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Elizabeth Cope, Mental Health Clinical Supervisor with the Home Outreach Team, conducts outreach and distributes information regarding COVID-19 during a resource fair at Lario Park, March 24, 2020. Photo by Los Angeles County via Flickr

The tireless workers who serve California’s homeless population need support, too

by Guest Commentary October 26, 2022October 25, 2022

Then-Senate President Pro Tem Kevin de Leon, D-Los Angeles, in Sacramento on April 20, 2017. Photo by Rich Pedroncelli, AP Photo

The rise and fall of careerist Kevin de León

by Dan Walters October 26, 2022October 25, 2022

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California’s inexcusable resistance to stronger opioid overdose treatments

by Guest Commentary October 25, 2022October 24, 2022

Fremont Unified School District Superintendent CJ Cammack visits with a fourth grade class at E. M. Grimmer Elementary School in Fremont on Sept. 30, 2021. Aric Crabb/Bay Area News Group

New tests underscore California’s educational crisis

by Dan Walters October 25, 2022October 24, 2022

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How a federal proposal could undermine California’s privacy rights

by Guest Commentary October 24, 2022October 21, 2022

Young pigs feed in a pen during a hog farm tour in Ryan, Iowa, U.S., May 18, 2019. Photo by Ben Brewer, Reuters

Can California improve lives of Iowa’s hogs?

by Dan Walters October 24, 2022October 24, 2022

California may reallocate shrinking water supply

by Dan Walters October 16, 2022October 16, 2022

Closing Medi-Cal’s digital divide is key to health equity

by Guest Commentary October 12, 2022October 2, 2022

Flames from the Dixie Fire consume a home in the Indian Falls community of Plumas County, July 24, 2021. Photo by Noah Berger, AP Photo

California faces a housing/wildfire conundrum

by Dan Walters October 12, 2022October 11, 2022

A view of the Phillips 66 Company's Los Angeles Refinery, which processes domestic and imported crude oil into gasoline, aviation and diesel fuels at the Kinder Morgan Carson Terminal in Carson, on Mar. 11, 2022. Photo by Bing Guan, Reuters

Who’s to blame for California’s high gas prices?

by Dan Walters October 11, 2022October 10, 2022