Sacramento
May 2024
Californians Will See Lower Electricity Rates and a New Fee That Won’t Vary With Power Use
When Is a California College Degree Worth the Cost? A New Study Has Answers
Will California Voters Decide Tax Limits in November? It’s Up to the Supreme Court
Will Californians Get Any Relief on Gas Prices?
Did California’s Massive COVID Homeless Shelter Program Work? A New Evaluation Probes the Results
Who Owns the Apartment Next Door? California Agency Says It Will Take Millions to Find Out
‘We Needed Wonder Woman’: Newsom Cuts to Foster Care, Child Services Worry Families
California Republicans Want to Take Financial Aid From Protesters if They Were Violent
UC’s President Had a Plan to Deescalate Protests. How Did We Get a Night of Violence at UCLA?
Californians Are Protecting Themselves From Wildfire. Why Is There Still an Insurance Crisis?
April 2024
More California High School Students Want Career Training. How the State Is Helping
A New California Rule Tries to Hold Down Your Health Care Costs. Here’s How It Works
Who’s Selling Your Digital Data? California Gives You Tools to Protect Your Online Privacy
Are California Police Missing Domestic Violence Murders? New Bill Would Let Families Review Cases
An ‘Impossible Situation’: Why California Hospitals Are Suing a Major Health Insurer
Judge Rejects Changing the Name of California’s Trans Youth Ballot Measure
Supreme Court Hears Arguments in Major Homelessness Case
Students’ Environmental Ideas Shine in CalMatters’ 2024 Earth Day Contest
A Plan to Change Your Utility Rates Is Dividing California Environmentalists. Here’s Why
California Leaders Take Sides in Monumental Supreme Court Case on Homelessness
California Hospitals Keep Closing Their Labor Wards. Can Lawmakers Do Anything About It?
Democrats Kill California Homeless Camp Ban, Again
Vital Climate Tool or License to Pollute? The Battle Over California’s First Carbon Capture Project
How Gavin Newsom’s Budget Sidesteps the Growing Cost of CalPERS Pensions, for One Year
California Sues Huntington Beach to Stop Voter ID
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