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From left, Kathleen Navales and Delphina Garcia Penrod comfort each other while honoring their ancestors inside the cemetery at the Carmel Mission in Carmel in 2015. Photo by Michael Fiala, Reuters

Can a suicide hotline help California’s Native Americans?

by Lynn La March 24, 2023March 24, 2023

From 2018 to 2021, 109 Native Americans took their own lives in California. Can the new national hotline help save some lives? This week in Sacramento, Assemblymember James Ramos, a member of the Serrano/Cahuilla tribe who is the first Native American to be elected to the state Assembly, partnered with Didi Hirsch Mental Health Services […]

State senators discuss petroleum windfall profits penalties and whether Californians will get relief at the gas pump, at the state Capitol in Sacramento on Feb. 22, 2023. Photo by Rahul Lal, CalMatters

Newsom’s oil profit penalty passes first test

by Lynn La March 23, 2023March 23, 2023

Stacy Cordova holds a framed photo of her aunt Mary Franco in Azusa on July 5, 2021. Franco was a victim of California's forced sterilization program and was sterilized when she was 13 in 1934. Photo by Jae C. Hong, AP Photo

More pain for California’s forced sterilization patients

by Lynn La March 22, 2023March 22, 2023

Voters cast their ballot at a polling station at the Sacramento County voter registration and elections office in Sacramento on Nov. 8, 2022. Photo by Rahul Lal, CalMatters

Labor hits back on business-led California ballot measures

by Lynn La March 21, 2023March 21, 2023

Garbage piles at Stockton Park Village in Stockton on Nov. 22, 2022. Photo by Rahul Lal, CalMatters.

Who’s watching out for residents of California mobile home parks?

by Lynn La March 20, 2023March 20, 2023

Gov. Gavin Newsom speaks to the media after announcing the state's plan to address homelessness across the state at Cal Expo in Sacramento, on March 16, 2023. Photo by Miguel Gutierrez Jr., CalMatters

Newsom on tour: Next stop, San Quentin

by Lynn La March 17, 2023March 17, 2023

California Gov. Gavin Newsom at a press event on Mare Island in Vallejo on Sept. 16, 2022. Photo by Martin do Nascimento, CalMatters

What will Gavin Newsom roll out on his California tour?

by Lynn La March 16, 2023March 16, 2023

A pedestrian carries an umbrella while walking past a Silicon Valley Bank Private branch in San Francisco on March 14, 2023. Photo by Jeff Chiu, AP Photo

Troubled times in Silicon Valley

by Lynn La March 15, 2023March 15, 2023

App-based gig worker Terresa Mercado participates in a demonstration outside Los Angeles City Hall to urge voters to vote no on Proposition 22 in Los Angeles on Oct. 8, 2020. Photo by Mike Blake, Reuters

Uber, Lyft defeat unions in CA Prop. 22 fight

by Lynn La March 14, 2023March 14, 2023

People stand outside of an entrance to Silicon Valley Bank in Santa Clara on March 10, 2023. Photo by Jeff Chiu, AP Photo

In California, not enough liquidity, and a lot of water

by Sameea Kamal March 13, 2023March 13, 2023