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Dan Walters Commentary Roundup 05/25/2018

by Dan Walters May 25, 2018June 23, 2020

A collection of commentaries by Dan Walters over the past week.

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Dan Walters Commentary Roundup 05/18/2018

by Dan Walters May 18, 2018June 23, 2020

A collection of commentaries by Dan Walters over the past week.

Inside CalMatters

Dan Walters joins CalMatters

by Marcia Parker June 14, 2017April 13, 2022

Sacramento, CA (June 14, 2017) — Dan Walters, the influential newspaper columnist who for more than 40 years has chronicled the people and politics of California’s state Capitol, is bringing his decades of experience and institutional knowledge to CALmatters, a public interest journalism venture committed to explaining how California’s state Capitol works and why it […]

Protesters arrive at Frank Ogawa Plaza during the fifth day of protests over George Floyd's death by the Minneapolis police in Oakland on June 2, 2020. Photo by Ray Chavez, Bay Area News Group

WhatMatters

Will California pay reparations to descendants of enslaved people?

by Emily Hoeven February 25, 2022February 25, 2022

CalMatters is dedicated to explaining how state government impacts our lives. Your support helps us produce journalism that makes a difference. Donate now. Next month, California’s first-in-the-nation reparations task force is set to debate who should be eligible for direct payments proposed as a way to compensate African Americans for slavery and its lingering effects. In a […]

Bradley Fisher, 62, in the Antioch home he eventually moved into after spending 14 years in a Bay Area nursing home. Sept. 2, 2021. Photo by Anne Wernikoff, CalMatters

CalMatters en Español

Sin salida: cómo los pobres quedan varados en hogares de ancianos de California

by Jesse Bedayn January 20, 2022January 21, 2022

En resumen En un problema paralelo al ‘abandono’ de pacientes, muchos residentes pobres de hogares de ancianos se encuentran atrapados dentro de las instalaciones y no pueden regresar a casa. Read this article in English. Bradley Fisher, un mecánico jubilado de 62 años, vivió en un asilo de ancianos del Área de la Bahía durante 14 […]

WhatMatters

A hot and dangerous weekend

by Emily Hoeven July 9, 2021July 9, 2021

Good morning, California. It’s Friday, July 9. Drought + heat + fire A trifecta of troubling conditions is set to collide in California over the weekend. First: drought. With the vast majority of the state gripped by extreme dryness, Gov. Gavin Newsom on Thursday asked all Californians to voluntarily cut their water use by 15% […]

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Wind, wind, wind: The most dangerous fire conditions yet

by Emily Hoeven October 26, 2020October 26, 2020

Brace yourself for the most dangerous fire weather of the season — and prepare to light a lot of candles. Nearly 1 million Californians will spend the day without power after PG&E initiated its largest shutoffs of the year Sunday to mitigate fire risk as bone-dry winds reaching 70 miles per hour pummel Northern California. […]

A high fire danger sign is seen along Skyline Boulevard in the hills of Oakland on Sept. 24, 2019. Photo by Jane Tyska, Bay Area News Group

WhatMatters

Dangerous fire conditions ahead

by Emily Hoeven September 25, 2020September 25, 2020

Good morning, California. It’s Friday, September 25. Incoming: heat wave Another big heat wave is set to blanket California this weekend — bringing with it gusty winds, increased fire risk, unhealthy air quality and potential power shutoffs even as Californians reel from what is already the worst fire season in recorded history. Temperatures could spike […]