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An empty Interstate 10 remains closed after a fire burned under the freeway in downtown Los Angeles shortly after midnight on Nov. 11, 2023. Gov. Gavin Newsom held a press conference on Tuesday where he stated that the fire was deliberately set and that the freeway may be in better shape than first thought. Photo by Ted Soqui, Reuters

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Closed-off Interstate 10 is no stranger to major damage or political attention

Interstate 10 is one of the country's major coast-to-coast freeways and has iconic status in Southern California. A weekend fire not only damaged the freeway but once again made it the center of political attention.

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• 2023년 11월 15일

Students in a classroom in Sacramento. Photo by Miguel Gutierrez Jr., CalMatters

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California keeps expanding school curricula. What about improving key subjects?

Proposals to add specific topics to California public school curricula abound, but they take time away from basic academic skills that are already lagging.

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• 11월 14, 2023

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Political and economic stakes are high for San Francisco’s APEC conference

San Francisco is hosting a massive economic conference of Pacific Rim nations this week and it has a lot riding on the outcome, as do those attending the APEC meeting.

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• 11월 13, 2023

The offices of the Employment Development Department in Sacramento on Jan. 10, 2022. Photo by Miguel Gutierrez Jr., CalMatters

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What went wrong at EDD? An investigation of its managerial meltdown

Politicians love to promote new laws, programs and services but pay little attention to whether what they have wrought works as promised. The California Employment Development Department is a sad case in point, as a new CalMatters investigation details.

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• 11월 12, 2023

Gov. Gavin Newsom during a press conference where he signed new gun legislation into law at the Capitol Annex Swing Space in Sacramento on Sept. 26, 2023.

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Will Gavin Newsom wind up as one of California’s unpopular ex-governors?

Some California governors leave office on a high note and some in clouds of disdain. New polling suggests Gavin Newsom may become one of the latter.

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• 11월 8, 2023

From left, U.S. Rep. Katie Porter, D-California, U.S. Rep. Barbara Lee, D-California, and U.S. Rep. Adam Schiff, D-California. Photos via AP Photo and CalMatters

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California will finally see a highly competitive contest for U.S. Senate

California hasn't had a really competitive U.S. Senate race for many years. A year from now, voters will choose a new senator after what finally shapes up as a hard-fought campaign.

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• 11월 7, 2023

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A 50-year-old California mass murder case forever etched in my consciousness

Fifty years ago, two drifters murdered nine people in the bedroom of a home near Lodi. The memory of it never fades.

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• 11월 6, 2023

Volunteers and staff with the Food Bank of Contra Costa and Solano load groceries into cars in Vallejo on June 7, 2023. Photo by Shelby Knowles for CalMatters

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What should be done to lower California’s highest-in-nation poverty rate?

California's functional poverty rate is the nation's highest, and Los Angeles County is the state's most poverty-stricken. What can be done about it?

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• 11월 5, 2023

Residential buildings in San Francisco on March 4, 2020. Photo by Jeff Chiu, AP Photo

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Why San Francisco and San Jose are falling behind in housing construction

Two new analyses reveal why housing is so difficult to build in San Francisco and San Jose and what must change to jump-start construction.

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• 11월 1, 2023

Kevin McCarthy, Congressman from Bakersfield and House Majority Leader photographed in the lobby of his childhood elementary school in Bakersfield. Photo by Brian L. Frank

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Kevin McCarthy’s ouster leaves California’s GOP House delegation politically vulnerable

When Republicans recaptured four California congressional seats in 2022, it helped the GOP win control of the House and Kevin McCarthy become speaker. But McCarthy has been ousted and the state's congressional Republicans are now more vulnerable.

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• 10월 31, 2023