March 26, 2021

California’s University of California and California State University systems lack diversity in their campus police departments. About half of all police officers at UC and Cal State campuses are white compared with less than a quarter of students, report Omar Rashad and Katherine Swartz. Nicole talks to the two student journalists from CalMatters’ College Journalism […]

The CEO of Blue Shield predicts it will take until the end of April to ease California’s backlog. “When you make millions of people eligible overnight, there's not millions of appointments immediately available,” he told CalMatters.

Good morning, California. It’s Friday, March 26. Statewide network incomplete All Californians 16 and older will be eligible for the COVID-19 vaccine in three weeks, Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Thursday. Under the state’s new guidelines, Californians 50 and older — a group that includes Newsom himself — will become eligible on April 1, with those […]

Police executives and scholars assert the complexity of 21st century policing demands a college degree.

Political smears helped flip four California Congressional seats in 2020 — distributed by GOP dossiers, partisan news sites, and a social media megaphone. What that might mean for a Newsom recall and 2022 races.

The state’s highest court now says judges must consider a defendant’s ability to pay, but mass inmate release unlikely.

El tribunal más alto del estado ahora dice que los jueces deben considerar la capacidad de pago del acusado, pero la liberación masiva de los presos es poco probable.