025, 6:31 a.m. Pacific time

Today’s Top Story

More California News

A Stand Against Coal Could Push Oakland Toward Bankruptcy

After Oakland, Calif., reneged on a contract allowing coal shipments, a Kentucky company went under. Courts say the city must now pay hundreds of millions of dollars.

The Best Baseball Team Behind Bars

The San Quentin Giants’ opponents are impressed. But what about the parole board that decides the players’ fate?

The War of the Rose Bowl

The storied stadium is at the center of a battle between Pasadena and U.C.L.A. that’s about money, nostalgia, geography and so much more.

Donald Glover Reveals He Had a Stroke Last Year

The rapper and actor, who performed in Los Angeles on Saturday, said doctors had also discovered a hole in his heart, prompting him to cancel his world tour.

What OpenAI Did When ChatGPT Users Lost Touch With Reality

In tweaking its chatbot to appeal to more people, OpenAI made it riskier for some of them. Now the company has made its chatbot safer. Will that undermine its quest for growth?

Miss Piggy, Fraggles and an Auction at the Twilight of a Hollywood Era

The Jim Henson Company sold its longtime studio and is auctioning Muppets memorabilia for the first time in its 70-year history.

Matthew Stafford is playing with MVP chops — and something deeper, too

As the Rams embarrassed the NFC South-leading Buccaneers on Sunday night, every part of Stafford's game was on full display.

$800,000 Homes in California

A midcentury modern compound in Yucca Valley, a cabin in Cazadero and a townhouse in Oakland.

Local Conditions

Look up the heat index in your area using The Times’s heat tracker.

See active fires using The Times’s wildfire tracker.

Today's Recipe

Article Image

Ryan Liebe for The New York Times. Food Stylist: Simon Andrews.

Spinach Corn Dip

By Hetty McKinnon

Filled StarFilled StarFilled StarFilled StarUnfilled Star

41

25 minutes

Makes 4 servings

Take a break, play a game

Wordle

Wordle →

Connections

Connections →

Strands

Strands →

Spelling Bee

Spelling Bee →

Crossword

Crossword →

Mini

Mini →

Get notified about extreme weather before it happens with custom alerts for places in the U.S. you choose.

Sign up for Your Places: Extreme Weather.

Get notified about extreme weather before it happens with custom alerts for places in the U.S. you choose.

Get it in your inbox