Raid or rumor? Reports of immigrations sweeps are warping life in California’s Central Valley
It feels like you’re on edge all the time,’ one immigrant advocate said about the Trump administration’s immigration enforcement posture and the seemingly constant rumors of impending sweeps.
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Money, location shape California’s criminal defense system to an unconstitutional level
Flat-free contracts for public defense attorneys are barred in many states, yet 15 California counties use this problematic format.
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 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 ...
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 ...
Alec Baldwin, a $227,000 payment and a San Jose fundraiser at heart of allegations against former lawmaker
Investigators find that Assemblymember Evan Low's tech nonprofit paid Alec Baldwin $227,000 to appear at two events, then deliberately tried to conceal part of it ...
California food banks brace for funding cuts, and not only from the Trump administration
A total of 330 truckloads of food bound for food banks across California has already been suspended by the Trump administration.
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 ...