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California Divide

$500 a month without strings: Bay Area’s latest guaranteed income program

by Jesse Bedayn November 30, 2021December 1, 2021

Lea este artículo en español. South San Francisco this month sent out the first $500 monthly checks to around 150 low-income families to spend however they see fit. South San Francisco is the latest Bay Area city to launch a guaranteed income pilot program – in which participants receive monthly cash payments with no strings attached – […]

People walk near boat docks as they sit on dry land at the Browns Ravine Cove area of drought-stricken Folsom Lake, currently at 37% of its normal capacity, in Folsom on May 22, 2021. California Gov. Gavin Newsom declared a drought emergency for most of the state. Photo by Josh Edelson, AP Photo

CalMatters en Español

Newsom insta a todos los californianos a reducir el uso de agua en un 15%

by Rachel Becker July 13, 2021July 22, 2021

People walk near boat docks as they sit on dry land at the Browns Ravine Cove area of drought-stricken Folsom Lake, currently at 37% of its normal capacity, in Folsom on May 22, 2021. California Gov. Gavin Newsom declared a drought emergency for most of the state. Photo by Josh Edelson, AP Photo

Newsom urges all Californians to cut water use by 15%

by Rachel Becker July 8, 2021July 14, 2021

Brian Cruz photographed at Valley-Wide Recreation and Park District in San Jacinto on June 13, 2021. Photo by Nalani Hernandez-Melo for CalMatters

Higher Education

How some college counselors are fighting back against pandemic-induced enrollment decline

by Charlotte West and Angel Fabre June 16, 2021June 16, 2021

Piles of debris from a grape crop in Shafter on Feb. 16, 2021. The debris could be burned or chipped but will likely be burned due to stakes and metal wires throughout the piles. Photo by Shae Hammond for Cal Matters

Air board tells San Joaquin Valley growers to phase out burns by 2025

by Rachel Becker February 25, 2021February 25, 2021

Parents and students mill around the McGaugh Elementary School parking lot during morning and afternoon changeover on Sept. 17, 2020. Photo by Tash Kimmell for CalMatters

Will new school plan get kids back on campus?

by Emily Hoeven February 10, 2021February 10, 2021

A man walks along a pathway closed due to levee construction in Foster City on Dec. 2, 2020. In 2018, Foster City passed a bond measure to fund levee repair in order to maintain FEMA accreditation and protect from future flooding and sea level rise. Photo by Anne Wernikoff for CalMatters

Rising seas: California’s affordable housing faces worse floods

by Julie Cart December 3, 2020December 3, 2020

A farmworker holds a box of strawberries with his left hand and a one wheel cart with his right as he walks to get another empty box in Watsonville, on Wednesday, July 29, 2020. Photo by David Rodriguez, The Salinas Californian

California Divide

Do California ag counties hold solutions to Monterey County farmworker housing crisis?

by Kate Cimini November 23, 2020November 23, 2020

Special education instructor Liz Duffield sprays down the tables in her pre-k and kindergarten classroom at the end of the school day on Oct. 26, 2020. Duffield says that sanitizing and hand washing has become an important part of keeping herself and her students healthy and she intends to continue with them after the pandemic. Photo by Anne Wernikoff for CalMatters

What we know so far about school reopenings in California

by Ricardo Cano and James Bikales November 2, 2020November 4, 2020

Oakland Technical High School students stand in front of the marquee after it was announced that all Oakland schools would close for three weeks over coronavirus concerns on March 13, 2020. Photo by Anne Wernikoff for CalMatters

Schools shut down in massive numbers across California amid coronavirus fears

by Ricardo Cano and Jocelyn Wiener March 13, 2020March 16, 2020