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Gas prices are high for July 4. California’s price-gouging fixes are still on the shelf

By Alejandro Lazo, CalMatters This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. Drivers are heading into the Fourth of July weekend with national gas prices at

By Cal Matters

/ 5 Jul 2026

Gas prices are high for July 4. California’s price-gouging fixes are still on the shelf

Should coastal commission get more power over rebuilding after wildfire? Some lawmakers say yes

By Nadia Lathan, CalMatters This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. $3.3 million. That’s how much May Sung estimates it’ll cost to

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/ 3 Jul 2026

Should coastal commission get more power over rebuilding after wildfire? Some lawmakers say yes

Big box tinderboxes: Warehouses are exposing more Californians to costly, toxic disasters

Automation, exploitation and the sheer size of today’s warehouses are magnifying fire risk. A half-dozen recent warehouse fires demonstrate that warehouse fires can no longer be considered a

By Cal Matters

/ 30 Jun 2026

Firefighters spraying water on a massive warehouse fire in Boyle Heights, Los Angeles, with thick smoke billowing from the cold storage facility during emergency response operations.

Trump renews push to shift homelessness funding. What’s at stake

By Marisa Kendall, CalMatters This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. The Trump administration is renewing its push to change the way it funds homeless

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/ 25 Jun 2026

Trump renews push to shift homelessness funding. What’s at stake

Cal State faculty push to prevent AI tools from replacing them as schools and staff experiment

By Mikhail Zinshteyn, CalMatters This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. The nation’s largest public four-year university may soon be barred from replacing

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/ 19 Jun 2026

Cal State faculty push to prevent AI tools from replacing them as schools and staff experiment

If Xavier Becerra is California’s next governor, he’ll be a workhorse rather than a show horse

By Dan Walters, CalMatters This commentary was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. In the eight decades since the end of World War II, 11 men have

By Cal Matters

/ 11 Jun 2026

If Xavier Becerra is California’s next governor, he’ll be a workhorse rather than a show horse

Split verdict on taxes to fund health care as cost-of-living anxiety takes its toll

By Ana B. Ibarra, CalMatters This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. California voters are delivering a split decision on whether they want to pay

By Cal Matters

/ 11 Jun 2026

Split verdict on taxes to fund health care as cost-of-living anxiety takes its toll

Will Californians pick candidates who are government outsiders or ones with governing experience?

By Jim Newton, CalMatters This commentary was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. A few years back, in one of our many conversations for the biography I

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/ 31 May 2026

Will Californians pick candidates who are government outsiders or ones with governing experience?

Our house burned down but our mortgage didn’t. California fire survivors need time

By Rachel Jonas and Robert Fagnani, Special for CalMatters This commentary was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. We were supposed to celebrate our younger son'

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/ 30 May 2026

Our house burned down but our mortgage didn’t. California fire survivors need time

Peaches, pears and PFAS: California lawmakers may limit ‘forever’ pesticides in foods

By Nathan Donley, Special for CalMatters This commentary was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. Amid growing awareness that so-called forever chemicals, or PFAS, can linger

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/ 29 May 2026

Peaches, pears and PFAS: California lawmakers may limit ‘forever’ pesticides in foods

Poll shows Becerra and Hilton are pulling ahead of the pack in California’s governor race

By Dan Walters, CalMatters This commentary was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. The 2026 campaign for Gov. Gavin Newsom’s successor may be all but over

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/ 28 May 2026

Poll shows Becerra and Hilton are pulling ahead of the pack in California’s governor race

California treats homelessness spending as action. That’s not a measure of success

By Tangela Babbitt, Special for CalMatters This commentary was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. California is spending billions on homelessness prevention without the governance infrastructure to

By Cal Matters

/ 27 May 2026

California treats homelessness spending as action. That’s not a measure of success