October 29, 2025

The loss of KMUV 23, a Telemundo affiliate in Salinas, adds to the atrophy of local journalism. It also harms civic engagement and public advocacy.

Thousands of men in California are neither working nor in school. Gov. Gavin Newsom has called it a “crisis,” both for the labor market and for men’s mental health.

Two of the ten Rosalynn Carter Fellowships for Mental Health Journalism were awarded to CalMatters journalists.

Glenn Medical Center has been in the same location for decades, but a narrow interpretation of a federal rule shut it down. Now thousands of people have to leave the county for emergency care.