California fails to achieve parity in mental health care. PG&E reaches settlement with wildfire victims. Study breaks down who owns guns in California.
Some 800,000 kids have lost as much as three weeks of class time this autumn. Public schools cherish local control in California, but they're asking the state to step in.
A Thanksgiving week storm batters California, and firefighters give thanks in Santa Barbara. Plus, cities grapple with cannabis, and the state with Trump.
Pacific Gas & Electric turned off power to Ana Patricia Rios’ neighborhood in Sonoma County for eight days in October, three at the beginning of the month and five near the end. The mother of three young boys watched twice as nearly all of the food in her refrigerator spoiled. She threw out at least […]
On this episode of Gimme Shelter: The California Housing Crisis Podcast, CalMatters' Matt Levin and the Los Angeles Times' Liam Dillon interview New York Times columnist Farhad Manjoo about whether California has reached a true tipping point, and why the state can't fix some of its fundamental flaws.
There is no statewide standard for emergency evacuation, no set of uniform, comprehensive plans that can be called upon in emergencies, not just for fire but for floods and earthquakes.