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Will California keep the lights on when Diablo Canyon shuts down?

by Guest Commentary May 18, 2021May 17, 2021

California has no time to spare in developing new, clean energy resources before its last nuclear power plant closes in 2024-25.

California Capitol. Photo by Anne Wernikoff for CalMatters

Newsom budget surplus gets reality check

by Dan Walters May 18, 2021May 17, 2021

Here’s the key to ending the pandemic

by Guest Commentary May 17, 2021May 17, 2021

Assemblymember Rob Bonta speaks during a press conference announcing his nomination as the new Attorney General at International Hotel Manilatown center in San Francisco on March 24, 2021. Photo by Anne Wernikoff, CalMatters

Attorney General Bonta already has the power to rein in bad cops

by Guest Commentary May 17, 2021May 14, 2021

business

California leads our national recovery, despite perpetual naysayers

by Guest Commentary May 17, 2021May 18, 2021

California Capitol. Photo by Anne Wernikoff for CalMatters

Newsom seeks attention with new budget

by Dan Walters May 17, 2021May 14, 2021

California Capitol. Photo by Anne Wernikoff for CalMatters

California still mistreating its school kids

by Dan Walters May 16, 2021May 12, 2021

innovation

California needs a redistribution of innovation

by Guest Commentary May 14, 2021May 13, 2021

Demonstrators hold up a banner in front of an apartment building in the Adams Point neighborhood of Oakland to protest rent payment and evictions during the coronavirus pandemic on Dec. 5, 2020. Photo by Anne Wernikoff for CalMatters

Reader Reactions

In favor of extending the eviction moratorium

by Guest Commentary May 14, 2021May 13, 2021

Pandemic reveals low-wage workers need better protections

by Guest Commentary May 13, 2021May 13, 2021