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Since 2002, nearly two-thirds of the days lost to school closures have been for wildfire and wildfire-related issues. Of those fire closures, half have occurred in the past four school years.

From climate-driven natural disasters to crumbling infrastructure and threats of mass shootings, modern dangers are sending California kids home from class in record numbers. The trend is only beginning to show up on lawmakers' radar.

As California Gov. Gavin Newsom signs the bill setting a tougher standard for police to use deadly force, the team behind Force Of Law discusses what we’ve learned in reporting this series and what we have in store for the rest of the season.  Listen here: More ways to listen:

California is facing a growing shortage of primary care physicians, one that is already afflicting rural areas and low-income inner city areas, and is forecasted to impact millions of people within ten years. Not enough newly minted doctors are going into primary care, and a third of the doctors in the state are over 55 and looking to retire soon.

It's as hard for drivers to contemplate life without cars as it is for officials to discuss it.

As bills that take aim at plastic waste make their way through California’s legislature, the damage they intend to fix already is rippling through the state’s recycling economy. On Monday, rePlanet, a major collector of beverage bottles and cans, shut its 284 collection centers in California, citing lower subsidies from the state as well as […]

Can Californians continue recycling? It’ll take reviving the market for recycled materials and fewer dirty diapers in the blue bin.

Self-driving cars will be part of ridesharing fleets, reducing the number of personal vehicles on the road and helping wean motorists off gasoline.

This episode focuses on the risks police officers face and explains why many say the final version of a bill no longer puts them in greater danger.

In California, geography creates significant barriers for people seeking early psychosis intervention and other treatment, because its 58 counties have 58 different public mental health programs, each with its own set of covered services. That's by design. Yet it creates troubling inequities.