By Marisa Kendall
CalMatters
The Fremont City Council gave final approval this week to an ordinance that bans camping throughout the entire city, while also making anyone “aiding, abetting or
Fewer California high school seniors are completing federal financial aid applications than in past years, which some analysts say is a sign that students may fear the Trump administration will
By Ben Christopher, CalMatters
The speedy processing of building permit applications is not typically considered a popular political cause.
The recent Los Angeles firestorm may have changed that.
Thousands of
California’s Legislative Black Caucus and the Reparations Task Force continue their fight to scrape away at the last vestiges of legalized slavery remaining within the state constitution.
Assemblymember Lori
Sterling Klippel is awed by the beauty of nature but spends his working days resisting its power.
Casting worried glances at a gray sky above the Sierra Madre Dam in
After saying it would run out of funds by March, California’s last-resort fire insurance provider will impose a special charge of $1 billion on homeowners and insurance companies, the
It’s been three months since California voters overwhelmingly approved Proposition 36, a new law that pledged to provide “mass treatment” for those facing certain drug charges. But since the
A proverb said to have arisen in 16th-century England postulates that “too many cooks spoil the broth.” When too many people are working on a project without clear accountability, it
President Donald Trump returned to office last month with a major show of force on immigration, issuing numerous orders and directives to dramatically crack down on enforcement.
They’ve sparked
By Alexei Koseff
Gov. Gavin Newsom today approved $25 million for anticipated legal challenges against the Trump administration, positioning California to once again lead the resistance to the MAGA movement
California’s push to electrify its cars is facing a potentially serious problem: People aren’t buying electric cars fast enough.
After three straight years of strong growth, sales have
Any student of California history knows the story of the 1906 earthquake. San Francisco was torn apart by the quake itself, then ravaged by the fire that followed. California’s