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Superintendent of Los Angeles schools placed on paid leave amid federal investigation

By Jaimie Ding, Julie Watson, Associated Press

Alberto Carvalho, the superintendent of Los Angeles public schools in the nation’s second-largest district, was put on paid leave Friday, two days after the FBI served search warrants at his home and the district’s headquarters.

After taking aim at both parties, this Republican faces a critical decision

By Kevin Freking, Associated Press

The boundaries of Kiley's California district have been upended by the nation's partisan redistricting war, clouding his path to reelection.

FBI searches Los Angeles school district headquarters and superintendent's home

By Eric Tucker, Christopher Weber, Julie Watson, Associated Press

The nature of the investigation and what allegations were being examined was not immediately clear.

Skiers with roots in Lake Tahoe's alpine community among the 8 killed in California avalanche

By Brooke Hess, Julie Watson, Hallie Golden, Associated Press

TRUCKEE, Calif. (AP) — After days of increasingly brutal conditions in California's Sierra Nevada, a group of 15 backcountry skiers set out for home. But as they left remote huts at thousands of feet of elevation and trekked back toward…

How a snow drought helped set the stage for deadly California avalanche

By Tammy Webber, Associated Press

Several feet of new snow did not have time to bond to the earlier layer before the avalanche near Lake Tahoe killed at least eight backcountry skiers, said Craig Clements, a meteorology professor at San Jose State University…

Avalanche in Northern California kills at least 8 skiers

By Amna Nawaz, Winston Wilde

In Northern California, at least eight people are dead following ‌an avalanche. Search and rescue teams are still scouring the mountain wilderness for one remaining body. Amna Nawaz reports.

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Sanders and Newsom clash over proposed tax on California's billionaires

By Michael R. Blood, Associated Press

As national Democrats search for a unifying theme ahead of the fall's midterm elections, a California proposal to levy a hefty tax on billionaires is turning some of the party’s leading figures into adversaries just when Democrats can least afford…

Mark Zuckerberg set to testify in watershed trial testing social media addiction claims

By Kaitlyn Huamani, Barbara Ortutay, Associated Press

The unprecedented social media trial questions whether Meta's platforms deliberately addict and harm children. Bereaved parents are expected to be in the limited courtroom seats available to the public.

9 still missing after rescuers push through California winter storm to find 6 avalanche survivors

By Olga R. Rodriguez, Julie Watson, Associated Press

Crews pushed through mountainous wilderness near Lake Tahoe during a snowstorm to rescue six backcountry skiers who survived an avalanche but were trapped by its snow and ice.

8 backcountry skiers found dead and 1 still missing after California avalanche

By Olga R. Rodriguez, Julie Watson, Associated Press

Six backcountry skiers were found alive and 10 others were still missing Tuesday after an avalanche in Northern California during a powerful winter storm moving through the state.