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Environmental exemptions yes, but reform no

by Dan Walters September 13, 2020September 13, 2020

The California Legislature continues to exempt favored projects from the California Environmental Quality Act while ducking comprehensive CEQA reform.

Maria Garcia does her CompTIA course work from her Antioch home. She is working toward a certificate in cyber security and hopes to one day become a penetration tester

Students worry as California’s online community college confronts offline woes

by Felicia Mello January 29, 2020February 27, 2020

Head of California’s new online community college abruptly resigns

by Felicia Mello January 13, 2020January 16, 2020

women corporate boards

How California’s ‘woman quota’ is already changing corporate boards

by Martha Groves December 16, 2019December 19, 2019

Graduation rates improve, a dicey Sanders endorsement, new evidence of growing divide

by Judy Lin December 13, 2019December 13, 2019

Newsom’s first rodeo: In year one, the governor bucks both Trump and Brown

by Laurel Rosenhall October 13, 2019October 14, 2019

Crowds arrive at California's Capitol for the 2017 Sacramento Women's March. Photo by Jim Heaphy courtesy of Creative Commons

Brown vetoed but they’re persisting: Take Two of MeToo hits Newsom’s desk

by Laurel Rosenhall September 26, 2019September 26, 2019

Newsom signs vaccination bills, Becerra doesn’t sue, facial recognition, beach access, and our two states

by Dan Morain September 10, 2019September 10, 2019

Blowback on ethnic studies, mental illness, fighting to save forests, and cannabis

by Dan Morain August 9, 2019August 8, 2019

California school funding, school finance, LCFF, Local Control Funding Formula

Needy school districts are getting more money — but what about needy kids?

by Ricardo Cano August 7, 2019August 7, 2019