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Author Archives: Elizabeth Castillo

Elizabeth is a general assignment reporter for CalMatters. She graduated from Chico State with a bachelor's degree in journalism. While in college at Chico, Elizabeth did internships with the local NPR affiliate and the local alt weekly. She's been the editor-in-chief of her school paper both at Chico and, previously, at community college in Bakersfield, where she grew up. Elizabeth is a Dow Jones News Fund and NPR Next Generation Radio alum.

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Guests dine on Glassell Street outside of Citrus City Grill and Smoqued California Barbecue in Orange on July 8, 2020 after the city closed off sections of Glassell Street to allow restaurants in Old Towne Orange to offer outdoor dining on the sidewalk and streets to comply with the state’s COVID-19 guidelines. Photo by Leonard Ortiz, Orange County Register/SCNG
Posted inEconomy

From internet rights to streeteries, how the pandemic is changing working from home

elizabeth castillo by Elizabeth Castillo July 21, 2020July 22, 2020
The statue of Francis Scott Key hits the ground after a group of more than one hundred protestors used ropes to pull it down in Golden Gate Park in San Francisco on June 19, 2020. Photo by Jungho Kim
Posted inPolitics

What’s left of Confederate monuments in California

elizabeth castillo by Elizabeth Castillo July 13, 2020May 24, 2023
Posted inCapitol, Politics

Could racially motivated 911 calls become hate crimes?

elizabeth castillo by Elizabeth Castillo June 24, 2020July 1, 2020
Posted inCalMatters en Español

¿Podría las llamadas motivadas por prejuicios raciales convertirse en crímenes de odio?

elizabeth castillo by Elizabeth Castillo June 24, 2020July 1, 2020
The Pine Grove fire camp is the last juvenile fire camp in California. Image courtesy of Fireboys documentary
Posted inCalMatters en Español

¿Vale la pena salvar el último campamento para bomberos menores de edad de California?

elizabeth castillo by Elizabeth Castillo June 8, 2020June 23, 2020
The Pine Grove fire camp is the last juvenile fire camp in California. Image courtesy of Fireboys documentary
Posted inJustice

Is California’s last youth fire camp worth saving?

elizabeth castillo by Elizabeth Castillo June 8, 2020June 23, 2020
The California National Guard is deployed around Los Angeles City Hall during one of several protests in response to the killing of George Floyd by police in Minneapolis, on May 31, 2020. Photo by Ted Soqui, SIPA USA via AP Images
Posted inJustice

Six things: The role of California’s National Guard in protests

elizabeth castillo by Elizabeth Castillo June 2, 2020June 3, 2020
Regulars get in a last game of pool at Parkway Lounge in Oakland before the bar closes at midnight for at least three weeks. At 12:01 on March 17 six Bay Area counties will enact a shelter in place to limit to spread of the novel coronavirus. Photo by Anne Wernikoff for CalMatters
Posted inEconomy

California cracks down on rogue bars

elizabeth castillo by Elizabeth Castillo May 12, 2020May 12, 2020
A sign encouraging residents to participate in the 2020 census hangs from the Alameda County Courthouse in Oakland on April 28, 2020. Photo by Anne Wernikoff for CalMatters
Posted inPolitics

How coronavirus is busting California’s $187 million census campaign

elizabeth castillo by Elizabeth Castillo April 29, 2020April 29, 2020
A pedestrian walks past boarded up windows of a business in Oakland on the the eighth day of the shelter-in-place order on March 24, 2020.One month into the order, California's economy has entered a recession. Photo by Ray Chavez, Bay Area News Group
Posted inEconomy

What comes next for California cities? Deficits, bailouts and long recoveries

Avatar photoAvatar photoelizabeth castilloAvatar photo by Jackie Botts, Ben Christopher, Elizabeth Castillo, Ana B. Ibarra and Matt Levin April 17, 2020June 9, 2020

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