from Jim NewtonCalMatters This comment was originally posted by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass has staked her political future on a promise: as a candidatein 2022, she vowed to make homelessness her top priority…

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Brianna Fair, a mental health clinician with the San Mateo Police Department, in San Mateo on Dec. 15, 2025. Photo by Manuel Orbegozo for CalMatters A mental health clinician wearing a bulletproof vest is helping change the way a Bay…

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from Carolyn JonesCalMatters Students in a classroom in Sacramento on May 11, 2022. Photo by Miguel Gutierrez Jr., CalMatters This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. Facing a mountain of lawsuits, K-12 schools in California…

The Trump administration has filed a lawsuit to block a new law in California that bans federal agents from wearing masks during operations. In summary The Trump administration has filed a lawsuit to block a new law in California that…

from Nickel DuraCalMatters This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. A series of immigration raids in California in 2025 had one thing in common: most of the federal agents arresting people were wearing masks on…

Participants gather during a candlelight vigil for World Traffic Victims’ Day at the state Capitol in Sacramento on Nov. 16, 2025. Photo by Fred Greaves for CalMatters You can kill someone with your car in California and not even have…

By Gary Bradford, especially for CalMatters Electricity towers over Altadena on February 8, 2025. Biomass energy is electricity produced by burning or gasifying trees. Photo by Jules Hotz for CalMatters This comment was originally posted by CalMatters. Sign up for…

By Matt Diaz, especially for CalMatters This comment was originally posted by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. Guest Comment written by Re: Biomass is a money pit that won’t solve California’s energy or wildfire problems Shaye Wolf is right…