Gilberto Pacheco was driving to work for a construction job in California when he was pulled over in what court papers called a “traffic stop” in January. He was not accused of any crime, not even a traffic infraction, but he was imprisoned without bond for months because he arrived illegally in the United States more than 30 years ago from ...Read more

Antidepressants didn’t do David Johnson’s oldest daughter any favors. Or maybe they did. It’s difficult to say when assessing his daughter’s decadelong struggle with depression.

“(She) cycled on and off a lot of the first-line drugs, the second-line drugs, and even some older drugs that they tend not to use anymore, just trying to ...Read more

It's tick season, possibly the worst in a decade.

More and more Americans are being exposed to these parasites as climate change expands the range where they can survive. That means more people are also exposed to the bevy of health conditions they can cause, such as Rocky Mountain spotted fever, the alpha-gal-triggered red meat allergy, and, ...Read more

Ten years ago, a St. Anthony, Minn., police officer pulled over Philando Castile for a broken taillight. The encounter ended with the officer fatally shooting Castile in Falcon Heights.

Such a traffic stop would be less likely today, with Ramsey County’s top prosecutor and law enforcement leaders asking officers to focus on moving violations ...Read more

A 31-year-old Sacramento woman died after being mauled by an alligator in Florida.

Brittany Clark died June 28 after the attack that happened on a hike with her boyfriend and a friend at Little Big Econ State Forest near Orlando. The incident occurred when Clark and her colleagues took a break to swim in the Econlockhatchee River near the Barr ...Read more

Red, white and blue balloons swayed in the breeze as a brass band played and performers showed off traditional cultural attire, music and dance. Around 1,000 people were gathered to celebrate the city's newest U.S. citizens the same day the country celebrated its 250th birthday.

Seattle Center hosted 252 people from 55 countries as they were ...Read more

A Fourth of July celebration erupted into chaos in Newport Beach, leading to over 400 arrests by local law enforcement.

Officers were dispatched to the Newport Peninsula about 7 p.m. Saturday following reports that large crowds were lighting fireworks and fighting, per City News Service.

Digital footage obtained by The Times showed large ...Read more

More than 50,000 Baltimore Gas and Electric customers remained without power Sunday morning after severe storms rolled through the Baltimore area on Saturday.

BGE said crews are working to restore service to all customers by Tuesday at the latest but warned that additional storms and Sunday’s high heat could cause more outages. Roughly half ...Read more

Paul Pelosi, the husband of former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, has apologized to the owner of an unoccupied vehicle he’s accused of hitting, the family said in a statement.

The Napa County Sheriff’s Office said Paul Pelosi, 86, drove away after the crash Friday and admitted hitting something, The Sacramento Bee said. He could face a ...Read more

As the tiny creature ricocheted around the netting, Bella Eskelin, 13, reached her hand inside the trap and delicately closed her fingers.

For a moment, she and the hummingbird became still.

She felt its heart beat, like a tiny motor, in her palm.

"It's just like fishing," said her father, Todd Eskelin, a U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service ...Read more

President Donald Trump will meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy at a NATO summit in Turkey on Wednesday that will be charged with tension over the U.S. leader’s views on Greenland, European defense spending and the Iran war.

Trump arrives in Turkey on Tuesday, when he will meet with President Recep Tayyip Erdogan before a summit...Read more

Power is not expected to be restored until late Wednesday for some Michigan victims of the extreme weather that left as many as 500,000 without electricity over the July 4 holiday weekend.

DTE Energy, the provider for most of eastern Michigan, estimates that 85% of customers will be restored by end of day Sunday and 95% by the end of Monday. ...Read more

TALLAHASSEE — Florida is expanding the role of artificial intelligence to help local police track down immigrants, and one well-connected technology firm is getting most of that business from the Republican-run state.

Peregrine Technologies of San Francisco, whose lobbyists have close ties to Gov. Ron DeSantis, has an agreement with the ...Read more

A lawsuit that some say could cripple the state’s top water regulator is headed to trial in a Las Vegas courtroom next week.

Decades of back-and-forth between developers and the state has effectively ruined any chance of establishing Coyote Springs as an outpost of Las Vegas akin to Scottsdale, Arizona. Not one home stands in Coyote Springs ...Read more

Questions about political conflicts of interest have surfaced days ahead of a civil trial that experts say could hamstring the state’s top water regulator and cost taxpayers billions of dollars.

The trial over water rights at Coyote Springs, what was once a proposed satellite city northeast of Las Vegas, is the final act of a long saga ...Read more

Summer means more time outdoors — but it also means a greater chance of encountering ticks, according to pest experts.

California ranks among the nation’s worst states for ticks in 2025, according to a new report from pest control company Terminix.

The Golden State — particularly the Los Angeles and San Francisco areas — is one of the ...Read more

New mandatory evacuations were ordered Sunday morning for a nearly 4,000-acre wildfire burning near Leadville in Lake County, and a large swath of residents was placed on pre-evacuation.

The Willow fire is one of four active fires in Colorado that together have consumed more than 160,000 acres, forced thousands of evacuations and destroyed ...Read more