Sacramento
April 2024
Why Tortillas Sold in California May Be Forced to Add a New Ingredient
California Requires New Homes to Have Solar Panels. Should Wildfire Victims Get a Break?
California Salmon Fishing Banned for Second Year in Row
California Fails to Track Its Homelessness Spending, Outcomes, Says New Audit
Power Is Never Having to Say ‘No.’ How California Democrats Kill Bills Without Voting Against Them
They Work 80 Hours a Week for Low Pay. Now, California’s Early-Career Doctors Are Joining Unions
Newsom, Legislature Get a $17 Billion Jump on California Budget Deficit
Gavin Newsom Says Baseball Saved Him. But the Legend of His Career Doesn’t Always Match the Reality
California’s Most Controversial Housing Law Could Get a Makeover
Progressive Democrats Propose a Different Path on Crime
Foster Kids Miss Out on Sports and Music. A New California Plan Aims to Help Them Catch Up
March 2024
California May Gut Two CalWORKS Programs Helping Thousands of Families
Which Fast Food Workers Will Get Paid More in California?
High Stakes: Inside the Multimillion-Dollar Battle for Gambling Rights in California
Will California Re-Up Its Empty Reserve of Abortion Pills After Today’s Supreme Court Hearing?
California Extends Student Financial Aid Deadline
Why California Democrats Are Divided on Retail Theft Bill
California Jails Are Holding Thousands Fewer People, but Far More Are Dying in Them
California Insurance Market ‘In Chaos,’ Says Former Insurance Chief. Can the New Chief Fix It?
California Doctors Struggle to Make Payroll One Month After Ransomware Attack
California Is Clearing Criminal Records — Including Violent Crimes — to Offer Second Chances
With Prop. 1, Gavin Newsom Again Changes How Californians With Mental Illness Get Help
If California Government Wants to Use AI, It Will Have to Follow These New Rules
California Offers Health Insurance for as Little as $10 a Month. Some Pay More in Tax Penalties
Why Does California’s Vote Count Take So Long?
Why Prop. 1 Foes Are Getting Back in the Fight
Fresh Batch of YIMBY Housing Bills Clash With Coastal Protections (Again)
California May Extend Financial Aid Deadline for Students Impacted by Federal Delays
Lawmakers Want to Help California Be Happy
California Weakens Plan for Mandatory Cutbacks in Urban Water Use, Yielding to Criticism
‘Simply Catastrophic’: California Salmon Season to Be Restricted or Shut Down — Again
These Gigs Offer Paths to Higher Wages for Young Californians. Now They’re Facing Budget Cuts
Sacramento Gave a Homeless Camp a Lease as an Experiment. Here’s What Happened
Why Daylight Saving Time Is Starting Again in California
Progressives Are Not Happy With Adam Schiff. Will It Matter in U.S. Senate Race?
What You Need to Know About California Housing and Corporate Landlords
The Klamath River Salmon Die-Off Was Tragic. Was It Predictable?
Californians Are Voting on Prop. 1, Gavin Newsom’s Mental Health Plan. Here’s What It Does
Despite College Aspirations, Native American Students Find It Hard to Leave Home
Rural California Schools Are Desperate for State Help, From Special Education to Construction
California’s Fast Food Workers Are Getting a Raise. But the Labor-Industry Truce Is Fraying
Getting Paid to Go to School? California’s Community Colleges Try It Out
Newsom Hits the Road for Mental Health Measure as Poll Shows Declining Enthusiasm for Prop. 1
February 2024
Cal State Student Workers Voted to Form a Union. Here’s What Students Want.
It’s Now Significantly More Deadly to Be Homeless. Why Are So Many People Dying?
California Gives New Moms Extra Medi-Cal Benefits. It Can’t Say Who’s Using Them
Would a Gavin Newsom Recall Do Any Better Than 2021?
Police Want Drones in Car Chases. How SF’s Prop E Could Affect That