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California’s foster care system is buckling under the weight of this unexpected cost

Critical infrastructure that holds up California’s foster care system is quietly collapsing in the wake of sex abuse lawsuits, leaving children at risk.

By Cayla Mihalovich • March 11, 2026

Justice

Where death chamber once stood, Newsom shows off prison remodel emphasizing rehabilitation

Gov. Gavin Newsom suspended the death penalty and ordered the dismantling of death row. He unveiled changes at San Quentin that include a new education center.

By Cayla Mihalovich • February 20, 2026

Justice

California prisons have life-saving addiction treatment. Doctors say the parole board is undermining it

Signing up for substance use disorder treatment in California prisons involves taking more frequent drug tests. The results, which are prone to error, can set back a prisoner's chance for freedom.

By Cayla Mihalovich • February 19, 2026

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California demanda a sitios web que publican planos de pistolas fantasma para impresoras 3D

Las fuerzas del orden de California incautan unas 11,000 armas fantasma al año. El estado está demandando a los sitios web que ayudan a fabricar armas de fuego imposibles de rastrear.

By Cayla Mihalovich • February 10, 2026

Justice

California sues websites that publish blueprints for 3D printer ghost guns

California law enforcement agencies seize about 11,000 ghost guns every year. The state now is suing websites that help people manufacture untraceable firearms.

By Cayla Mihalovich • February 7, 2026

CalMatters en Español

Presidenta de la Corte Suprema de California intensifica monitoreo de arrestos por inmigración en los juzgados

La presidenta de la Corte Suprema de California quiere disuadir a los agentes de inmigración de realizar arrestos en los juzgados, una práctica que, según ella, infunde miedo en los testigos y litigantes.

By Cayla Mihalovich • February 5, 2026

Justice

California chief justice steps up monitoring of immigration arrests at courthouses

California's top judge wants to deter immigration agents from making arrests in courthouses, a practice that she says instills fear in witnesses and litigants.

By Cayla Mihalovich • January 30, 2026

CalMatters en Español

Demócratas de California tienen nuevos planes para enfrentar a ICE: impuestos, demandas y prohibiciones de ubicación

El Senado de California aprobó un proyecto de ley que facilitaría demandar a agentes federales por violaciones de derechos civiles. Los recientes tiroteos contra civiles a manos de agentes de inmigración en Minnesota dieron urgencia a la medida, una de varias dirigidas contra ICE.

By Cayla Mihalovich and Maya C. Miller • January 29, 2026

Politics

California Democrats have new plans for confronting ICE: Taxes, lawsuits and location bans

The California Senate passed a bill that would make it easier to sue federal officers over civil rights violations. Recent shootings of civilians by immigration agents in Minnesota lent urgency to the measure, one of several targeting ICE.

By Cayla Mihalovich and Maya C. Miller • January 28, 2026

Justice

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%.

By Cayla Mihalovich • December 23, 2025

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