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Stacked containers and cranes at the Port of Los Angeles on Nov. 22, 2021. REUTERS/Mike Blake

Port labor talks collide with supply chain crunch

by Emily Hoeven May 9, 2022May 9, 2022

Imminent labor negotiations at ports in California and along the West Coast could either improve or worsen the supply chain crisis.

The Valero refinery off of Anaheim Street along the border of Long Beach and Wilmington. Photo by Pablo Unzueta

A hot spot for polluted air: By the numbers

by Erica Yee and Hannah Getahun February 1, 2022February 1, 2022

Signs indicating the closure of the permit office in San Jose City Hall due to the Omicron surge on Jan. 27, 2022. Photo by Martin do Nascimento, CalMatters

The omicron effect: What happens when city halls and state agencies close their doors?

by Julie Cart January 28, 2022January 27, 2022

Long Beach residents from different districts urged a new independent commission to put them in the same district, during a meeting at City Hall on Oct. 20, 2021. Photo by Pablo Unzueta for CalMatters

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Cómo las comisiones locales independientes están cambiando la redistribución de distritos en California

by Sameea Kamal October 26, 2021October 27, 2021

Long Beach residents from different districts urged a new independent commission to put them in the same district, during a meeting at City Hall on Oct. 20, 2021. Photo by Pablo Unzueta for CalMatters

How local independent commissions are changing California redistricting

by Sameea Kamal October 26, 2021December 8, 2021

The port of Los Angeles is now open and working 24/7 to unload a back log of container ships. The backlog is expected to last past the end of this year due to a shortage of workers at the port including truckers and longshoreman. The Port of Los Angeles is the nation's largest container port. Oct. 2, 2021. Photo by Ted Soqui/Sipa USA via AP

Supply chain crisis leaves CA scrambling

by Emily Hoeven October 21, 2021October 21, 2021

Port backlogs sum up California’s COVID crisis

by Emily Hoeven October 14, 2021October 14, 2021

Rasheena McCord stands outside the hotel in Long Beach where McCord and her kids are living, on July 26, 2021. According to McCord, she has had to sleep on park benches after getting evicted one year ago. Housing Long Beach has assisted McCord in finding temporary housing. Photo by Pablo Unzueta for CalMatters

A quiet crisis: Tenants fall through the safety net into an eviction cluster in Long Beach

by Nigel Duara August 2, 2021August 2, 2021

Meredith Reyes, a lab technician, labels COVID-19 test swabs before processing at the Sonoma County Department of Public Health in Santa Rosa. California counties are fighting for more state health funds. Photo by Anne Wernikoff, CalMatters

County health agencies — fighting disease — also have to fight for state funds

by Barbara Feder Ostrov and Ana B. Ibarra June 11, 2021September 28, 2021

Demonstrators attend the "#StopAsianHate Community Rally" at San Jose City Hall Plaza in downtown San Jose on March 21, 2021. Recent incidents have prompted California lawmakers to urge an expansion of Californias hate crimes laws. Photo by Nhat V. Meyer, Bay Area News Group

After attacks on Asian Americans, California lawmakers push to expand hate crime laws

by Byrhonda Lyons and Robert Lewis March 25, 2021March 14, 2022