Commentary
Do right by California’s tribes through the 30×30 conservation effort
Californians have an opportunity to begin to repair historic wrongs endured by the state’s tribes with a plan to protect the environment.
Native American
California Divide
Should the community of Squaw Valley change its name?
Resident and activists are urging Fresno County change the name of Squaw Valley community. They say it's derogatory to Native American women.
CalMatters en Español
¿Debería la comunidad de Squaw Valley cambiar su nombre?
EN RESUMEN Residentes y activistas instan al condado de Fresno a cambiar el nombre de la comunidad de Squaw Valley. Dicen que es despectivo para las mujeres nativas americanas. Read this article in English. Más de un año después de lanzar un esfuerzo para cambiar el nombre de la comunidad de Squaw Valley, un grupo de […]
Coronavirus
COVID misinformation plagues California’s Indigenous speakers
Health officials have tried to reach out to hundreds of thousands of people speaking Mixteco and other Indigenous languages but barriers remain, leaving them vulnerable to COVID.
CalMatters en Español
La desinformación acerca del COVID-19 afecta a los hablantes indígenas de California
En resumen Los funcionarios de salud han tratado de llegar a cientos de miles de personas que hablan mixteco y otras lenguas indígenas, pero persisten barreras que las deja vulnerables al COVID. Read this article in English. Ismael Patia y su familia llegaron a una clínica de vacunación en el centro de Fresno un sábado por […]
Higher Education
How some college counselors are fighting back against pandemic-induced enrollment decline
Thousands of California high school graduates didn’t go to college last year due to the pandemic. The drop, which mostly affected community colleges, might be temporary, but it showed the need to provide more support for students going from high school to college. A new counseling program in Riverside County aims to do just that.
California Wildfires
To achieve forest health, we need to change our relationship with fire
Why can’t California utilize prescribed burns that everyone knows are key to restoring biodiversity and resilience?
WhatMatters
Behind the scenes of CA’s pandemic response
Good morning, California. It’s Tuesday, May 4. An incomplete story Even as California appears to be nearing the end of the pandemic, many gaps remain in our knowledge about the past year’s events — raising questions as to the state’s preparedness for potential future disasters. Today — with record-low hospitalizations, a 1.1% positivity rate and […]
California Divide
‘We’re born Indian and we die white’: California Indigenous fear COVID deaths undercounted
California Native American leaders fear the deaths that have shadowed their communities this past year have been undercounted.
Reader Reactions
The sadness felt about removing Junipero Serra’s statue from Capitol Park
After the statue of Junipero Serra had been removed, I began praying a rosary at that spot with others from Catholic parishes in the area.