December 13, 2021

As COVID-19 infections rise, the Newsom administration renewed its mask mandate for indoor public places in California — exactly six months after lifting the last one.

The Public Utilities Commission should reject punitive customer fees and changes to net metering rules for rooftop solar power.

Give to CalMatters today and your gift will be doubled! Your support helps keep our nonprofit journalism free and accessible to all Californians. Donate now. If you can’t beat ’em, join ’em. That appears to be Gov. Gavin Newsom’s strategy for counteracting the U.S. Supreme Court’s Friday decision to let stand Texas’ ban on abortions […]

Read this article in English.   De vuelta a la vida normal, o algo así. Con las vacunas COVID-19 ampliamente disponibles, las universidades de California dieron la bienvenida a los estudiantes para una combinación de clases presenciales y en línea este otoño. Después de meses de estudiar virtualmente desde los dormitorios de sus casas y otros lugares […]

The CalMatters College Journalism Network spoke with students across the state about going back to campus — the highs, the lows, the weird.

By perpetuating wrong-headed tax policies, California is costing jobs and strengthening an illicit market.

Mental health is now the leading cause of hospitalization of children under 18 in California. This crisis facing youth and their families is staggering. In addition to the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, young people face existential threats like climate change, gun violence in schools as well as communities, civil rights crises, and an uncertain […]

One of former Gov. Jerry Brown's major achievements was a reform of California public employee pension system but President Joe Biden's administration is backing union efforts to undermine the law.