September 5, 2023

California wildfires every year emit as much carbon as almost 2 million cars, posing a threat to efforts to battle climate change.

Read this story in English. Hace apenas cinco meses, el jefe de policía de Alameda, Nishant Joshi, enfrentó una grave crisis de personal. Casi un tercio de los 88 puestos juramentados de su departamento estaban vacantes, lo que le dejaba 24 puestos de trabajo que cubrir lo más rápido posible. No estaba solo en esa […]

California cities are struggling to hire police in a tight labor market after the COVID pandemic. Some are raising by double digits and offering eye-catching bonuses.

In a new book, renowned activist and journalist Greg King details how a century-old conservation group with close ties to powerful industrialists was able to thwart certain preservation campaigns, allowing vast amounts of old-growth redwoods to be lost.

Did you mask up during public gatherings over the holiday weekend? Or is the COVID-19 resurgence really not that bad? It can be confusing, explains CalMatters’ health reporter Kristen Hwang. Though testing data has become less reliable because access has decreased, we know that COVID-19 hospitalization rates have been steadily ticking upwards, and wastewater surveillance […]

California is the cradle of the high-tech industry, yet the state's government continues to be chronically unable to effectively use information technology.