More than 400,000 students in American colleges without permanent legal status are in limbo as they await what Donald Trump has pledged to be the largest deportation program in U.S. history wsj.com/us-news/dreame…

New adventures beckon in 2025. Today is my last day at The Wall Street Journal after 34 remarkable years. None was more memorable than 2024 when Evan Gershkovich and 15 others walked free from Russian prison. Cheers to that, to you, and to the New Year.

In recent years, no American metropolis has drawn more headlines about civic dysfunction than San Francisco. Now, the storied city’s renaissance rests on its newly elected mayor. wsj.com/us-news/the-le… via The Wall Street Journal

Texas born and bred, Shamsud-Din Jabbar had worked at Deloitte before plowing a truck with an Islamic State flag into a New Orleans crowd wsj.com/us-news/the-de… via The Wall Street Journal

Los Angeles wildfires prompt evacuations for tens of thousands as winds fuel fire and officials warn it could worsen overnight wsj.com/us-news/climat… via The Wall Street Journal

Los Angeles firefighters are confronting nature’s perfect firetrap in spots like Topanga Canyon. wsj.com/us-news/narrow… via The Wall Street Journal

Officials are investigating why the Santa Ynez reservoir is offline, as firefighters try to contain the nearby Pacific Palisades blaze wsj.com/us-news/climat… via The Wall Street Journal

A mishmash of government agencies failed to keep public lands in and around Los Angeles safe from deadly wildfires, residents say wsj.com/us-news/climat… via The Wall Street Journal

President Trump describes California as having a giant spigot that just needs to be turned on and all the state's water problems will disappear wsj.com/us-news/climat… via The Wall Street Journal

Amid January’s historic fire, Los Angeles County sent evacuation alerts to some parts of suburban Altadena too late. The consequences were grave. wsj.com/us-news/eaton-… via The Wall Street Journal

America’s Trumpiest City Council Is Thriving—in Newsom’s Californiahttps://www.wsj.com/us-news/americas-trumpiest-city-council-is-thrivingin-newsoms-california-e671f21c?st=nco5yC via The Wall Street Journal

A couple’s frustrated attempts to evacuate their Pacific Palisades neighborhood highlight fire-preparedness gaps in Los Angeles wsj.com/us-news/los-an… via The Wall Street Journal

Victims of the Palisades wildfires are searching for answers. We hear the latest from jim carlton of The Wall Street Journal. Gordon Deal #AmericasFirstNews thismorningwithgordondeal.com/n/egfnxw

Game changer new way to fight wildfires - get AI bots to spot them fast! AI bots now serve—night and day, without breaks—as digital fire-lookouts wsj.com/tech/ai/these-… via The Wall Street Journal

In a region dependent on cross-border trade, American and Canadian neighbors work to overcome an ugly international standoff wsj.com/world/americas…

Riveting account of a shooting death in South Carolina that isn’t all it seems, by the great true crime writer Valerie Bauerlein

A bucolic canyon east of Los Angeles has erupted into an all-out brawl over the fate of 256 donkeys. The latest from ⁦⁦⁦jim carlton⁩ wsj.com/us-news/donkey…

A bucolic canyon east of Los Angeles has erupted into an all-out brawl over the fate of 256 donkeys. wsj.com/us-news/donkey…

For some in San Francisco and on “The Rock,” turning Alcatraz back into a prison is nothing short of a crime wsj.com/us-news/san-fr…

Trade Chaos Raises Big Question: Why Does China Eat So Many American Pistachios?wsj.com/economy/trade/… via The Wall Street Journal