The California Sunday Magazine

Facial Recognition

The controversial and nearly ever-present technology that could replace the fingerprint

By Meher Ahmad, Adrian Chen,
Chris Outcalt, and Joy Shan

Photographs by Alba Zari

Illustrations by Tim Peacock, Anuj Shrestha,
and Joan Wong

The Mysterious Lawyer X

Nicola Gobbo defended Melbourne’s most notorious criminals at the height of a gangland war. They didn’t know she had a secret.

By Evan Ratliff

Illustrations by Clay Rodery

3 kids. 2 paychecks. No home.

South of San Francisco, in a fertile corner of California that feeds much of the country, working families are sleeping in shelters and parking lots.

By Brian Goldstone

Photographs by Alessandra Sanguinetti

“Tear gas on one street and civilians walking on another.”

In Hong Kong, the protests have exposed bitter divisions — even among friends and families.

As told to Karen Cheung

Photographs by Matthew Connors

and Lau Chi Chung

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Golden State Escapes: Discover Something New in California

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The Teacher Walkouts

Ten educators across four states discuss picketing, negotiating, winning, losing, or not striking at all.

By Alexandria Neason and Emmanuel Felton

Photographs by students Andrew “Jester” Bulnes, Alexis Chamberlain, Evelyn McSpirit, Lydia Singletary, and Ni’Sea Thurman-Wamubu

Illustrations by Case Jernigan and Luyi Wang

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An Incubator Kitchen Creating a more Diverse Food Scene in the Bay Area

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To Die For: A New York City Cemetery Odyssey

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Backstage

On assignment with five teen photographers

By Douglas McGray

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