By Kristen Hwang for CalMatters During the school year, kids attending schools in the Tahoe region are served cafeteria meals of ground turkey tacos, chicken or tofu bowls with brown rice, a salad bar filled […]
By Kristen Hwang for CalMatters Cynde Soto, a quadriplegic who requires around-the-clock care, has been on Medi-Cal for most of her life. Recently, she came into a modest inheritance, about $8,000, that has helped cover […]
By Nigel Duara for CalMatters Gov. Gavin Newsom today called for the closure of another prison in his new budget proposal, which would be the fifth facility closed under his watch, though he didn’t specify which […]
By Loretta Lynch for CalMatters Fed up with decades of powerful railroads corrupting the state board that was supposed to regulate them, California voters created the modern Public Utilities Commission in 1911. Now, some 114 […]
By Tracy Nguyen for CalMatters Imagine driving 75 miles one way every day because your life depended on it. That used to be the case for residents of Redding, in Shasta County, who needed treatment […]
By Jeanna Kuang for CalMatters Far from the halls of power in Washington, the forested hamlet of Mount Shasta has long tied its economic fate to a functioning federal government. Yet even in a county […]
By Adam Echelman for CalMatters Heading into his first semester this fall at Feather River College, Conor Robinson considered camping in a tent after struggling to find a 1-bedroom apartment he could afford. Larissa Griffith […]
By Julie Cart for CalMatters More than 2 million acres of local land in California designated as ‘high’ or ‘very high’ fire danger areas Reflecting intensifying wildfires and updated science, new state maps designate more […]
This story on California laws about drug and theft sentences was produced by CalMatters, an independent public journalism venture covering California politics and government. For more info, visit calmatters.org. By Cayla Mihalovich for CalMatters Californians […]
By the CalMatters staff Starting Jan. 1, alcohol and cannabis sales could expand in some parts of California thanks to two new laws that aim to increase central city foot traffic, which has yet to […]
By Lauren Hepler for CalMatters Kim Tanner didn’t expect to become a fraud detective when she filed for disability with the California Employment Development Department. But in mid-July, $3,161 vanished from her online account with […]
By Cayla Mihalovich for CalMatters California’s two best known “progressive” prosecutors were doing what they promised the voters who elected them. Pamela Price, elected as Alameda County District Attorney in 2022, implemented a policy to […]
By Ana B. Ibarra for CalMatters For the first time since the passage of the Affordable Care Act, undocumented immigrants who were brought to the U.S. as children can purchase subsidized health plans through Covered […]
By Nigel Duara and Joe Garcia for CalMatters From their phones and their television screens and sometimes out their windows, Californians saw their state change quickly in the pandemic. Homelessness grew then and continued to grow. Fatal fentanyl […]
By Yue Stella Yu and Jeremia Kimelman for CalMatters A $1,044 outing at a glitzy Hollywood nightclub. A $1,316 meal at a Los Angeles steak and seafood restaurant. A $4,500 experience to see the L.A. […]
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