July 12, 2023

Read this story in English. Un déficit presupuestario de $1,500 millones, la indignación de los estudiantes por los aumentos anuales planificados del 6% en las matrículas durante al menos cinco años, brechas raciales obstinadas en las tasas de graduación y una desconfianza generalizada sobre cómo la universidad maneja las denuncias de agresión sexual.  Este es […]

Mildred García will take over a system confronting a budget shortfall, declining enrollment and complaints about how Cal State officials have handled sexual misconduct allegations.

As nights warm and droughts intensify, past models predicting fire behavior have become unreliable. So California is working with analysts and tapping into new technology to figure out how to attack wildfires. Gleaned from military satellites, drones and infrared mapping, the information is spat out in real time and triaged by a fire behavior analyst.

Read this story in English. Las partes más difíciles del trabajo de cuidadora de Grace Diaz son las noches de insomnio y los dolores y molestias. Y el tiempo lejos de su familia. Incluso cuando el cliente de Díaz, un anciano paciente de Alzheimer, duerme bien por la noche, Díaz se despierta con el más […]

The most sweeping bills to change California elections got shelved in the Legislature. Instead, lawmakers are focusing on ballot measure language, local redistricting, voting integrity and campaign finance tweaks before the 2024 election.

California psychiatric hospitals began closing their doors in the 1960s, starting a nationwide movement known as "deinstitutionalization." Today, most inpatient treatment for severe mental illness occurs behind bars. Two changes could help rectify this tragic reality.

Many California caregivers are aging immigrants making near-minimum wage. Two bills to improve pay and safety could benefit elderly Californians facing a caregiver shortage.

The winter’s deadly and devastating floods are a distant memory for many Californians. Now, summer dangers, fueled by climate change, are top of mind. Across the U.S., wildfires have grown larger and more frequent since 2000. But California fires can quickly escalate to megafires or gigifires (fires that cover more than a million acres) in […]