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California's election cybersecurity approach shut down notable problems. But public records show its seemingly scattershot approach also ensnared some people who say they were joking.

Policymakers, tech leaders and others need to develop the safest internet environment possible while protecting free speech rights.

California worked with social media companies, created an internal database and developed threat levels to fight 2020 election misinformation.

Good morning, California. It’s Tuesday, December 15. ‘Essential workers’ next Health care workers at a Los Angeles hospital were among the first Californians to receive the COVID-19 vaccine Monday, launching a fierce battle over who gets to be next in line. The state hasn’t yet specified which groups will follow health care workers and nursing […]

Good morning, California. It’s Thursday, December 10. Newsom at an inflection point Even as 59% of Californians expect the state to be bogged down by widespread unemployment and financial depression for the next five years, 58% approve of how Gov. Gavin Newsom is handling the economy. The findings, from a statewide Public Policy Institute of […]

Read this article in English.  Los cierres generalizados de empresas al comienzo de la pandemia marcaron la primera vez en casi 20 años que Marcial Delgado no podía cocinar ni servir el almuerzo en la cafetería de Nvidia. No regresó a la enorme sede de la compañía en Santa Clara durante nueve meses, pero el padre […]

Lea este artículo en español.  The widespread business closures at the start of the pandemic marked the first time in nearly 20 years that Marcial Delgado couldn’t cook or serve lunch in the cafeteria at Nvidia. He didn’t return to the company’s massive Santa Clara headquarters for nine months, but the single father-of-three still got paid. […]

Pet videos populate Facebook all the time, but one posted during this frenzied election season stood out: A service dog named Maggie Magoo had voted by mail in Santa Cruz, its owner said. Not just that, the owner claimed Maggie was registered to vote using her microchip number as a social security number.  The story, […]

Para algunos estudiantes, parece que los desafíos se han vuelto aún más difíciles.

The State Building and Construction Trades Council placed a Facebook advertisement which members of the California Legislative Jewish Caucus objected to. The union retracted the ad and issued an apology, but the incident illustrates the fraught tensions at play in state housing discussions.