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Biomass is a money pit that won’t solve California’s energy or wildfire problems

Utilities customers help pay for biomass because electric utilities buy its products to produce electricity, paying four times more. Is it worth it?

By Shaye Wolf • diciembre 16, 2025

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California’s freeways are fueling its housing crisis

Caltrans construction forces families from homes and neighborhoods, though its efforts to widen freeways don’t seem to reduce traffic jams.

By Yesenia Perez and Hana Creger • diciembre 16, 2025

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New federal law harms families who rely on CalFresh to put food on the table

Guest Commentary written by Hannah Mudgett Hannah Mudgett is a student at University of California, Berkeley, pursuing a master’s in public health Every day more than 5 million Californians rely on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), known here as CalFresh, to keep food on the table. It is our state’s largest anti-hunger program.  Yet […]

By Hannah Mudgett • diciembre 15, 2025

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How an accessory dwelling could turn into a 20-story tower in Berkeley

Berkeley’s experience shows change is possible when local and state reforms align, and when communities let go of their fears about growth.

By Rigel Robinson • diciembre 12, 2025

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When deportation was called repatriation: The US once expelled 1.8 million people to Mexico

Like today, Americans in the 1930s were reeling from economic hard times. Leaders made Latinos scapegoats and deported immigrants and some US citizens.

By Sylvia Zamora • diciembre 11, 2025

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California’s schools can’t afford to cut counselors. They keep kids alive in dangerous times

With suicide and violence stalking students, counselors are often the first to notice kids in trouble. They're also among the first to lose their jobs to budget cuts.

By Ayo Banjo • diciembre 9, 2025

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California’s water partnerships are effective and in danger

Federal cuts imperil government and private water partnerships and hobble disaster planning. The state must maintain its water expertise.

By Letitia Grenier and Jeff Mount • diciembre 8, 2025

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In a ‘sober active’ community, I can outrun my addiction

Addiction recovery starts when California creates spaces to replace isolation with belonging, where people can gain the confidence to change their lives..

By Raelynn Franklin • diciembre 5, 2025

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Wind, water and solar energy aren’t enough. California needs nuclear options

If California ditches fossil fuels for greener energy, we can still expect weekly rolling blackouts. But nuclear power is unaffected by weather.

By Leonard Rodberg • diciembre 4, 2025

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The risk of lab experiments on animals extends to people, too 

Eight lab monkeys escaped and seven were killed, showing why animal experiments should give way to better, safer testing methods.

By Emily Talkington • diciembre 3, 2025