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Why President Trump’s Attacks on Voting by Mail Could Backfire for California GOP

October 30, 2020

Republican political operatives aren’t accustomed to chasing down last-minute voters this close to Election Day. But, in yet another reflection of what a strange year 2020 has been, they are. And they aren’t ha...

Challenging the Model Minority Myth: Asian-American Students Divided Over Affirmative Action

CalMatters

October 29, 2020

The moment he stepped into Clovis High School, Chali Lee — now a first-year at Clovis Community College — left his Hmong identity outside its doors. Other students, he said, saw him as just another Asian mal...

Cash Blitz: Who’s Spending the Most to Influence Your Vote for California’s Legislature?

CalMatters

October 29, 2020

By Ben Christopher and Laurel Rosenhall State law caps the amount donors can give to a legislator’s campaign — but these special interests can spend as much as they like mounting their own campaigns to prais...

Is It Too Late to Mail in Your Ballot? Here’s Why You Don’t Need to Panic

CalMatters

October 28, 2020

A week before Election Day and anxiety over the postal service’s ability to ferry voters’ ballots to county election administrators on time has ratcheted up yet again. Here are the reasons the alarm bells ...

Here’s the Challenge of Implementing Historic Groundwater Law

CalMatters

October 26, 2020

California celebrated the passage of historic legislation six years ago when Gov. Jerry Brown signed into law the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act, written to achieve sustainable groundwater management fo...

Slated for Deception? Beware of All Those Glossy Mailers Telling You How to Vote

CalMatters

October 26, 2020

Amid the torrent of laminated campaign ads churning through the postal system this season, the slate mailer stands out as a perennial — and many say unseemly — California political tradition that dates back to ...

Juvenile Justice Overhaul: How the Governor’s Plan Shifts Care of Serious Offenders to Counties

CalMatters

October 22, 2020

For decades, California teens who committed the most serious crimes – robbery, assault, murder – were sent to state juvenile prisons to serve their sentences. Now that is about to change. Elizabet...

Replacing Cash Bail: Fairer Justice or Robopocalypse?

CalMatters

October 22, 2020

California is either about to right decades of inequality between rich and poor defendants by eliminating cash bail, or it’s about to turn over its justice system to robots. The question of what to do about ...

When Will Your Ballot Be Counted? The Perks of Voting Early.

CalMatters

October 21, 2020

Flo Hodes is doing everything she can to avoid post-Election Day BS. A Democratic voter living in Oakland, she has watched with mounting concern President Donald Trump’s refusal to say whether he will abide ...

Prop. 20: Should California’s DNA Bank Expand to Shoplifters, Opioid Offenders?

CalMatters

October 19, 2020

DNA evidence — a speckle of spit or a drop of blood — can exonerate a suspect or help put them behind bars. Now California voters are being asked to expand the pool of DNA data that law enforcement taps into. ...

Packed Airports Show Millions Sticking to Thanksgiving Travel Plans Despite Warnings

California County Hopes Free Home Test Kits Will Beat Back COVID Surge

‘Bizarro Beach’ or State Park? Living Next to Off-Roading Mecca Oceano Dunes

Military Teams Unavailable to Help with New COVID Surge, Local Health Officials Warn

Supervisor Brandau on His COVID-19 Diagnosis and Attending Maskless Rallies

Fresno Homeless Efforts Lack ‘Clear Strategic Plan’ says Grand Jury

Newest ALDI Store in Fresno Gets Final Touches, Eyes Opening

Fresno Woman Prepares to Cast Electoral College Ballots for President, VP

A Tourist Favorite for 37 Years, This Bottlenose Dolphin Has Vanished

Ken Jennings Will Be First Interim ‘Jeopardy!’ Host

Bruce, the Last ‘Jaws’ Shark, Docks at the Academy Museum

Derek Carr Is the King of the Audacious Audibles in 2020

Opinion: Why Sikhs Should Vote for Biden

‘Bizarro Beach’ or State Park? Living Next to Off-Roading Mecca Oceano Dunes

Change in Food Bank Distribution Service Sets off Alarm Bells

Poll Confirms Californians’ Sour Mood on Higher Taxes

Eid al-Fitr Marks End of Ramadan, but COVID-19 Curtails Big Events

LIVE: Daily Briefing from Gov. Gavin Newsom

COVID-19 Brings a New Kind of Ramadan for Muslim Community

Iran's Supreme Leader, Quoting Trump, Mocks US Election

Georgia Secretary of State Certifies Election for Joe Biden

Biden Adds Obama Administration Veterans to Top Staff

State: Too Late for Detroit-Area County to Yank Election OK

CalMatters

Why President Trump’s Attacks on Voting by Mail Could Backfire for California GOP

Challenging the Model Minority Myth: Asian-American Students Divided Over Affirmative Action

Cash Blitz: Who’s Spending the Most to Influence Your Vote for California’s Legislature?

Is It Too Late to Mail in Your Ballot? Here’s Why You Don’t Need to Panic

Here’s the Challenge of Implementing Historic Groundwater Law

Slated for Deception? Beware of All Those Glossy Mailers Telling You How to Vote

Juvenile Justice Overhaul: How the Governor’s Plan Shifts Care of Serious Offenders to Counties

Replacing Cash Bail: Fairer Justice or Robopocalypse?

When Will Your Ballot Be Counted? The Perks of Voting Early.

Prop. 20: Should California’s DNA Bank Expand to Shoplifters, Opioid Offenders?

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