November 2019

Tamara Hudson’s workday routine typically starts before 4 a.m., when the bleary-eyed single mother rouses her 2-year-old son in their Redwood City home, wraps him in a blanket and places him in her Honda for the first of her 40-mile round trips to the closest daycare provider she can afford. After dropping him off in […]

A Thanksgiving week storm batters California, and firefighters give thanks in Santa Barbara. Plus, cities grapple with cannabis, and the state with Trump.

Mark Nelson, California Rangeland Trust: Livestock grazing can lower wildfire risk and reduces the impact of fires by slowing down the speed of spreading flames. Livestock often leave land better than they found it, providing benefits to the state’s watersheds and helping to cultivate healthy soils. An added benefit: they don’t rely on toxic herbicides, petroleum products or chemicals

The system Down Under fosters self-reliance, giving homeowners tools to protect themselves when expecting firefighters’ help is not realistic.

The rule stripping California of its power to police climate-warming car pollution takes effect today. Here’s what it means for California's commuters.

California police officers will soon have a new legal standard tightening the rules about when police can use deadly force. Starting Jan. 1, police can legally use deadly force only when “necessary in defense of human life.” That’s a higher standard than prosecutors apply now, when officers are permitted to use such force when it […]

A recent proposal by the Trump administration to increase the cost of applying for U.S. citizenship will disproportionately affect low-income immigrants and could dissuade many green card holders from applying, immigration advocates say. The proposed new rule, published on November 14 by the Federal Register with a month-long comment period, would raise the naturalization application fee for […]

A Thanksgiving storm blows into California, with Michael Bloomberg, a Black Friday rush at your local Amazon warehouse and a look at the future of work.

Stephanie James, Chief Probation Officers of California: Since 2007, California’s juvenile justice system, led by local probation departments, has decreased juvenile detention rates by 60% and juvenile arrest rates by 73%. We have safely treated and supervised 90% of youth in the justice system in the community, and we have diverted nearly 67% of youth out of the justice system. But our work is not done.

Primary care doctors are a hot commodity across California. Students are being lured by full-ride scholarships to medical schools. New grads are specifically recruited for training residencies. And full-fledged doctors are being offered loan repayment programs to serve low-income residents or work in underserved areas. These efforts are intended to ease or stave off the […]