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Portrait of CalMatters Columnist Dan Walters
Dan Walters,
CalMatters Commentary

Dan Walters has been a journalist for nearly 60 years, spending all but a few of those years working for California newspapers. He has written more than 9,000 columns about the state and its politics and is the founding editor of the “California Political Almanac.” Dan has also been a frequent guest on national television news shows, commenting on California issues and policies.

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U.S. Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Marty Makary speaks during a press conference at the Department of Health and Human Services in Washington, D.C., U.S., November 10, 2025. (Reuters/Elizabeth Frantz)

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Trump Planning to Fire FDA Chief Makary, WSJ Reports

Students walk through campus between classes at Santa Monica College in Santa Monica, California April 4, 2012. (Reuters File)

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Emergency workers take a break during their search for bodies in the rubble of a building destroyed by an Israeli airstrike in Dahiyeh, a suburb south of Beirut, on Thursday, May 7, 2026. Fighting intensified on Friday between Israel and Hezbollah, the Iran-backed Lebanese militant group, fraying an already fragile cease-fire between them. (Daniel Berehulak/The New York Times)

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US Fires on Iranian Tankers as Iran Accuses Washington of ‘Reckless’ Attacks

The Modesto Police Department will conduct a DUI checkpoint Friday, Feb. 20, 2026, from 8 p.m. to 3 a.m. at an undisclosed location to remove impaired drivers from the roads. (Modesto PD)

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Modesto Police Seize 311 Pounds of Illegal Fireworks, Arsenal of Weapons in Raid

Image of teachers and students in a busy classroom in Orick, California

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California Schools Score Big Increases in Funding but Not in Academic Performance

Jose Gonzales is Valley Crime Stoppers' Most Wanted Person of the Day for May 8, 2026. (Valley Crimes Stoppers)

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Valley Crime Stoppers’ Most Wanted Person of the Day: Jose Gonzales

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