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Gov. Gavin Newsom, wears a face mask as he answers a reporters question during his visit to the Queen Sheba Ethiopian Cuisine restaurant in Sacramento on Friday, June 19, 2020. Newsom visited the restaurant that is participating in the Great Plates Delivered program that provides meals to older adults who are at-risk to COVID-19. Photo by Rich Pedroncelli, AP Photo/Pool

Pressure mounts on Newsom for reopening plan

by Emily Hoeven August 19, 2020August 19, 2020

PG&E’s Oakland K substation is silhouetted at sunset in the hills of Oakland, Calif., on Wednesday, October 9, 2019. PG&E was supposed to shut off power at noon in the Oakland hills, but at 8:45 PM it was still on. Photo by Jane Tyska, Bay Area News Group

Bigger blackouts ahead

by Emily Hoeven August 18, 2020August 18, 2020

A rare lightning storm crackles over Mitchell's Cove in Santa Cruz around 3 a.m. August 16, 2020. The severe storm system rolled through the San Francisco and Monterey Bay areas early Sunday, packing a combination of dry lightning and high winds that triggered wildfires throughout the region. The National Weather Service on Sunday extended a red flag fire warning for the entire Bay Area until 11 a.m. Monday morning. Photo by Shmuel Thaler, The Santa Cruz Sentinel via AP

The weekend: blackouts, lightning, fire tornado — and first shutoffs in 20 years

by Emily Hoeven August 17, 2020August 17, 2020

Gov. Gavin Newsom at a press conference in the state capitol following the first COVID-19 death in California. Photo by Anne Wernikoff for CalMatters

Newsom loses more top staff

by Emily Hoeven August 14, 2020August 14, 2020

Sen. Kamala Harris speaks at the 2019 National Forum on Wages and Working People hosted by the Center for the American Progress Action Fund and the SEIU at the Enclave in Las Vegas, Nevada on April 27, 2019. Photo by Gage Skidmore via Flickr

California stereotypes in national spotlight

by Emily Hoeven August 13, 2020August 13, 2020

U.S. Senator Kamala Harris speaking with attendees at the 2019 National Forum on Wages and Working People hosted by the Center for the American Progress Action Fund and the SEIU at the Enclave in Las Vegas, Nevada on April 27, 2019. Photo by Gage Skimore via Flickr

Who will Newsom pick for Harris’ Senate seat?

by Emily Hoeven August 12, 2020August 12, 2020

Uber, Lyft lose first battle to CA

by Emily Hoeven August 11, 2020August 11, 2020

Dr. Sonia Angell, Director of California Department of Public Health, at a press conference in the state capitol following the first COVID-19 death in California on March 4, 2020. Angell has just announced that she is resigning from her post. Photo by Anne Wernikoff for CalMatters

CA Director of Public Health resigns

by Emily Hoeven August 10, 2020August 10, 2020

CA Dems split: Tax the rich, or borrow big?

by Emily Hoeven August 7, 2020August 7, 2020

Assemblyman David Chiu speaks to the press following the passage of AB 1482, a bill that would instate a rent cap, on September 11, 2019. Photo by Anne Wernikoff for CalMatters

Lawmakers to Newsom: Pay unemployment now

by Emily Hoeven August 6, 2020August 6, 2020