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Elon Musk gives a presentation on fully-autonomous vehicles on April 22, 2019. Photo by Steve Jurvetson via Flickr

Why CA will likely let Elon Musk off scot-free

by Emily Hoeven May 13, 2020May 13, 2020

Tesla’s Musk likely to get away with flouting shutdown order. Are the right people getting coronavirus tests? Seven counties get OK to reopen dine-in restaurants.

Google will be donating 100,000 wifi hotspots to help bridge California's digital divide during the coronavirus crisis. Is there a downside? Image via iStock

Hot spots: Pandemic pushes California to bridge a digital divide

by Ben Christopher April 3, 2020April 6, 2020

Gov. Gavin Newsom holds a press conference in the wake of the first COVID-19 death in California, a man who took a cruise from San Francisco to Mexico in February. The governor outlined measures being taken by the state to identify and test all other individuals who were on the same cruise ship as the deceased. Photo by Anne Wernikoff for CalMatters

All Californians ordered to shelter in place

by Emily Hoeven March 20, 2020March 19, 2020

Newsom strikes a car deal, as California goes its own way

by Dan Morain and Barbara Harvey July 26, 2019July 26, 2019

San Francisco Chronicle headlines from murders of George Moscone and Harvey Milk by Dan White,

California moves forward, and looks back

by Dan Morain November 27, 2018

Two people hold Boring Company flamethrowers.

Elon Musk plays with fire

by Dan Morain May 31, 2018

Two people hold Boring Company flamethrowers.

Lawmakers back off, allowing Elon Musk—and his California customers—to play with fire

by Robbie Short May 30, 2018June 23, 2020