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

‘Getting Significantly Worse’: California Community Colleges Are Losing Millions to Financial Aid Fraud

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

California Isn’t on Track to Meet Its Climate Change Mandates — and a New Analysis Says It’s Not Even Close

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


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