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'Oppenheimer' dominates the Oscar nominations, as Gerwig is left out for best director

Christopher Nolan's blockbuster biopic will be up for 13 awards, followed by Poor Things with 11 and Killers of the Flower Moon with 10. Barbie, the year's highest-grossing film, got 8 nominations.

Inland Empire Amazon Workers United founder Sara Fee in front of the Warehouse Worker Resource Center in Ontario on Feb 13, 2024. Photo by Elisa Ferrari for CalMatters

Waiting and sweltering: Why are California’s indoor heat protections for workers five years late?

In March, the state is finally set to approve rules to protect workers from excessive heat indoors. Officials busted a 2019 deadline — a delay that demonstrates California’s Byzantine rulemaking process.

Hurray for the Riff Raff, the rail-riding teen poet who lived to sing the tale

On The Past Is Still Alive, Alynda Segarra's latest album as Hurray for the Riff Raff, the shapeshifting folk artist dives into deeply personal stories from their own vagabond youth.

A mean standing on railroad tracks right before a tunnel pulls a small flower wreath out of a paper bag and begins handing it to a man on the left, wearing a high visibility neon yellow sweartshirt and an orange hardhat.

Commemorative postmark available in Ashland to remember the Tunnel 13 train robbery

Wednesday, Oct. 11 marks the 100th anniversary of America’s “last great train robbery.” The U.S. Postal Service is offering a special postmark to commemorate the holdup gone wrong near the Oregon-California border.

Dr. Carl Shy, a public health researcher, cooks on his electric stove at his home. In 1970, he published a study showing that families exposed to greater levels of the air pollutant nitrogen dioxide outdoors had higher rates of respiratory illness than families in less-polluted areas.

How gas utilities used tobacco tactics to avoid gas stove regulations

Gas stoves emit potentially harmful pollutants, but utilities and their trade group avoided regulation with tactics perfected by the tobacco industry to cast doubt on science showing health problems.

Aaron Banks, 38, and his son Aaron Banks, Jr., 8, embrace at a local park on Saturday, May 22, 2021, in Cedar Park, Texas. "The image of the average gun enthusiast needs an update," the elder Banks said. Banks is president of Keep Firing LLC and one of 24 pistol instructors certified by the National African American Gun Association.

These are the faces of the rising number of Black gun owners in the U.S.

Black gun ownership dates back to before the country's founding. In "Armed Doesn't Mean Dangerous," photographer Christian K. Lee captures the growing number of Black Americans who own firearms.

'Like moths to a flame'? Here's what's going on with insects and porch lights

Those insects you see flying in crazed circles are trying to keep their backs towards the light because they think that direction is up, new research suggests.

Helen Biesenbach leaves a message at a memorial where 26 crosses were placed to honor the victims killed at the First Baptist Church of Sutherland Springs on November 9, 2017 in Sutherland Springs, Texas.

DOJ reaches settlement with families of Sutherland Springs mass shooting

The department announced it had reached a tentative settlement of $144.5 million, ending a legal back-and-forth that has lasted years.

FILE: Gov. Gavin Newsom hands Assemblyman Phil Ting a copy of a bill that Newsom signed at the Capitol in Sacramento on Oct. 11, 2019.

Newsom signs new California crime and school laws

Gov. Gavin Newsom has decided the fate of two more high-profile bills — one on criminal justice and the other on public schools.

Britney Banks speaks to protesters outside the Tennessee state Capitol on Feb. 14, 2023, as the legislature hears testimony on two bills that would restrict the rights of LGBTQ people in the state.

Tennessee becomes the first state to pass a ban on public drag shows

Tenn. Gov. Bill Lee signed a bill banning drag performances the same afternoon he signed a ban on youth gender-affirming care. Advocates say some are asking whether staying in the state is worth it.

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