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Costa Mesa approves Fairview Development Center project
Sep 22, 2026 - Us 
A large-scale housing development has been approved on the former site of a state hospital campus in Costa Mesa.
This major California river has gotten too warm for its salmon
Sep 22, 2026 - Us
The Sacramento River has gotten too warm for salmon eggs. Environmental advocates blame the Trump administration for taking too much water out of Shasta Lake.
How the University of California built the Golden State — and fractured it
Sep 22, 2026 - Us
In "California Dreams," journalist Miriam Pawel traces the UC system's evolution from an ambitious land-grant promise to a modern culture war battleground.
A 'super' El Niño is about to crash into California: 9 essential ways to prepare
Sep 22, 2026 - Us
Amid warnings of a wet and potentially destructive winter, The Times asked experts for their best tips to be prepared.
Wesley Shermantine, one-half of the 'Speed Freak' killer duo that terrorized California, dies
Sep 22, 2026 - Us
Wesley Shermantine, one-half of the Speed Freak Killers duo who murdered multiple women in the Central Valley in the 1980s, has died at 60.
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