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An officer walks to his car at the Alameda Police Department in Alameda on Aug. 28, 2023. Photo by Semantha Norris, CalMatters

A California city offered a $75,000 bonus to new cops. These departments are trying to keep up

by Anabel Sosa September 5, 2023September 5, 2023

California cities are struggling to hire police in a tight labor market after the COVID pandemic. Some are raising by double digits and offering eye-catching bonuses.

A view of cars crossing the Bay Bridge headed into San Francisco, on August 24, 2022. Photo by Carlos Barria, Reuters

Bay Area is beginning to resemble chaotic and politically divided Southern California

by Dan Walters August 27, 2023August 23, 2023

Vehicles are passing through the Bay Bridge Toll Plaza. San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge is an important bridge in San Francisco Bay Area, people use it to cross the bay between San Francisco and Oakland. Photo by Michael Ho Wai Lee, REUTERS

How will raising bridge tolls affect San Francisco Bay Area’s economic recovery?

by Dan Walters July 4, 2023June 30, 2023

Commuters quickly jump on the Metro bus at the Norwalk Green Line Station in Norwalk on April 3, 2023.

How California public transit is pleading for state aid

by Sameea Kamal May 22, 2023May 22, 2023

Beverly Moore's family home in Richmond was taken through eminent domain. Photo by Martin do Nascimento, CalMatters

California Divide

‘When they took the foundation, everything started crumbling’: California group fights eminent domain, racism

by Lil Kalish December 5, 2022May 2, 2023

Edward Strickland receives a COVID-19 rapid test at Greater St. Paul Church in downtown Oakland on January 4, 2022. Photo by Martin do Nascimento, CalMatters

Amid new COVID surge, confusing mix of rules

by Emily Hoeven July 19, 2022July 18, 2022

A view of the Presidio Terrace neighborhood in San Francisco in 2017. AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez

California Divide

Prop. 13 offers bigger tax breaks to homeowners in wealthy, white neighborhoods

by Jesse Bedayn April 14, 2022April 14, 2022

A health care worker points while a person wearing a protective face mask waits in line to receive a dose of the COVID-19 vaccine at the L.A. Care Health Plan vaccination site at the First African Episcopal Church in Los Angeles on Jan. 29, 2022. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton

Old data? CDC apparently misjudged California’s COVID risks

by Kristen Hwang and Ana B. Ibarra March 2, 2022March 1, 2022

Hundred dollar bills. Image via iStock Photo

California Divide

$500 a month without strings: Bay Area’s latest guaranteed income program

by Jesse Bedayn November 30, 2021December 1, 2021

birth

In the Bay Area and beyond, racial justice starts with birth justice

by Guest Commentary September 16, 2021September 16, 2021