Investigation
The Man Who Unsolved a Murder
If you’re accused of a crime, will someone investigate your side of the story? In California, there’s no guarantee.
Investigation
Investigation
California is failing to provide a vital safeguard against wrongful convictions
If you’re accused of a crime, will someone investigate your side of the story? In California, there’s no guarantee.
Investigation
License to Kill
The California DMV routinely allows dangerous drivers with horrifying histories to continue to operate on our roadways. Too often they go on to kill. Many keep driving even after they kill. Some go on to kill again.
Show Your Work
How we reported on California’s deadly drivers
A CalMatters investigation finds that the California DMV routinely allows dangerous drivers with horrifying histories to continue to operate on our roadways.
Investigation
7 takeaways: How the DMV allows dangerous drivers to stay on the road
Officials may call driving a privilege, but they treat it as a right — often failing to take drivers’ licenses even after they kill someone on the road.
Housing
‘A volunteer jail’: Inside the scandals and abuse pushing California’s homeless out of shelters
Shelters have become California’s go-to solution for homelessness. A CalMatters investigation finds the vast majority of residents stay homeless.