An interview with the historian Robin D.G. Kelley.

How toxic fumes seep into the air you breathe on planes.

How the waters off of LA became a DDT dumping ground.

Here’s how a tiny brush fire became California’s deadliest wildfire.

When a Qatari sheikh came to live in L.A., an entire economy sprouted to meet his wishes. “His highness doesn’t like to hear no,” one associate told a professor.

The U.S. buried nuclear waste in the Pacific after WWII. It’s close to resurfacing.

The California coast is disappearing under the rising sea. Our choices are grim.

Joseph James DeAngelo Jr., known as the Golden State Killer, is alleged to have murdered 13 people in California during the 1970s and 1980s. He also raped 50 women. He’ll stand trial for the murders only.

She was the Southern Californian PTA mom everyone knew. Who would want to harm her?

A 6-part investigation of the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster.

Purdue Pharma’s marketing materials say OxyContin works for 12 hours. It doesn’t. And this problem, long-denied by the drugmaker, is what makes it highly addictive.

A profile of Marion Barry.