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Newsom’s Failed Housing and Homelessness Promises Near End of Term

With just 22 months remaining in his governorship, Gavin Newsom knows that two interrelated promises he made to voters seven years ago — to ...

Newsom’s Failed Housing and Homelessness Promises Near End of Term

With just 22 months remaining in his governorship, Gavin Newsom knows that two interrelated promises he made to voters seven years ago — to ...

Opinion

/ 5 days ago

Trump, Newsom Play High-Stakes Game Over Billions in Wildfire Aid

After voters shunned Kamala Harris and sent Donald Trump back to the White House, California Gov. Gavin Newsom immediately positioned himsel...

Opinion

/ 1 week ago

LA Wildfires Intensify Political Jousting Over Home Insurance Premiums

The timing could not have been better — or worse. Dan Walters CalMatters Opinion The horrendously destructive and deadly Los Angeles wild...

Opinion

/ 2 weeks ago

Conflicting Studies Obscure Reality of California’s Fast Food Wage Battle

California’s Capitol has seen countless conflicts between economic interests, but few match the intensity of a duel between the fast f...

Opinion

/ 2 weeks ago

Will ‘Too Many Cooks’ Complicate LA’s Recovery From Deadly Fires?

A proverb said to have arisen in 16th-century England postulates that “too many cooks spoil the broth.” When too many people are working on ...

Dan Walters

/ 3 weeks ago

Trump Targets Troubled CA Bullet Train Project. Will He Kill It, Too?

Talk about timing. President Donald Trump denounced California’s bullet train for the project’s delays and rising costs on Tuesday and said ...

Opinion

/ 4 weeks ago

CA School Test Scores Trail Those of States Newsom Considers Culturally Backward

When Gov. Gavin Newsom issues one of his periodic boasts about California’s superiority vis-a-vis other states — particularly those wi...

Opinion

/ 4 weeks ago

Why CA Fire Response Could Make or Break These Political Careers

“A crisis is a terrible thing to waste,” Stanford economist Paul Romer said at a venture capital seminar 21 years ago, referring to the incr...

Opinion

/ 1 month ago

LA Fires Add Tricky New Wrinkle to Trump-Newsom Feud

As Donald Trump this week assumed the presidency for the second time, he rekindled his personal and political feud with California and its g...

Opinion

/ 1 month ago

California Housing Crisis Will Get Worse as LA Fires Destroy Homes

The wildfires sweeping through Los Angeles County communities have destroyed at least 10,000 homes so far and more are in the path of still-...

Opinion

/ 2 months ago

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Trump Wants to Fix US Lumber Industry. Home Prices Hang in the Balance.

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Macron: Europe Must Prepare to Defend Ukraine Without US Aid

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Madera County High-Speed Chase Ends in Crash, Arrest of Reckless Driver

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Wired Wednesday: How Tariffs Could Impact California’s Agriculture

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‘It Is a Labor of Love.’ New K-12 Curriculum on Hmong Culture Takes Center Stage

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Tea Pot Dome Agrees to Pay $1.4M for Canal Fix, Share Pumping Data With Friant

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LA County Sues Southern California Edison, Alleging Utility’s Equipment Sparked Wildfire

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Instead of Policing Student Use of AI, California Teachers Need to Reinvent Homework

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Wired Wednesday: How Tariffs Could Impact California’s Agriculture

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Rep. Costa Says DOGE Is Making ‘Hasty,’ Uninformed Decisions

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Mindy Casto Sworn in as 24th Fresno Police Chief

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Costa Says Trump Laid Trap for Zelenskyy, Calls Conference a ‘Setup’

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DACA Reform Gains Momentum. Valadao Says Program Fix Needed.

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Newsom’s Failed Housing and Homelessness Promises Near End of Term

Newsom’s Failed Housing and Homelessness Promises Near End of Term

/ 5 days ago

Trump, Newsom Play High-Stakes Game Over Billions in Wildfire Aid

/ 1 week ago

LA Wildfires Intensify Political Jousting Over Home Insurance Premiums

/ 2 weeks ago

Conflicting Studies Obscure Reality of California’s Fast Food Wage Battle

/ 2 weeks ago

Will ‘Too Many Cooks’ Complicate LA’s Recovery From Deadly Fires?

/ 3 weeks ago

Trump Targets Troubled CA Bullet Train Project. Will He Kill It, Too?

/ 4 weeks ago

CA School Test Scores Trail Those of States Newsom Considers Culturally Backward

/ 4 weeks ago

Why CA Fire Response Could Make or Break These Political Careers

/ 1 month ago

LA Fires Add Tricky New Wrinkle to Trump-Newsom Feud

/ 1 month ago

California Housing Crisis Will Get Worse as LA Fires Destroy Homes

/ 2 months ago

Trump Wants to Fix US Lumber Industry. Home Prices Hang in the Balance.

Macron: Europe Must Prepare to Defend Ukraine Without US Aid

Madera County High-Speed Chase Ends in Crash, Arrest of Reckless Driver

Wired Wednesday: How Tariffs Could Impact California’s Agriculture

‘It Is a Labor of Love.’ New K-12 Curriculum on Hmong Culture Takes Center Stage

Tea Pot Dome Agrees to Pay $1.4M for Canal Fix, Share Pumping Data With Friant

LA County Sues Southern California Edison, Alleging Utility’s Equipment Sparked Wildfire

Instead of Policing Student Use of AI, California Teachers Need to Reinvent Homework

Wired Wednesday: How Tariffs Could Impact California’s Agriculture

Rep. Costa Says DOGE Is Making ‘Hasty,’ Uninformed Decisions

Mindy Casto Sworn in as 24th Fresno Police Chief

Costa Says Trump Laid Trap for Zelenskyy, Calls Conference a ‘Setup’

DACA Reform Gains Momentum. Valadao Says Program Fix Needed.

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