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Innovation needed to solve state’s water challenges

by Guest Commentary April 14, 2021April 14, 2021

California needs a coherent strategy for harnessing its innovative spirit toward solutions that solve its water security challenges.

California Capitol. Photo by Anne Wernikoff for CalMatters

After COVID-19, drought threat still looms

by Dan Walters January 20, 2021January 20, 2021

Newsom on coronavirus + PG&E’s record fine + A new drought, perhaps + Bernie Sanders’ loyalists

by Dan Morain February 28, 2020February 28, 2020

On a holiday week, fire, rain — and workplace turmoil

by Laurel Rosenhall November 26, 2019November 26, 2019

An Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer handcuffs an adult male.

Expanding the ‘sanctuary’ state, while a city seeks a different type of sanctuary

by Dan Morain and Barbara Harvey July 16, 2019July 16, 2019

Newsletters, WhatMatters

Fire, water, a Trump pardon and crunch time in the Capitol

by Dan Morain May 16, 2019

PARADISE, CA - NOVEMBER 15: Aerial footage shows homes destroyed by the Camp Fire near the Paradise Plaza off Clark Road in Paradise, California, on Thursday, November 15, 2018. (LiPo Ching/Bay Area News Group)

Newsletters, WhatMatters

Fire, rain, PG&E’s dire straits, and privacy

by Dan Morain March 1, 2019