This report, which looked at the number of kids who saw eye doctors in 2022-2024, found that only 4.9% of kids in Butte County did so, while population estimates indicate at least 25% of kids […]
By Alina Ta / CalMatters This story was originally published by CalMatters California college students have two choices when they are experiencing an overdose: Ask for help and risk punishment from their university, or stay […]
By Yue Stella Yu/CalMatters This story was originally published by CalMatters. We already knew that Democrat Tom Steyer, a billionaire running for California governor, is rich. But how rich? In 2024, Steyer and his wife, […]
By Rachel Becker/CalMatters Following pressure from powerful California growers, the Trump administration’s Interior Department announced Tuesday (March 17) that it will put $40 million toward efforts to raise Shasta Dam — a controversial project that […]
By Ana B. Ibarra/CalMatters This story was originally published by CalMatters. Despite the loss of federal subsidies that lowered costs for millions, California’s private health insurance marketplace held nearly steady this enrollment season. In all, […]
By Kristen Hwang for CalMatters When a possible measles case is identified in California, a phone rings at the local health department and the clock starts ticking. Laboratory workers need to process samples as soon […]
By Maya C. Miller for CalMatters For a Democratic Party convention with the theme, “Together, we win,” there was a lot of infighting, culminating in a Sunday morning shouting match between two Democratic heavyweights. State […]
By Ben Christopher for Calmatters As the first home rolled off the factory floor in Kalamazoo, Michigan — “like a boxcar with picture windows,” according to a journalist on the scene — the Secretary of […]
By Ana B. Ibarra for CalMatters A shuttered Northern California hospital is getting a lifeline from Congress, but it doesn’t come with money to actually reopen and serve patients. A new federal law will restore […]
By Nigel Duara for CalMatters A member of the Humboldt County Yurok tribe who advocated for better mental health treatment and suicide intervention in rural Northern California has died in an apparent murder-suicide. Celinda Gonzales […]
By Maya C. Miller and Mikhail Zinshteyn for CalMatters Just last week California’s secretary of state officially certified that nearly two-thirds of Californians voted to pass Proposition 50, Gov. Gavin Newsom’s plan to temporarily gerrymander […]
By Ana B. Ibarra for CalMatters Four weeks after Glenn County lost its only hospital, two California lawmakers in Congress have revived hopes for its return — though the road to reopening remains uncertain. Democratic […]
By Jeanne Kuang for CalMatters The game of musical chairs in the race to be California’s next governor lost another player last week. After Democratic businessman Stephen Cloobeck — who was polling at below half […]
By Maya C. Miller for CalMatters The Trump administration’s Department of Justice will deploy election monitors to five California counties on Election Day, the department announced Friday, in what it describes as an effort to […]
By Jocelyn Wiener and Marisa Kendall for CalMatters One of Gov. Gavin Newsom‘s marquee mental health programs may broaden its reach despite persistent questions about the number of people it’s helping and whether it’s achieving the […]
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