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Some wave technology, like this one from Eco Wave Power, is deployed near shore, attached to seawalls or jetties, where paddle-like devices are driven up and down by wave action, activating hydraulic energy. Photo courtesy of Eco Wave Power

Blue power: Will ocean waves be California’s new source of clean energy?

by Julie Cart November 29, 2023November 29, 2023

Only a few small demonstration projects off the West Coast have harnessed the power of waves and tides. Costs are high and hurdles are challenging.

New California rules target flavors in kids’ medication, leading pharmacies to end service

by Shreya Agrawal November 29, 2023November 29, 2023

Vast stretches of California lose maternity care as dozens of hospitals shut labor wards

by Ana B. Ibarra, Kristen Hwang and Erica Yee November 15, 2023November 15, 2023

California Divide

‘A Christmas without lights?’ Families struggle to pay bills as California regulators consider electric rate increases

by Justo Robles November 15, 2023November 16, 2023

Higher Education

Understanding California’s college students’ protests over Israeli-Palestinian conflict

by Mikhail Zinshteyn November 14, 2023November 15, 2023

Students at a classroom at St. HOPE’s Public School 7 Elementary in Sacramento on May 11, 2022. Photo by Miguel Gutierrez Jr., CalMatters

Recognizing fake news now a required subject in California schools

by Carolyn Jones November 10, 2023November 30, 2023

California Divide

‘A cruel joke’: California father freed from prison can’t go home to family after ICE deports him

by Justo Robles November 9, 2023November 9, 2023

The Golden Eagle Student Union building at the West Hills College in Lemoore on Oct. 9, 2023. Photo by Larry Valenzuela, CalMatters/CatchLight Local

Higher Education

The need for student services at community colleges has changed dramatically since the 1960s. Has state law kept up?

by Adam Echelman October 31, 2023October 31, 2023

A medical personnel working on her computer in the corridor of Hazel Hawkins Memorial Hospital in Hollister on March 30, 2023. Photo by Larry Valenzuela, CalMatters/CatchLight Local

Despite high Black maternal death rate, California hospitals ignored training about bias in care

by Kristen Hwang October 27, 2023October 30, 2023

Gov. Gavin Newsom, at left, meets with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing, China, on Oct. 25, 2023. Photo by the Office of the California Governor via AP Photo

Newsom’s visit underscores electric car reality: China holds the keys to battery industry

by Alejandro Lazo October 26, 2023November 2, 2023

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