Sacramento
December 2023
Five Key Moments From the Newsom-DeSantis Debate
November 2023
Cal State Faculty Plans to Strike as Officials Reject a 12% Salary Increase
Blue Power: Will Ocean Waves Be California’s New Source of Clean Energy?
Jim Wood Appointed Assembly Speaker Pro Tempore, Effective Immediately
For California Leaders, Calls for Ceasefire in Gaza War Grow More Difficult to Ignore
California Democrats Are Divided on Senate Race Candidates and Gaza War
Across California, Eviction Cases Have Returned to — or Surpassed — Pre-Pandemic Levels
As Storms Arrive in California, Reservoirs Are in Good Shape. But the Water Forecast Is Murky
Many Latino Californians Aren’t Voting. Can U.S. Senate Candidates Motivate Them?
California State Scientists Strike, Demand Equal Pay
CHP Officers Get Biggest Raise in 20 Years — It’s Almost Double What Newsom Gave Other Unions
Former Supervisor Ryan Sundberg Appointed to the North Coast Regional Water Quality Control Board
Understanding California’s College Students’ Protests Over Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
Minimum Wage Hike for California Health Workers Will Cost Billions. Workers Say They Need It
In Surprise Announcement, Jim Wood Says He Will Not Seek Re-election to California Assembly
Recognizing Fake News Now a Required Subject in California Schools
Though Critical to the Economy, California’s Young Workers Toil in Low-Wage Work
‘Prompt Action’ on Fire Insurance Has Yet to Help California Homeowners
One Third of Homeless Veterans Live in California. Here’s Newsom’s New Approach to Help Them
How College Admissions Are Changing After the End of Affirmative Action
October 2023
Unemployment Insurance: California’s ‘Urgent’ $20 Billion Problem
If the State Cannot Afford to Expand the Cal Grant Program, Key Trade-Offs Loom
Newsom’s Visit Underscores Electric Car Reality: China Holds the Keys to Battery Industry
Two State Agencies Ground Cruise Driverless Cars for Public Safety
California Colleges Miss the Deadline to Offer Student Parents Priority Registration
Laphonza Butler Skips the U.S. Senate Race: What You Need to Know
Why Tiny Homes Will Remain Part of California’s Homelessness Equation for Years
California Republicans Buy Into ‘Ballot Harvesting’
Once Hailed as a Drought Fix, California Moves to Restrict Synthetic Turf Over Health Concerns
California Mental Health Agency on the Hot Seat as Lawmakers Review ‘Groundbreaking’ Law
‘A Massive Enterprise’: California’s Offshore Wind Farms Are on a Fast Track
Families Fume Over Newsom’s Veto of Children’s Hearing Aid Bill, Call His Plan ‘A Nightmare’
Gavin Newsom Is Working to Lower the Cost of Insulin. Why Did He Veto a Cap on Copays?
Why California Politicians Will Keep Drawing Their Own Election Districts
Gavin Newsom Signs New Law in ‘Overhaul’ of Mental Health System. It Changes Decades of Practice
Labor Forged Laphonza Butler. Could Unions ‘Sling-Shot’ Her Senate Bid?
As Rooftop Solar Debate Flares, Builders, Landlords and Renter Advocates Are Taking Sides
Is California’s COVID-era Rent Relief Program Running Out of Money?
Cal State Student Workers Get the OK to Hold a Union Vote
Beyond Crayons and Circle Time: What California Transitional Kindergarten Needs to Succeed