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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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Marchers in Sacramento protest Trump administration immigration policies. Photo by Trevor Eischen for CALmatters
Posted inCalifornia Divide

Trump can’t withhold federal money from ‘sanctuary’ cities, court rules

elizabeth castillo by Elizabeth Castillo August 1, 2018June 23, 2020
Protesters in Sacramento condemned the Trump administration for separating children from their parents at the border. Photo by Robbie Short for CALmatters
Posted inPolitics

California considers cutting ties to firms carrying out Trump’s immigration policies

elizabeth castillo by Elizabeth Castillo July 30, 2018June 23, 2020
A young woman looks distraught as she gazes at a positive pregnancy test. California could become the first state to offer abortion pills at public universities.
Posted inEducation, Health, Higher Education

California soon may be first state to require public universities to offer abortion pills

elizabeth castillo by Elizabeth Castillo July 24, 2018June 23, 2020
Keshara Shaw poses with her son, Mikahi, at their Los Angeles apartment. She wants interdistrict transfers in California to help move her son to another school district out of safety concerns.
Posted inEducation, K-12 Education

Don’t like your kid’s school district? Transferring could become easier—if they’re being bullied

elizabeth castillo by Elizabeth Castillo July 16, 2018June 23, 2020
Thea Wickelgren, left, eats lunch with her mom, Emily Wickelgren, who is holding a soda.
Posted inHealth

Out with soda, juice and chocolate milk—California could become first state to restrict kids’ meals

elizabeth castillo by Elizabeth Castillo June 19, 2018June 23, 2020

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