California snowpack is near-average — what does this mean for water supplies?
At 90%, Sierra Nevada snow is nothing like record-smashing 2023. But it's the thrid year in a row with near or above-average ...
Will this bill be the end of California’s housing vs environment wars?
In the recurring legislative fight between YIMBY legislators and defenders of California’s signature environmental law, one ...
Trump clawed back billions in federal health grants. Here’s how much California is losing
The Trump administration clawed back hundreds of millions of dollars in grants to California health agencies, likely ...
New fire maps put nearly 4 million Californians in hazardous zones. What does that mean for the people who live there?
With a few notable areas where the orange and red tide receded, like the hills above Berkeley and Oakland, territory deemed ...
California not backing down on trans student privacy — despite Trump’s threat to yank funding
Trump administration threatens to pull funding over California’s law that prohibits schools from requiring staff to notify ...
Sue or hold back? The University of California does both as it faces Trump’s wrath
The University of California is threading a delicate needle as it navigates the Trump administration’s intensifying scrutiny ...
California Democratic lawmaker exaggerated his record as a police officer
The Gardena Democrat has been exaggerating his brief stint as a reserve police officer — and especially his relationship with ...
Rural California schools and roads lose millions in federal funding after latest cuts
Last year the nationwide total was $253 million, barely a blip in the overall federal budget, but a crucial funding source ...
California in settlement negotiations with Uber, Lyft in massive wage-theft case
Uber and Lyft drivers rallied at three California city halls today, calling attention to a long-running lawsuit against the ...
Parents can’t figure out how California schools are doing. Newsom’s plan to fix that stalls
Once it’s released, the Cradle-to-Career data system could reshape parents’ and students’ decisions and lead to significant ...
Gavin Newsom’s MAGA-curious podcast mystifies listeners — and sets Democratic lawmakers on edge
The California governor’s about-face retreat from leading critic of President Donald Trump to MAGA-curious pundit comes at a ...
Students and faculty sue administrators over last spring’s UCLA pro-Palestinian protests
The suit also alleges that UC officials discriminated against pro-Palestinian supporters and failed to protect members of the ...