California’s Endless Fog Is Finally Clearing NYT | Top Stories By: Amy Graff 18 December 2025 at 05:13 An unrelenting gloom has blanketed much of the state’s Central Valley since late November. © Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu, via Getty ImagesWind turbines peak above fog in Livermore, Calif., on Saturday.
Why Nick Reiner Could Face the Death Penalty NYT | Top Stories By: Soumya Karlamangla 17 December 2025 at 10:55 The two first-degree murder counts include a special circumstance, which increases the maximum punishment if he is convicted. © Daniel Cole/ReutersNathan J. Hochman, the Los Angeles County district attorney, at a news conference on Tuesday.
We Should Teach Our Students How to Think, Not What to Believe NYT | Opinion By: Leighton Woodhouse 14 December 2025 at 01:09 Gaza has turned California classrooms into political battlegrounds.
Clean, Limitless Energy Exists. China Is Going Big in the Race to Harness It. NYT | China By: Raymond Zhong, Chris Buckley, Keith Bradsher and Harry Stevens 13 December 2025 at 18:00 Beijing is pouring vast resources into fusion research, while the U.S. wants private industry to lead the way. The winner could reshape civilization.
America Wants to Build Again. If You Squint, You’ll See Hopeful Signs. NYT | China By: Michael Kimmelman 11 December 2025 at 18:00 Crumbling highways. A housing shortage. Broken infrastructure. America is stuck. But the pendulum may be ready to swing.
How Gavin Newsom Became the Democrats’ 2028 Front-Runner NYT | Opinion By: Ezra Klein and Rollin Hu 11 December 2025 at 00:47 How the California governor became the 2028 Democratic front-runner.
The Contradictions of Gavin Newsom NYT | Opinion By: ‘The Ezra Klein Show’ 10 December 2025 at 18:01 How the California governor became the 2028 Democratic front-runner.
How Batteries Got Cheaper and Made the Electric Grid More Reliable NYT | China By: Ivan Penn and Ruth Fremson 5 December 2025 at 18:00 An early grid battery was installed in the Atacama Desert in Chile 15 years ago. Now, as prices have tumbled, they are increasingly being used around the world.
The Salmon That Surprised Everyone NYT | Opinion By: Emma Marris 30 November 2025 at 04:30 Although nature is sometimes very fragile, decades of conservation rhetoric have perhaps overstated that fragility.
Home Prices on a Warming Planet NYT | China By: Claire Brown and Mira Rojanasakul 21 November 2025 at 03:09 New research shows that climate change is beginning to erode home prices in the most disaster-prone areas of the United States. Here’s what to know.
The Global Climate Leadership Vacuum NYT | China By: Claire Brown 14 November 2025 at 02:43 The United States is largely absent from the United Nations climate negations in Brazil. So who is stepping up?
Newsom in the Spotlight at the Climate Conference That Trump Decided to Skip NYT | China By: Somini Sengupta 12 November 2025 at 13:06 The California governor painted the president as a threat to American competitiveness by letting China dominate the renewable energy industry.