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Narcocorridos — or drug ballads — are more popular than ever in Mexico, where a generation that came of age during the drug war has embraced songs that recount both the spoils and the excessive violence of organized crime. But the genre is increasingly under attack.

In Monterey County, growers are building lodging for thousands of guest workers coming in on H-2A visas. Some advocates say it is an injustice for the farmworkers who've lived here for years, many in substandard housing.

President Trump's tariffs are upending crop trading, delaying tractor purchases and constraining imports of chemical supplies into the United States.

Retired Supreme Court Justice David H. Souter, who surprised his Republican backers by becoming a staunch liberal on the high court, has died.

The number of Californians getting therapy via telemedicine has outpaced the number meeting with therapists in person. It marks a profound shift in the way mental healthcare is delivered.

In his first several months in office, President Trump has worked with incredible speed to implement policies that align with Project 2025.

One prominent community tracking project claims President Trump has already implemented more than 40% of Project 2025's recommendations.

Cardinal Robert Prevost, now Pope Leo XIV, has occasionally weighed in on issues of faith and politics — including reposts of items taking issue with Trump administration actions.

The faithful in Los Angeles, America's most Catholic city, were delighted — and a little stunned — to learn a Chicago-born priest with deep roots in Peru had been elected to lead the world's 1.4 billion Catholics.

For Catholic theologians, the significance of the name was evident, with the new pope tying himself to one of the foundational figures of modern Catholic social teaching, Pope Leo XIII, who advocated for the rights of the poor and working class.

Mexican business leaders and executives lauded statements from Apollo Global Management Chief Executive Marc Rowan emphasizing the need for a trade partnership between the U.S. and Mexico.

Although the White House called the trade deal a 'milestone,' U.S. officials also described it as merely the 'end of the beginning' of talks involving the trade relationship with Britain.

Trump selects an L.A. holistic medicine doctor for surgeon general. A doctor friend wonders whether her views on medicine sync with those of Health Secretary Kennedy.

If you're over 60, you viscerally get the need for, say, the Clean Air Act, functioning Social Security and affordable dolls at Christmas.

Democratic divides over the ongoing bloody conflict in the Middle East were on display this week as gubernatorial candidates made their pitches to politically active Jewish Californians.

A tepid California poll undermines Gov. Newsom's standing compared with other Democrats mulling over a 2028 bid. He gets mixed reviews in early voting states.

Republicans are scrambling to find creative ways to fulfill budget cuts they voted on without gutting Medicaid.

Are California Democrats weak when it comes to protecting minors from sex trafficking? It's a question that has caused chaos in the state Capitol for more than a week.

Homeland Security officials have said welfare checks aim to ensure that unaccompanied children "are safe and not being exploited, abused, and sex trafficked."

The Supreme Court usually defers to the military and did so again to rule against transgender members of the armed forces.

A poll finds that 68% of registered voters in California disapprove of the president's job performance and believe the country is on the wrong track.

An American, 47, reportedly tried to climb over a fence in Piazza del Colosseo, presumably to get a closer look at the Colosseum, before falling and impaling himself.

A day after President Trump said he wants to reopen Alcatraz as a symbol of law and order, tourists at the decayed historic site struggled to see the logic.