Cannabis plants at Vibe Cultivators, an indoor growing facility and dispensary in Sacramento, Calif., are about 2 weeks away from harvest. California's cannabis regulator inspects facilities like this regularly in an effort to keep contaminants out of the weed supply. Preston Gannaway for NPR hide caption
Abdulwahab Omira, 28, stands in front of his destroyed family home in Damascus, Syria. Omira and his family fled Syria's civil war in 2012 when he was a teenager. Now a U.S. citizen and a graduate student at Stanford, Omira recently returned to his home country to look for ways the tech industry could help rebuild it. Abdulwahab Omira hide caption
California Flats is a 2900 acre plot of land in central California that's covered in solar panels. The extra energy generated from all that solar flows straight into batteries right on site. Hearst Corporation, California Flats Solar-plus-Storage Project hide caption
An aerial view shows the long-depleted Colorado River (L) as it flows between California (R) and Arizona, and an irrigation ditch (R) carrying river water toward Quechan tribal land on May 26, 2023 near Winterhaven, Calif. Mario Tama/Getty Images/Getty Images North America hide caption
Sogol Moshfegh in her rental home in Monrovia, Calif., on Jan. 27. She says that after their insurance company decided not to renew their policy, they got coverage through their mortgage company. But it covers much less than their old policy. Zaydee Sanchez for NPR hide caption
Rubble from the Pasadena Jewish Temple and Center, which burned down in the Eaton fire. Getty Images hide caption
An urban search and rescue team from Mexico combs through the ruins of a beachfront house searching for victims in the aftermath of the Palisades Fire in Malibu, Calif., on Tuesday. Valerie Macon/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Arevon's California Flats project Arevon Energy hide caption
A helicopter drops water on Mandeville Canyon as the Palisades Fire rages Saturday in Los Angeles. Eric Thayer/AP hide caption
Cedric Meadows (left), director of outreach, and Anthony Conley, director of support services, at the nonprofit shelter Covenant House California. Elise Hu/NPR hide caption
Firefighters tend to people after a plane crashed through the roof of a building near Fullerton airport on Jan. 2, 2025, in Fullerton, Calif. Jeff Gritchen/AP/The Orange County Register hide caption
Trucks move past cargo containers at a port in Bayonne, N.J., in 2021. The state is adopting California's Advanced Clean Trucks rules, which require at least 7% of medium- and heavy-duty vehicles sold in the state to be zero-emission for model year 2025. Dealers are petitioning for a delay, so far unsuccessfully. Spencer Platt/Getty Images hide caption
The U.S. Supreme Court Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images hide caption
People watch the waves come in at Ocean Beach in San Francisco after an earthquake was felt widely across Northern California on Thursday. Haven Daley/AP hide caption
The California Department of Insurance says detectives found this bear costume at the home of the suspects accused of orchestrating fake bear attacks on their vehicles. California Department of Insurance hide caption