WhatMatters 1 million unemployment claims in 12 days California awaits benefits from federal coronavirus stimulus package as hospitals brace for a surge in patients. Pandemic hits Central Valley hard. By Emily Hoeven • March 26, 2020
WhatMatters Dreaming in Salinas about a home + Gig economy battle ahead + The water fight to come Salinas farmworkers saddled with poor living conditions. State again battles Trump over water policy. School bond contains break for developers. By Dan Morain • February 24, 2020
WhatMatters What happened in Mendota, Trump fires back at Newsom, and hospitals seek a break California dismantles deadly MS-13 gang operation. Hospitals want more time to complete earthquake retrofitting. Trump, GOP sue over tax return bill. By Dan Morain and Barbara Harvey • August 7, 2019
Commentary Key conflicts roil California’s ever-evolving waterscape How the state's water supplies are divvied up over the next few years could shift them from agriculture to urban use and environmental enhancement. By Dan Walters • May 15, 2019
Newsletters A new Legislature, a new session A new Leglslature arrives, Jerry Brown and Tom Steyer both move on water, California opioid deaths, Pasadena's Al Lowe passes, and wildfire recovery. By Dan Morain • December 3, 2018
Newsletters Trump’s 9th Circuit, Brown’s climate concierge and asthma Trump's 9th Circuit, Jerry Brown's climate whisperer, new PUC exit fees for utility customers, Central Valley and Salton Sea asthma rates and a quiz. By Dan Morain • October 12, 2018
Newsletters Dianne Feinstein, women voters, Kavanaugh and CA California and Kavanaugh, a Dianne Feinstein profile, women's suffrage and California history, Proposition 12 and Orange County turnout. By Dan Morain • October 8, 2018
Elections Why has the big city’s Villaraigosa spent so much time in farm country? The candidate for California governor sees a path through the Central Valley to the November ballot. By Dan Morain • April 26, 2018