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Humboldt State University Dorms, Canyon Apartments on July 18, 2021. Photo by Patrick Garcia for CalMatters College Journalism Network

Higher Education

Exclusive: Cal State blunder may mean loss of 3,000 new student housing beds

by Mikhail Zinshteyn November 29, 2021November 29, 2021

Illustration by Miguel Gutierrez Jr., CalMatters; iStock

Outgunned: The story of a woman, an abuser, and California’s failing gun control

by Robert Lewis November 17, 2021November 17, 2021

David Walter stands for a portrait at Encino Park in Encino on March 23, 2021. David is an adjunct professor at UC Berkeley lecturing on humanities and creative writing. Photo by Shae Hammond for CalMatters

Higher Education

UC workforce churn: Why a quarter of lecturers don’t return each year

by Mikhail Zinshteyn October 5, 2021October 5, 2021

Licensing by clerical error: How the state’s mistake decided the course of two nursing homes

by Jocelyn Wiener August 19, 2021March 8, 2022

Kelly O’Brien listens to her well hum as it fills with cool water after more than a month of living without water, at her home on July 2, 2021. Photo by Rachel Becker, CalMatters

California enacted a groundwater law 7 years ago. But wells are still drying up — and the threat is spreading

by Rachel Becker August 18, 2021August 18, 2021

A water fountain at Rio Hondo Park in Pico Rivera, CA, on Nov. 6, 2020. . Photo by Tash Kimmell for CalMatters.

Forever chemicals: California unveils health goals for contaminated drinking water

by Rachel Becker July 21, 2021July 27, 2021

Outgunned: Why California’s groundbreaking firearms law is failing

by Robert Lewis July 21, 2021July 21, 2021

A ranch dog drinks from the well with a solar panel and water storage tank seen in the background. Brown has attempted to make her ranch as sustainable is possible. Photo by Anne Wernikoff, CalMatters

Running out of water and time: How unprepared is California for the drought?

by Julie Cart and Rachel Becker May 18, 2021May 30, 2021

Waiting for justice: Defendants locked up for years awaiting trials, sentencing

by Robert Lewis March 31, 2021April 13, 2021

Justice delayed: Courts overwhelmed by pandemic backlog

by Robert Lewis January 19, 2021March 8, 2022