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A wide-view of a classroom as students sit in round tables and raise their hands in the air.

Educación K-12

California K-12 schools brace for another year of uncertainty: 2025 in review

California schools are likely to face continuing threats of funding cuts and more uncertainty.

Por

Carolina Jones

• diciembre 25, 2025

Students walk across a walkway near a tree in front of a geometric-shaped building on a college campus on a cloudy day.

Educación más alta

A year of cuts and court orders for California’s colleges and universities: 2025 in review

In their approach to higher education, Trump and Newsom shared one thing in common this year: reducing funding for colleges and universities. The federal government pulled back research funds while the state, facing a deficit, imposed austerity measures on the UC and Cal State University systems.

Por

Adam Echelman

• diciembre 25, 2025

A person in a green tracksuit holding up a sign saying, “IMMIGRANTS UILT THIS NATION,” while next to a guard railing over a highway in downtown Los Angeles. In the background, cars can be seen driving on the road while crowds of protesters hold up signs and flags on both sides of the highway.

Política

See the photos that defined California in 2025: A year in CalMatters’ visuals

Each year is unique in the joy, wonder, and heartache it can bring. Each year is the same in that our photographers and visual journalists spend it traversing the state to bring you those moments. We were on the ground in Los Angeles during the Palisades and Eaton Fires and our reporters warned of the […]

Por

CalMatters Visuals Team

• diciembre 24, 2025

Educación más alta

Even more Cal State campuses will automatically admit eligible students under a new state law

California State University last year launched a pilot program to attract more students to the university system and to steer some to campuses that have been struggling with enrollment declines.

Por

Mikhail Zinshteyn

• diciembre 24, 2025

La partera Madeleine Wisner mide el vientre de Chloé Mick durante una consulta de atención de maternidad en la casa de Mick en Sacramento el 6 de febrero de 2024. Foto de Miguel Gutiérrez Jr., CalMatters

Salud

Millions of Californians gain access to in vitro fertilization under new law

In vitro fertilization costs thousands of dollars and is often too expensive for many people struggling to conceive. A new law aims to help change that.

Por

kristen hwang

• diciembre 24, 2025

Construction workers wearing yellow safety vest stand on top of a wooden construction for an apartment building. A person wearing safety gear can be seen in the foreground looking up at the workers.

Alojamiento

Year in review: Big changes to California housing policy

Maybe it was the re-election of Donald Trump and the electorate’s ire over inflation. Maybe it was the surprise success of a book about permitting reform among liberal elites. Maybe it was just the cumulative crush of California’s unaffordability. Whatever the cause, 2025 was the year that California’s Democratic lawmakers finally got serious about building. […]

Por

Ben Christopher

• diciembre 24, 2025

Una persona con chaqueta y gorra beige camina por una calle de la ciudad, tirando de una lona azul grande y arrugada. La escena está enmarcada por edificios altos, autos estacionados y una estructura de vidrio moderna al fondo. El entorno urbano silencioso está iluminado por una luz natural suave, que resalta el momento tranquilo y solitario.

Personas sin hogar

Year in review: Homelessness policy gets more punitive

State and local governments became more aggressive in sweeping homeless encampments in 2025, among other measures.

Por

Marisa Kendall

• diciembre 24, 2025

A small group of people stands outdoors at night, singing from printed sheets during a candlelit gathering. One person holds a flashlight to read, while others hold colorful paper lanterns. Warm light from candles and nearby decorations illuminates their faces against a dark street background, creating a communal, festive atmosphere.

Política

In an era of ICE raids, a Latino Christmas tradition proceeds with caution

San Marcos residents celebrated the holiday tradition of posadas together while navigating fear and tension caused by increased ICE enforcement.

Por

Deborah Brennan

• diciembre 24, 2025

People with shovels use them to clear mud from a street and driveway after a mudslide. On the road is a bulldozer used to help clean up the road. The road goes down a hill with trees on either side of the street.

Ambiente

‘A flood on steroids’: Atmospheric river storms Southern California, threatens debris flow

Atmospheric river threatens to unleash deadly debris flows through LA's wildfire scars. Officials warn: "Get out of the way." Evacuations are underway.

Por

raquel becker

• diciembre 23, 2025

Mist drifts through a wide valley surrounded by dark, rugged mountain cliffs, with a tall, rounded granite peak rising in the distance under a hazy sky.

Comentario

Protecting California’s public lands from oil and gas drilling is defending public health

Federal plans for oil drilling along a million acres in California would change healthful, wild spaces into sources of pollution and illness.

By Ashley McClure, M.D. • diciembre 23, 2025