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Joshua Sharpe, Hannah Dreier, Chao Deng and Susan Chira are the newest journalists to join the Livingston Awards ranks. Three awards were presented for outstanding reporting by journalist under the age of 35 and a fourth award honored a veteran journalist for exceptional newsroom guidance and mentorship.

A churning Golden State on the eve of new population numbers Scott Wilson © Melina Mara/The Washington Post Whitney Ranch is one of many development projects in Placer County, two hours east of San Francisco. The area offers more affordable housing to Californians in the increasingly overpriced Bay Area. ROCKLIN, Calif. —Shannon Sessions has a seat in left field, in the shade of a willow. Her goldendoodle, Yeti, is leashed to her folding chair. These are prime tickets ...

On a Trump-loving island in the Chesapeake, a virus outbreak unites instead of divides Peter Jamison Allen Bradford, a lifelong resident of Tangier Island, works on the Courtney Thomas mail boat, which still makes trips between the mainland and the remote Chesapeake Bay outpost. (Katherine Frey/The Washington Post) TANGIER, Va. — The news at the dock was bad. As a handful of masked passengers stepped off the Courtney Thomas, one of the only boats still traveling to and f...