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California has poured billions into childcare and preschool subsidies for low-income families, but extending those benefits to every family would be complicated.

In one of California’s newly created congressional districts, candidates diverge sharply on healthcare issues, but most voters agree healthcare costs too much.

CalMatters is bringing its 2026 Voter Guide to life at more than 35 free, in-person events across California ahead of the Nov. 3 election. Here's the full schedule — and how to host your own.

A pilot program providing more assisted living coverage in rural California has emerged from one man’s fight to change his sister’s options

The California Legislature has failed several times since 2022 to regulate technology for automatically tracking vehicles — even as examples of abuse mount. This year was no exception.

Perkins operations are an undercover law enforcement tactic that officers use to elicit information from unknowing criminal suspects. California may limit their use against certain people under 26.

If you have a story about someone being killed or badly hurt by a driver who wasn’t prosecuted, we want to hear from you.

More than two dozen California Assembly Democrats and one state senator sent a letter Wednesday to legislative leaders asking them to delay fees under SB 54, the state’s landmark plastic reduction law, for two years — an eleventh-hour push as the Legislature hurtles toward the end of session.  The letter, addressed to Senate President Pro […]

California is closing prisons because it's incarcerating fewer people. Several towns with shuttered prisons now are struggling to lure new employers.

No long-term deal means water agencies around California and the West are stuck guessing how deep cuts on the Colorado River will go.