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Gov. Gavin Newsom gives a press conference at Our Lady of the Rosary Church in Union City on April 15, 2021. Today, Newsom announced state employees and health care workers must be vaccinated or undergo weekly testing and wear masks. Photo by Anne Wernikoff, CalMatters

Podcast: How a pandemic shaped California politics

by Courtney Fong October 2, 2021October 1, 2021

Politico California’s Carla Marinucci and CalMatters’ Dan Walters join Nicole and Nigel on the final podcast episode to discuss how the pandemic shaped California politics. “I think we have learned to live with [COVID-19], begrudgingly. Unhappily, perhaps. Although it is kind of interesting that there is this odd sort of residual resistance to the whole […]

Podcast: Examining Vallejo’s participatory budgeting experiment 10 years later

by Courtney Fong September 24, 2021September 24, 2021

Gov. Gavin Newsom gives a speech following his projected victory in the recall election at the California Democratic Party headquarters in Sacramento on Sept. 14, 2021. Photo by Anne Wernikoff, CalMatters

Podcast: Newsom’s recall momentum could carry over into 2022 election

by Courtney Fong September 17, 2021September 17, 2021

Vice President Kamala Harris and Gov. Gavin Newsom wave to the crowd during a campaign rally at the IBEW-NECA training center in San Leandro on Sept. 8, 2021. Newsom faces the recall election next week. Photo by Anne Wernikoff, CalMatters

Podcast: Biden and Harris campaign to support Newsom against recall

by Courtney Fong September 12, 2021September 12, 2021

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Podcast: An investigation into how Sacramento law enforcement deals with sexual assault cases

by Courtney Fong August 21, 2021August 21, 2021

Gov. Gavin Newsom prepares to speak at a press conference to announce a new requirement for all school teachers and employees to show proof of vaccination or to undergo weekly COVID-19 testing, at Carl B. Munck Elementary School in Oakland on Aug. 11, 2021. Photo by Anne Wernikoff, CalMatters

Podcast: California teachers must be vaccinated or undergo weekly testing

by Courtney Fong August 13, 2021August 13, 2021

Conservative radio talk show host Larry Elder, talks to his supporters at a rally in Norwalk, on July 13, 2021. Elder announced his bid as a recall candidate for governor of California. Pablo Unzueta for CalMatters

Podcast: California Republican recall candidates meet for their first debate

by Courtney Fong August 6, 2021August 6, 2021

Gov. Gavin Newsom gives a press conference at Our Lady of the Rosary Church in Union City on April 15, 2021. Today, Newsom announced state employees and health care workers must be vaccinated or undergo weekly testing and wear masks. Photo by Anne Wernikoff, CalMatters

Podcast: How could California’s new vaccine requirements affect Newsom’s recall election?

by Courtney Fong July 30, 2021July 30, 2021

Accumulated dirt at the Urban Town House Project in Long Beach, on July 22, 2021. The affordable housing project will be for low-income families. Photo by Pablo Unzueta for CalMatters

Podcast: A closer look at the competing interests of California’s housing crisis

by CalMatters July 26, 2021July 26, 2021

John Werner holds a handful of soil for a portrait in his soon-to-be pistachio grove near Visalia on June 10, 2021. He works as an educator to supplement his income from farming and is planning on planting pistachio trees soon. Photo by Shae Hammond for CalMatters

Podcast: Newsom asks Californians to cut water usage as communities suffer from extreme drought

by Courtney Fong July 16, 2021July 16, 2021