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Podcast: What Happens to Housing Costs After the Big Quake Hits?

July 19, 2019

California was lucky. Again. Opinion Matt Levin CALmatters The major earthquakes that rattled the Mojave Desert town of Ridgecrest earlier this month — a magnitude 6.4 temblor on July 4th ...

Preschool Teachers Ask Why ‘Cashiers at McDonalds’ Get Better Pay

CALmatters

July 19, 2019

Preschool teacher Lorena Gomez’s work days begin at 6:30 a.m. when she welcomes a dozen 3-year-olds into her classroom. Every day, Gomez spends nine hours standing, sitting and crouching at the height of a todd...

California’s Struggle to Get Food Stamps to the Hungry

CALmatters

July 19, 2019

California, a state with the nation’s highest poverty rate, consistently ranks near the bottom when it comes to enrolling low-income people in CalFresh, the state’s name for the federal food stamp program. ...

Where Trump’s California Funders Are, and What They’re Giving

CALmatters

July 19, 2019

This may come as surprise to the president, the national media and more than a few Californians, but there are plenty of Trump supporters in the “Resistance State.” And since the beginning of the year, they’ve ...

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See Democrats Scramble for California’s Cash in 5 Charts

CALmatters

July 18, 2019

While California Sen. Kamala Harris has harvested more than $7.5 million here this year in her bid for the presidency, the mayor of South Bend, Indiana, outraised her in her own state in the year’s second quart...

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In California, We Long Ago Ended ‘War on Coal’

CALmatters

July 18, 2019

In a series of demagogic tweets, President Donald Trump recently attacked Obama-era “clean power plan” policies as a “war on coal” and a danger to U.S. energy independence. Opinion Jan Smutny-Jones ...

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40 Years of Lies Stigmatizing ‘Teenage Pregnancy’ Are Enough

CALmatters

July 18, 2019

In 1960, one in 10 California women ages 15-19 gave birth. Opinion Mike Males Special to CALmatters By 1975, just 5% did. What caused that phenomenal drop? Not abortion. The teen birth d...

California Shouldn’t Ignore Hydropower in Climate Change Fight

CALmatters

July 17, 2019

Is the cleanest, greenest electricity in the world green enough for California? Opinion Adam Gray Special to CALmatters For years, the people of the northern San Joaquin Valley have been tryin...

As Hedge Funds Fight for Control of PG&E, Here Is How Workers See It

CALmatters

July 16, 2019

As the elected leader of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 1245, which represents approximately 12,000 frontline utility workers at Pacific Gas & Electric Co., I have paid careful at...

Black Mother in Labor Told Not to Scream. Can California Fix Maternity Care Racism?

CALmatters

July 16, 2019

Bettye Jean Ford was in her second trimester when the pressure she had been feeling in her abdomen for weeks turned to excruciating pain. She rushed to a Los Angeles emergency room, where she was diagnosed with...

Saudi Arabia Allows Women to Travel Without Male Consent

With Another Search Looming, Hall Named Fresno PD Chief

Who is Taking Bullard Students Off-Campus for Birth Control Pills?

Mexican Man Who Supports Trump Convicted of Voter Fraud

Police Aren’t the Only Ones Who Can Make Communities Safer

At UC Merced, a Pipeline for More Diverse Faculty

What’s Holding Up Start of $38M Affordable Housing Project?

When Will Politicians Stop Repeating Myths About Mass Shootings?

NFL Confident of Memorable Super Bowl at Inglewood Stadium

Rolling Stones Get Name on Martian Rock That Rolled

Trump Awards Medal of Freedom to NBA Star Bob Cousy

Column: Antonio Brown Is All in. At Least for Now

Walters: Ethic Studies Time Bomb Explodes

Brand’s Police Chief Choice Reflects His Integrity, Not a Charade

At UC Merced, a Pipeline for More Diverse Faculty

Walters: Do ‘Red Flag’ Laws Actually Save Lives?

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NW Fresno Council Candidates Clash Over Police, Homeless

District 2 Candidates Weigh in on Homeless, Police, Potholes

California’s Worsening Wildfires, Explained

Black Voters Say They Won't Forget Trump's Racist Tweets

A Clovis Unified Trustee Will Retire in 2020. Who Wants the Seat?

Trump Ties US Success to 2nd term: ‘You Have to Vote for Me’

Colorado’s Hickenlooper Ending 2020 White House Bid

CALmatters

Podcast: What Happens to Housing Costs After the Big Quake Hits?

Preschool Teachers Ask Why ‘Cashiers at McDonalds’ Get Better Pay

California’s Struggle to Get Food Stamps to the Hungry

Where Trump’s California Funders Are, and What They’re Giving

See Democrats Scramble for California’s Cash in 5 Charts

In California, We Long Ago Ended ‘War on Coal’

40 Years of Lies Stigmatizing ‘Teenage Pregnancy’ Are Enough

California Shouldn’t Ignore Hydropower in Climate Change Fight

As Hedge Funds Fight for Control of PG&E, Here Is How Workers See It

Black Mother in Labor Told Not to Scream. Can California Fix Maternity Care Racism?

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