About 240 midshipmen hoisted placards designating their future deployments into the air Thursday as a crowd of supporters ...

A mechanical engineering major, Crane selected the USS Spruance out of San Diego with the 32nd pick. “Growing up with [the Naval Academy] in my backyard, I just always thought it was the coolest ...

A visit to the iconic Battleship USS Iowa Museum includes access to both interior and exterior areas on seven decks. The self-guided tour lets visitors see what life was like on the ship.

Named for Medal of Honor recipient Isaac C. Kidd Sr., who was killed during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor aboard the USS Arizona, this Fletcher-class destroyer is considered one of the world ...

The survivors of the attack on the USS Liberty -- an event that happened 55 years ago -- snapped salutes as the president of the USS Liberty Veterans Association, Larry L. Bowen, began a ...

California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed laws Friday setting aside $50 million to help the state protect its policies from challenges by the Trump administration and defend immigrants amid the ...

A new report from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California sheds more light on the situation in the Palos Verdes Peninsula, a region along the Los Angeles County coast that juts ...

California already has some of the strictest defensible space laws in the West, requiring homeowners in fire-prone areas to clear flammable materials. The state first mandated a 30-foot buffer in ...

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New York Times reporters have been writing personal portraits about the fires in the California Today newsletter. Here is a collection of their dispatches on what the disaster means to them ...