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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

Reacciones de los lectores

The gap between CARE Court’s intent and its real-world application

CARE Court can produce some positive results, but many people may not succeed for reasons unrelated to their ability to survive safely.

By Tom Scott • diciembre 23, 2025

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Educación K-12

California schools will have to do more to prevent sex abuse under new law

The law creates an array of measures to educate school staff, beef up reporting requirements and stop teachers credibly accused of abuse from getting jobs at other districts.

Por

Carolina Jones

• diciembre 23, 2025

Justicia

She goes to police calls in a Prius. It’s part of new approach to mental health emergencies

San Mateo adopted a new approach to mental health 911 calls by pairing police with mental health clinicians. Researchers found that it reduced the number of future mental health emergency calls and involuntary psychiatric holds by roughly 17%.

Por

Cayla Mihalovich

• diciembre 23, 2025

Inside a communal room, a person holding a notepad speaks with an older person wearing a baseball cap and button-down shirt. In the background, several other people talk near leather chairs and small tables along the wall, beneath mounted shelves and televisions.

Dentro de la sala de redacción

CalMatters’ 2025 special election Voter Guide reached more voters, thanks to partnerships across the state

CalMatters produced a nonpartisan voter guide for the Prop. 50 special election, and brought it to more readers across the state thanks to newsroom partners.

Por

Sonya rápido

• diciembre 23, 2025

A group of officers, dressed in full tactical gear and wearing face masks, stands in the roadway of a neighborhood street during the middle of the day. In the foreground, we can see over the shoulders of a couple of people as they point to the officers, with one of the officers visible between the two people.

CalMatters en Español

Nueva ley de California prohíbe a agentes federales usar máscaras en respuesta a redadas de inmigración

La administración Trump ha presentado una demanda para bloquear una nueva ley de California que prohibiría a los agentes federales usar máscaras durante su servicio. Esta ley surgió a raíz de la preocupación por el uso de máscaras y pasamontañas por parte de agentes de inmigración en Los Ángeles.

Por

Nigel Duara

• diciembre 22, 2025

Two electrical towers are seen on top of a small brown mountain with wires running through them on other side.

Reacciones de los lectores

Small-scale bioenergy is critical for wildfire prevention, climate resilience, and emissions reduction

Ending BioMAT in 2025 would undermine investments in bioenergy and leave communities without safe biomass disposal options.

By Gary Bradford • diciembre 22, 2025

El sol se pone detrás de filas de líneas eléctricas de alta tensión en una cálida tarde en Los Ángeles.

Reacciones de los lectores

California is drowning in hazardous forest waste with nowhere to put it

Biomass energy is not about cutting healthy forests or replacing solar and wind. California faces a dangerous accumulation of forest fuels with limited safe disposal options.

By Matt Dias • diciembre 22, 2025

A busy outdoor scene on a college campus shows people walking and biking along a tree-lined path. In the foreground, a cyclist with a backpack rides a bicycle with turquoise wheels. Other individuals walk in various directions, some carrying bags or wearing masks. Large potted plants and lush greenery frame the setting, with more students visible in the background.

Comentario

California should tax million-dollar, part-time homes to help first-gen students get to college

First-generation students lack the extra help with exams and college applications that rich kids' families can buy. A new program and tax could change that.

By Alondra Martinez • diciembre 22, 2025

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Salud

Aetna to cover IVF treatments for same-sex couples in national settlement

Aetna will provide equitable fertility benefits to LGBTQ members, including 91,000 Californians, under the terms of a class action lawsuit settlement.

Por

kristen hwang

• diciembre 22, 2025