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Vital Climate Tool or License to Pollute? The Battle Over CA’s First Carbon Capture Project

In western Kern County, where rolling hills are punctuated by bobbing rigs, the state’s largest oil and gas producer is betting that a novel...

/ 2 days ago

Why Tortillas Sold in California May Be Forced to Add a New Ingredient

Corn chips, tortillas, tamales, and pupusas — while all are delicious — may be missing a key vitamin for women of reproductive age. Ana B....

/ 4 days ago

How California Legislators Got More Than $1.4 Million in Travel and Gifts in 2023

Last June, more than half of California’s lawmakers — Republicans and Democrats alike, with no particular ideological preference — attended ...

/ 5 days ago

Sacramento Gave Homeless Camp a Lease as an Experiment. Here’s What Happened.

When Sacramento changed its plan to demolish a homeless encampment on a vacant lot on Colfax Street, instead offering the homeless occupants...

/ 6 days ago

As PG&E Bills Skyrocket, Will California Lawmakers Hold Anyone Accountable?

Unaffordable housing, high transportation and health care costs – it’s hard enough to get by in California without also worrying about crank...

/ 1 week ago

California Community Colleges Losing Millions to Pell Grant Scammers

They’re called “Pell runners” — after enrolling at a community college they apply for a federal Pell grant, collect as much as $7,400, then ...

/ 2 weeks ago

California Fast-Food Workers Get Higher Wages, but Which Ones?

California’s higher minimum wage for fast food workers kicks in Monday. But which restaurants have to follow the law is still a moving targe...

/ 3 weeks ago

CA Insurance Market ‘in Chaos,’ Says Former Insurance Commissioner. Can Lara Fix It?

With more California homeowners just discovering their insurance policies are getting canceled —  and hundreds of thousands of others stuck ...

/ 3 weeks ago

RFK Jr. Picks VP, but Still Isn’t on California Ballot

Presidential hopeful Robert F. Kennedy Jr. chose Oakland to announce his vice presidential pick on Tuesday, so it wasn’t too much of a shock...

/ 3 weeks ago

Repealing Prop. 47 is a Misguided Battle Cry. It Won’t Make California Safer.

Fourteen years ago, my younger brother, Vinnie Edwards, was fatally shot as he left football practice at his college. Six years later, anoth...

/ 4 weeks ago

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$11M State Grant Will Help Fresno’s Emergency Shelter Beds, Mental Health Services

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City Council Finally Gives New NW Fresno Costco a Green Light

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US Vetoes Full United Nations Membership for Palestine

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Barbara Corcoran: 1% Interest Rate Drop Will Send Housing Prices ‘Through the Roof’

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Cavinder Twins Are Returning to Miami for Their Last Season

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