Sacramento

June 2025

PG&E Collects a Fee to Support California’s Last Nuclear Plant. Is It a Slush Fund?

Should Polluters Pay? California’s Climate ‘Superfund’ Plan May Have Stalled

California Is Failing to Provide a Vital Safeguard Against Wrongful Convictions

The Man Who Unsolved a Murder: If You’re Accused of a Crime, Will Someone Investigate Your Side of the Story? In California, There’s No Guarantee.

Were Cuts in Rooftop Solar Payments Legal? California Supreme Court Hears Arguments

It’s Expensive to Become a Teacher in California. This Bill Would Pay Those Who Try

California Gave Accomplices to Killings a Second Chance. How a New Case Tested the Law

Is It Sex Education or Porn? Huntington Beach Comes to Blows Over Library Books

Young Democrats Offer Lessons for Their Leaders at Party Convention

Zombie Bills: Why California Lawmakers Bring Back Legislation Governors Kill

May 2025

How the Trump Administration’s Vow to Revoke Chinese Student Visas Could Hurt California

Medicaid Work Rules Could Leave a Million Californians With No Health Insurance

‘I’m Really Scared’: Elderly and Disabled Californians With More Than $2,000 Could Lose Medi-Cal

How Gentrification Is Killing the Bus: California’s Rising Rents Are Pushing Out Commuters

Trump’s Trade War Has Already Had Huge Effect on California Ports

California Lawmakers Reject Hundreds of Bills in Rapid-Fire Hearings

5 Creative Ways California Colleges Are Feeding Students Beyond Food Pantries

Fraud Pushes California’s Community Colleges to Consider an Application Fee. Is It Worth It?

US Senate Blocks California’s Electric Car Mandate in Historic Vote

Her Miscarriage Showed the Limits of California’s Abortion Protections. Where You Live Matters

Lawmakers Attack Governor’s Plan to Streamline Delta Tunnel

Should California’s Climate Budget Pay for High Speed Rail and Firefighters? Newsom’s New Plan Triggers Fiery Debate

‘Shocking’ and ‘Plain Cruel’: Health Advocates Say Newsom’s Medi-Cal Budget Could Cripple Women’s Reproductive Care

Congress Might Strip Californians of Protections Against AI in Health Care, Hiring, and Much More

Google’s $125 Million Deal With California for Local News Is Already Shrinking

Newsom Picks More Housing Over CEQA in Backing Two Bills Meant to Speed Construction

Trump Tariffs and Rising Health Care Costs Knock California Budget Back Into Deficit

Newsom Proposes to Freeze Medi-Cal Enrollment for Undocumented Immigrants

Caltrans’ Response to Homeless Encampments Is Lagging, Cities Complain

Newsom Wants Cities to Force Homeless Californians to Move Camp Every 3 Days

Why a Contentious Project to Raise California’s Shasta Dam Could Move Forward Under Trump

Head Start Gets a Reprieve From Trump Budget Cuts, but the Fight Isn’t Over

Many Californians Can’t Get Mental Health Help. Is It Too Hard to Become a Therapist?

California Regulator Weakens AI Rules, Giving Big Tech More Leeway to Track You

‘Millions Out on the Street Virtually Overnight’: How Trump’s Budget Proposal Could Affect California

When Will Democratic Lawmakers Make California More Affordable? Later, Leaders Say

They Found Their Homeless Loved Ones After Years Apart. But That Was Just the Beginning.

April 2025

Unprecedented Vote Shows Dems Fractured Over Housing Policy

How Trump’s 100-Day Deluge of Executive Orders Put California on Defense in Court

The ‘Science of Reading’ Won’t Be Required in California Schools, at Least for Now

Bodega Bay Isn’t What It Used to Be. How an Ailing Industry Has Transformed This Fishing Village

Trump Cuts Millions in California Crime Prevention Grants: ‘This Was a Sledgehammer’

How the State Sent Californians’ Personal Health Data to LinkedIn

Biden Let California Get Creative With Medicaid Spending. Trump Is Signaling That May End

Supervisors Approve Letter of Opposition to Bill That Would Redefine ‘Customary Maintenance’ on Billboards

Lawmaker Seeks New Way to Outlaw Threats Against California Schools and Places of Worship

Abundance Meets Resistance: Are Democrats Finally Ready to Go All in on Building Housing?

Steeply Discounted Overdose-Reversal Medicine Now Available to Any Californian

A New Program Trains College Students for Jobs Helping Homeless Californians. Can It Survive?

Trump Is Dismantling the Education Department. How That Might Harm Special Education


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