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The Best Artist Residencies to Escape and Focus on Creating

Yaddo may not be in the cards, but from a chateau near Paris to a California desert cabin, here are programs that foster writing, music and artistic talent and can be booked for days or weeks.

By Emily Goligoski

California Deaths (Obituaries) Innovation LeapFrog Reading and Writing Skills (Education) Tablet Computers Toys Wood, Mike (1952-2005)

Mike Wood, Whose LeapFrog Toys Taught a Generation, Dies at 72

His LeapPad tablets, which helped children read, found their way into tens of millions of homes beginning in 1999.

By Trip Gabriel

California Movies Politics and Government Tax Credits, Deductions and Exemptions Television

There’s a Feeling We’re Not in Hollywood Anymore

Movies and TV productions are rapidly leaving California to film outside the United States, where labor costs are lower and tax incentives greater. Industry workers are exasperated.

By Matt Stevens and Nicole Sperling

Agriculture and Farming Agriculture Department audio-neutral-informative Bees California Conservation of Resources Endangered and Extinct Species Environment Environmental Protection Agency Flowers and Plants Foreign Workers Global Warming Immigration and Emigration Insects International Trade and World Market Mites North Dakota Pesticides Robberies and Thefts Texas United States Politics and Government Weather Wildlife Die-Offs

Bees Are Under Threat from Climate Change, the Trade War and Doge

For beekeepers, the problem isn’t just climate change and extreme weather: It’s also DOGE, the trade war and the immigration crackdown.

By Ivan Penn and Graham Dickie