Six term District 1 congressman and rice farmer championed rural issues, died at 65 By Ken Magri Last Tuesday, on a morning dominated by news about the U.S. intervention in Venezuela, the region’s longtime congressman […]
Candidate talks about affordability, farming, housing, LGBTQ+ rights and the passing of a district mainstay By Ken Magri This fall, North State voters will elect a congressional member to represent them in California’s recently re-drawn […]
Financial inequality, homelessness and the highest unemployment in the nation — for all its riches, California still has some big problems for lawmakers to address in 2026. By Mark Kreidler This story is produced by […]
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 […]
Based on reader feedback, web analytics, CN&R’s storytelling history and the broader community conversation, here are the top ten stories for 2025 that we think are worth a second look if you missed them the […]
By Dan Bacher As salmon return to the headwaters of the Klamath River for the first time in more than 100 years, the newly formed Klamath Indigenous Land Trust and PacifiCorp just announced a landmark […]
As he heads into his final year in Sacramento — and mulls a presidential campaign — some in the Golden State have gained access to more care, others not so much. By Mark Kreidler, Capital […]
By Dan Bacher For two years in a row, thousands of salmon have returned to tributaries of the Klamath River above the former dam sites. California Trout, a nonprofit conservation group, estimates that around 10,000 Chinook […]
A president with strong Christian support is driving an aggressive crackdown on immigrants who are disproportionately Catholic. How is this playing out in the pews By Jeremy Lindenfeld, Capital & Main This story is produced […]
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 Ken Magri On the night of December 3, Chico suffered its second murder/suicide of the year when the police responded to a call about a shooting on the 1200 block of Warner Street. They […]
The actor-director-producer’s legacy includes succeeding in passing a tax on tobacco products to bolster early childhood development in California. By Mark Kreidler This story is produced by the award-winning journalism nonprofit Capital & Main and […]
Three million care workers, many of them Black and Latina women, could be classified as “companions” instead of professionals. By Kalena Thomhave, Capital & Main This story is produced by the award-winning journalism nonprofit Capital & […]
Anniversary of arson fire brings new updates on the mansion’s future By Ken Magri December 11 marks the one-year anniversary of the arson fire that gutted Bidwell Mansion State Historical Park, the beloved 19th century home […]
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 […]
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