California has become the latest battleground over voter identification requirements, a longtime conservative priority newly propelled in re...

The year 2025 is shaping up to be a confusing one for Californians unlucky enough to buy a new or used car that turns out to be a clunker. ...

Lynn La CalMatters Beginning Jan. 1, hundreds of state-licensed residential treatment centers for children and youth up to age 21 operating...

Austin O’Campo went from prison to graduating from UC Berkeley, while living in his car. Now the 29-year-old San Jose resident is stud...

Starting Jan. 1, alcohol and cannabis sales could expand in some parts of California thanks to two new laws that aim to increase central cit...

Standing in his front yard in Wilmington, Jose Ulloa can’t get a sentence out without coughing. Heavy-duty trucks, headed to and from ...

Apprenticeships are a time-honored tradition dating back centuries, and serve as a pathway to skilled trades and professions. They play a vi...

Adam Ashton CalMatters California judges make a good living. They earn at least $240,000 and can count on a raise just about every year, a ...

In 1953, Bárbara Flores entered kindergarten at Washington Elementary School in Madera, a small city surrounded by farm fields. Her mother a...

If you’ve hunted for apartments recently and felt like all the rents were equally high, you’re not crazy: Many landlords now use...