The days, weeks, and months after the worst mass shooting in modern American history.

A profile of California’s governor at the end of more than 40 years in public life.

Stewart Resnick is the biggest farmer in the United States, a fact he has tried to keep hidden while he has shaped what we eat, transformed California’s landscape, and ruled entire towns. But the one thing he can’t control is what he’s most dependent on—water.

Tales of teenage romance.

Liz Waite and Kersheral Jessup couldn’t afford a higher education, let alone rent. But they worked and scrounged and slept on couches to put themselves through school. Will their degrees be worth it?

Moviemaking with the Mulleavy sisters.

The story of September 26, 2014, the day 43 Mexican students went missing.

Nearly all the world’s fake products come from China. America’s oldest private detective agency is on the case.

A year in the life of Gwen Woods, after her son was killed by police.

After their mother was deported to Mexico, the Marin siblings faced an impossible choice: Stay or go.

Argentina’s grandmothers are still searching for the stolen babies born in the dictatorship’s secret prisons.

On water in the West, climate change, and how the birth of modern environmentalism lies at the bottom of Lake Powell.

Disillusioned with fine dining, one of the world’s great chefs took on fast food. It has been harder than he ever imagined.

The DIY explorers who dream of a 35-million-mile trek.

Filipinos make up nearly a third of all cruise ship workers. It’s a good job. Until it isn’t.

On a mysterious migrant in a San Diego hospital bed, and the thousands of families who hope that he’s theirs.

Ruth Thalí became an overnight sensation on a game show. Then she disappeared.

We don’t really understand the ocean bottom. We’re mining it anyway.

The business of sound.

Paramedics pick up the pieces on the Texas-Mexico border.

Forgiveness and the lives of two young men caught in Stockton street gangs.

After a murder in the California wilderness, the search for the killer raises complicated questions about mental illness.

Inside Friends of Abe, one of Hollywood’s most influential (and most discreet) political organizations.

What happened when two guys set out to convert their Colombian megachurch to Orthodox Judaism.

On a company that provides fake paparazzi, pretend campaign supporters, and counterfeit protesters on demand.