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Trump plan could bring growers more water. But will it harm California’s rare salmon?

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Let it flow: In about-face, state breaks and shifts levees to restore natural floodplains

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Let it flow: In about-face, state breaks and shifts levees to restore natural floodplains

Meet the newest recruits in California’s war on climate change: carbon farmers

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Meet the newest recruits in California’s war on climate change: carbon farmers

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Assemblymember Patrick O'Donnell walks across the floor on September 10, 2019. Photo by Anne Wernikoff for CalMatters

Track California schools closed by climate disasters, says lawmaker, citing ‘the times we’re living in’

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California’s declining school enrollment doesn’t justify $15 billion Proposition 13 school bond

Gov. Gavin Newsom delivers the 2020 State of the State address. Photo by Anne Wernikoff for CalMatters

Newsom’s ‘State of the State’ 2020, annotated

How is this poor, rural district keeping kids in school?

Los Angeles County eliminates criminal fees. Will California follow?

California must use the sun to reduce greenhouse gas emissions—and recognize there’s more than one way to do that