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It has to be Shasta
This feature is part of the CN&R’s Oct. 6 Election Issue. For more stories on the 2022 general election click here. Democratic challenger Max Steiner’s strategy to unseat long-time incumbent Doug LaMalfa for his seat […]
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Waiting in pain
By Mark Kreidler This story is produced by the award-winning journalism nonprofit Capital & Main and co-published here with permission. On the surface, 2022 has been a significant year for proponents of access to more timely mental health care […]
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Have it their way
By Bobbi Murray This story is produced by the award-winning journalism nonprofit Capital & Main and co-published here with permission. The fast-food industry is hard at work to reverse a landmark employment rights measure that Gov. Gavin Newsom […]
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Conflicting interests?
By Aaron Cantú This story is produced by the award-winning journalism nonprofit Capital & Main and co-published here with permission. With Gov. Gavin Newsom set to sign a slate of bills boosting California’s fight against climate change, regulators are […]
Opinions
Editorial: Being wise with our water
Fire season came early this year. As Howard Hardee details in this issue’s feature story (“The watcher”), North State smoke spotter Ken Jordan took his post in early May—month of the region’s biggest blaze so […]
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‘Care crisis waiting to happen’
By Mark Kreidler This story is produced by the award-winning journalism nonprofit Capital & Main and co-published here with permission. Sydney O’Connor’s clients have disparate needs. One, a double transplant survivor who is almost blind, requires assistance […]
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Beyond ‘thoughts and prayers’
By Emily Hoeven CalMatters is an independent public journalism venture covering California state politics and government. For more info, visit calmatters.org. What’s more American than a mass shooting? That was the question posed by the Sacramento Bee […]
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Pay initiative stalls
By Jeanne Kuang CalMatters is an independent public journalism venture covering California state politics and government. For more info, visit calmatters.org. Californians won’t vote this fall on whether the minimum wage should rise again as inflation […]
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Massive mess
By Andy Furillo This story is produced by the award-winning journalism nonprofit Capital & Main and co-published here with permission. The moment may be at hand for Californians to turn the tide on a sea of plastic waste that […]
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California budget: Big surplus, big differences
by Alexei Koseff for CalMatters CalMatters is an independent public journalism venture covering California state politics and government. For more info, visit calmatters.org. California lawmakers approved a $300 billion state budget this week, but it is […]
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‘Everyone loses’
by Rachel Becker for CalMatters CalMatters is an independent public journalism venture covering California state politics and government. For more info, visit calmatters.org. Standing on the grassy plateau where water is piped onto his property, Josh […]
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‘When you don’t know where to go, you come here’
by Alexi Koseff for CalMatters CalMatters is an independent public journalism venture covering California state politics and government. For more info, visit calmatters.org. California abortion clinics are building new facilities closer to transit hubs and training more […]
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‘All hands on deck’
by Rachel Becker and Julie Cart for CalMatters CalMatters is an independent public journalism venture covering California state politics and government. For more info, visit calmatters.org. Painting alarming scenes of fires, floods and economic disruption, the […]
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Inflation targets California’s poor
By Mark Kreidler This story is produced by the award-winning journalism nonprofit Capital & Main and co-published here with permission. When I met Amparo Ramirez in March of 2020, our conversation was very much of the moment. The […]
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California preps for the endemic
By Mark Kreidler This story is produced by the award-winning journalism nonprofit Capital & Main and co-published here with permission. The lifting of California’s statewide school mask mandate, leaving local districts to decide for themselves how to approach […]