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A Look at California Today, and Tomorrow

Soumya Karlamangla, who writes The Times’s California newsletter, wants to balance uplifting stories and hard news happening in the Golden State.

By Josh Ocampo

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What Driverless Waymo Taxi Rides Are Like in San Francisco

On Monday, Waymo began letting the public pay for rides in its driverless cars in San Francisco. The New York Times dispatched three reporters around the city to test the service.

By Tripp Mickle Yiwen Lu and Mike Isaac